dsi@unccvax.UUCP (Dataspan Inc) (10/08/85)
I've still not found the full text of the law. However, on WROQ(AM)
as well as WBT, there were several examples given last night of the far
reaching implications of the new law.
Several theatre owners in the greater Charlotte area have reported
visits from the State's Advocate or Sheriff's Department stating rather
explicitly some of the new ramifications of the anti porn ordinance.
a) Theatre owners will not be permitted to let the "R" rated
moviegoers under 17 "slide" any longer. EACH attendance of
an "R" rated film by a "movie minor" must be accompanied
by a ** SIGNED ** affadavit by the parent, in person,
consenting to the minor's attendance of that film
b) Minors who are otherwise eligible to work in theatres
(having a NC E.S.C. "work permit") will not be permitted
to work in those theatres showing "R" or "X" films any
longer. (This is just like the liquor ordinance ... do
people who serve "liquor by the drink" have to be 21 in NC??)
c) The provisions of (b) even extend to those minors who are not
even exposed to the film. One teenage girl got the boot from
SODA AND CANDY FOUNTAIN duty because of "R" rated films being
shown in that complex. She never enters the theaters. (I suppose
that kids can't clean up the theatre after it closes, either...)
Radio station protests haven't really mounted any intensity yet.
However, the Reverend Chambers (?) @ Paw Creek Church of God and
Christian Academy is mounting a listening watch with a whole pile of
turkeys tuned to the "rock" stations. They plan to keep logs of anything
objectionable being played and submit them to the Federal Communications
Commission as well as the State's Advocate. I'm sure glad that WHKY-FM
(our local home of Dr. Demento) is only 18.8 kw and 194 feet, as well
as 55 miles away. Rev Chambers would have a coronary on the spot if he
heard that broadcast.
I hope that Mark Fowler (the best friend the Fifth Estate ever had)
gets wind of this and has the FCC attorneys stamp out this conservative
effort with a summary judgement. Radio stations are federally regulated
and have been held time and again to not be subject to local whims (such
as the asinine Arkansas "RF pollution tax" etc..).
More, as it develops...
David Anthony
DataSpan, Inc
P.S. I could always move to South Carolina. Then again, Strom Thurmond
is actually introducing a bill in the US SENATE to require lyrics]
to be put inside the shrinkwrap on album covers. I hope the majority
leader simply ignores him.
.jj@alice.UUCP (10/10/85)
David: The North Carolina Porn law is NOT, as you suggest, conservative. Please do not confuse conservatives with those who CLAIM to be conservative in the name of something else, such as religious intolerance, totalitarian, or whatever. The North Carolina porn law is as conservative as an Identity Christian is "Christian" (using predominant standards for "Christian". -- SUPPORT SECULAR TEDDY-BEAR-ISM. "From the cradle to the grave, from the cradle to the grave..." (ihnp4/allegra)!alice!jj