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Harold J. Laski: “I have denied that prohibitions arising from blasphemy or obscenity, or historical or social unfairness, have any…”

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I have denied that prohibitions arising from blasphemy or obscenity, or historical or social unfairness, have any justification.
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Harold J. Laski

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Laski argues against the justification of prohibitions based on blasphemy or obscenity.

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