Rebuttal Stop Campaign Is Unethical

December, 1988

I have no interest in defending pornography as such, but I have a great interest in defending free speech and expression. As readers will note, the article by Chris Cooper, STOP's director, advocates censorship by closing adult bookstores, preventing the rental or sale of X-rated video cassettes and passing laws against obscenity, which he equates with sexually explicit material.The STOP campaign was unethical for these reasons: It attributed false statements to its opponents; it made claims tha...