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Bertrand Russell - It is obvious that "obscenity" is...

It is obvious that "obscenity" is not a term capable of exact legal definition; in the practice of the Courts, it means "anything that shocks the magistrate." (Bertrand Russell)

It is obvious that "obscenity" is not a term capable of exact legal definition; in the practice of the Courts, it means "anything that shocks the magistrate."

Bertrand Russell

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