[net.games.trivia] Nancy Reagan question

kinmonth@null.DEC (Bruce Kinmonth 225-5019) (05/09/85)

> >  . . . Examples of lack of "totally free speech" in the U.S. . . .
> >
> >	2) The GENUS II edition of Trivial Pursuit is banned in the
> >	   U.S. for the question:
> >		How many months "gone" was Nancy Reagan when she
> >	        walked down the isle?
> >	   (answer: 2 or 3 (I expect a visit from the NSA/CIA any
> >	   time now))
> >
> >  . . .
> 
> This has bothered me since I saw it.  Could someone explain just how it is
> possible to ban such a thing?  Thanks.
> -- 
> 				    Joe Arceneaux
> 
> 				    Lafayette, LA
> 				    {akgua, ut-sally}!usl!jla

Joe, I don't know where the original comment about the GENUS II edition being
banned came from, but it is not true.  First of all, I have the original
GENUS edition, and the question about Nancy Reagan appears in it. Secondly,
I have seen the card set for GENUS II on sale here in Massachusetts.


	Bruce Kinmonth		...decvax!decwrl!rhea!null!kinmonth