FROM ISSUE NUMBER 22 - WINTER 1971 GO TO TABLE OF CONTENTS

Dissenting and concurring opinions

MARSHALL COHEN, I. ALEXANDER BICKEL, WILSON CAREY MCWILLIAMS and STANLEY KAUFFMANN

The civil libertarian position on obscenity is that if we forget about it, it will go away. We aren't told to admire the king's beautiful cloak. We are told not to care whether he has one on or not. Walter Berns is the little boy who said the king is naked, and added that it makes a hell of a difference.

 

 

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