OYSTER PORN

[Steve Hooley!]

>                This was brought to my attention; it may serve to illustrate
>why we have trouble agreeing on definitions of pornography and obscenity.
>
>Fortune's nomination for All-Time Champion and Protector of Youthful
>Morals goes to Representative Clare E. Hoffman of Michigan.  During an
>impassioned House debate over a proposed bill to "expand oyster and
>clam research," a sharp-eared informant transcribed the following
>exchange between our hero and Rep. John D. Dingell, also of Michigan.
>
>DINGELL: There are places in the world at the present time where we are
>         having to artificially propagate oysters and clams.
>HOFFMAN: You mean the oysters I buy are not nature's oysters?
>DINGELL: They may or may not be natural.  The simple fact of the matter
>         is that female oysters through their living habits cast out
>         large amounts of seed and the male oysters cast out large
>         amounts of fertilization.
>HOFFMAN: Wait a minute!  I do not want to go into that.  There are many
>         teenagers who read The Congressional Record.
>
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