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Re:Thoughtcrime by rmc on Monday May 18, 2015 @01:40PM (#9565774)
This is why there are legisilative bodies who can react to social norms, to update the laws.
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Re:Thoughtcrime by Lawtonfogle on Monday May 18, 2015 @02:12PM (#9565976)
In many cases the laws come before the social norms. In other cases, they are counter to the norms (such as with drugs).

Also, I think there was an attempt to make gore illegal (at least when it was real individuals) but it was ruled as protected (in the US, don't know about other countries).

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