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Simon Leis:
[Referring to the Santa Claus cartoon while in court]
Do you think the founding fathers had a cartoon like this in mind when they wrote the first amendment to our Constitution? Larry Flynt:
[while on the witness stand]
No but I don't think they had Playboy in mind or people either for that matter because I saw a couple of four letter words in there a few weeks back. Simon Leis:
But isn't a community allowed to set its own standards? Larry Flynt:
No that's just the disguise for censorship. This country belongs to me just as much it belongs to you, if you don't like Hustler Magazine, don't read it. Simon Leis:
I don't but what about our innocent children that gaze upon it in our grocery stores? Larry Flynt:
If a kid gets caught drinking beer in a tavern, we don't ban Budweiser across the nation
[Referring to the Santa Claus cartoon while in court]
Do you think the founding fathers had a cartoon like this in mind when they wrote the first amendment to our Constitution? Larry Flynt:
[while on the witness stand]
No but I don't think they had Playboy in mind or people either for that matter because I saw a couple of four letter words in there a few weeks back. Simon Leis:
But isn't a community allowed to set its own standards? Larry Flynt:
No that's just the disguise for censorship. This country belongs to me just as much it belongs to you, if you don't like Hustler Magazine, don't read it. Simon Leis:
I don't but what about our innocent children that gaze upon it in our grocery stores? Larry Flynt:
If a kid gets caught drinking beer in a tavern, we don't ban Budweiser across the nation
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Mr Flynt do you think
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the Founding Fathers had a cartoon like this in mind
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when they wrote the First Amendment of our great constitution
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Well no but I don't think they necessarily had
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Playboy in mind or People either for that matter
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because I saw a couple of four letter words in there few weeks back
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But isn't a community allowed to set its own standards
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No That's just a disguise for censorship
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This country belongs to me as much as it belongs to you Mr Leis
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And if you don't like Hustler magazine don't read it
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I don't
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But what about the innocent children who
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gaze upon your magazine in our grocery stores
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Well look
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you know if a kid gets caught drinking beer in a tavern
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we don't ban Budweiser across the nation
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Movie Summary
Larry Flynt is the hedonistically obnoxious, but indomitable, publisher of Hustler magazine. The film recounts his struggle to make an honest living publishing his girlie magazine and how it changes into a battle to protect the freedom of speech for all people.

