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[police siren wailing]
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(Mudd)
Here in New York City today,
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vice squad police
began cracking down
on pornography.
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[police sirens
continue wailing]
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(reporter)
Linda, as you may know,
the Supreme Court recently,
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uh, handed down
a, uh,
decision on pornography.
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l don't think
anybody should
regulate anything.
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l think it should be, uh,
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l don't believe in censorship.
l don't believe in
anything that they are doing.
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But how far can you extend
individual rights
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before you hit, uh,
the state of anarchy?
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Uh, l really... l don't know.
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Have you ever
thought about that?
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No. l don't know what's
the state of ana-anarchy.
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well, it's...
That's when everyone does
precisely what he pleases
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and, uh,
society has no rules.
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At that point,
you've reached anarchy.
:52:48
Uh, l don't know
about that,
to be honest with you.
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l just don't believe
in censorship.
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l don't...
That's taking away
your freedom.
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That's taking away
your individual right
:52:56
to make up your own mind
for things.
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The last person
that started censorship
was Adolf Hitler.
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And look
what happened there.
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(Hopper)
Meanwhile,
the FBI was closing in
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on Deep Throat
and its distribution,
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They pinpointed
the Perainos' headquarters
in Fort Lauderdale
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and placed them
under surveillance,
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(Kelly)
One day,
I get a telephone call
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from a confidential source
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who will remain anonymous.
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And he says to me, uh,:
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''We've got so much cash
that we are having trouble
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''physically moving about
the office
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because the money
is gettin' in the way, ''
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l said, ''How much you got?''
He said, ''l don't know.
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we don't even
count it anymore.''
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l said, ''You don't count it?''
He said, ''No.''
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l said, ''what do you do?''
He said, ''we weigh it.''
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(Hopper)
To get around the law
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the mob set up
its own distribution system
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of checkers and sweepers
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who traveled the country
delivering prints