| ▲ | bigfishrunning 3 days ago |
| Yes, extremely bad faith. These books are upsetting, and show a very ugly side of humanity, but they're not obscene. |
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| ▲ | zozbot234 3 days ago | parent [-] |
| > These books are upsetting, and show a very ugly side of humanity Funnily enough, that's exactly what "obscene" means in popular parlance. On the other hand, the legal standard for what should be considered obscene is so inherently uncertain and varies so much across time and place that it's just meaningless to say anything that purports to be definitive about that. |
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| ▲ | throwanem 3 days ago | parent [-] | | No, it isn't. The modern standard of obscenity in US federal law, the "Miller test," derives from a 1973 Supreme Court ruling in the eponymous Miller v. California. I realize you're referring to some universal abstract theoretical concept of obscenity that doesn't apply or exist. The one I describe does, and I think that makes it more useful here. | | |
| ▲ | zeroonetwothree 3 days ago | parent [-] | | The Miller test doesn’t apply to content for minors though. So even here you are oversimplifying. Especially considering this post is about school. | | |
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