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Godfather1 
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Home Sweet Home SE Louisiana
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| re: Things that used to be legal that seem almost unthinkable now (Posted on 11/28/12 at 11:10 pm to TigerMyth36)
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Pretty Baby Brooke Shields nude at 13 in a major motion picture. Not that long ago. If you have a copy today, you could go to jail for child porn.
Ditto the 1984 Vanessa Williams Penthouse, which had a 16 year old Traci Lords as Pet of the Month.
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TigerMyth36
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River Ridge
Member since Nov 2005
24146 posts
| re: Things that used to be legal that seem almost unthinkable now (Posted on 11/28/12 at 11:10 pm to lordguill)
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I have a hard time believing this. So it is illegal to own a film that was perfectly legal to produce? Have child porn laws changed that much since 1978?
I could be wrong on that but I thought they really cracked down on it and made it illegal. Not sure you can buy the unedited version anymore which would lead me to believe it is illegal.
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TigerMyth36
LSU Fan
River Ridge
Member since Nov 2005
24146 posts
| re: Things that used to be legal that seem almost unthinkable now (Posted on 11/28/12 at 11:10 pm to Godfather1)
Yeah but nobody knew Tracy was 16. Penthouse didn't put her in knowing she was 16.
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lordguill 
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Member since Dec 2005
16638 posts
| re: Things that used to be legal that seem almost unthinkable now (Posted on 11/28/12 at 11:11 pm to ZZTIGERS)
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Before 1967 some states didn't allow interracial marriage. Supreme Court declared it unconstitutional.
I know, but the OP was asking about things that used to be legal but now are not.
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TigerMyth36
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River Ridge
Member since Nov 2005
24146 posts
| re: Things that used to be legal that seem almost unthinkable now (Posted on 11/28/12 at 11:12 pm to lordguill)
You could buy ecstasy in bars in the 80s.
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heehaw
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Foothills of the Ohio River
Member since May 2009
3908 posts
| re: Things that used to be legal that seem almost unthinkable now (Posted on 11/28/12 at 11:12 pm to Powerman)
Whats that legal speed they used to sell in gas stations? Dexedrine, I think.
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Godfather1
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Home Sweet Home SE Louisiana
Member since Oct 2006
26195 posts
| re: Things that used to be legal that seem almost unthinkable now (Posted on 11/28/12 at 11:13 pm to TigerMyth36)
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Yeah but nobody knew Tracy was 16. Penthouse didn't put her in knowing she was 16.
True.
But today, if you have a copy of that magazine in which her layout hasn't been removed, you can be charged with possession of child porn, as stupid as that sounds.
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ZZTIGERS
Member since Dec 2007
10030 posts
| re: Things that used to be legal that seem almost unthinkable now (Posted on 11/28/12 at 11:13 pm to lordguill)
That's true, guess I'm dyslexic too 
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TigerMyth36
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River Ridge
Member since Nov 2005
24146 posts
| re: Things that used to be legal that seem almost unthinkable now (Posted on 11/28/12 at 11:14 pm to Godfather1)
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But today, if you have a copy of that magazine in which her layout hasn't been removed, you can be charged with possession of child porn, as stupid as that sounds.
Not to mention every movie she every made was illegal except for the last one.
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Godfather1
LSU Fan
Home Sweet Home SE Louisiana
Member since Oct 2006
26195 posts
| re: Things that used to be legal that seem almost unthinkable now (Posted on 11/28/12 at 11:18 pm to TigerMyth36)
I had a copy of that magazine back in 1984 and I remember Traci well. You'd have never convinced me she was only 16.
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TigerMyth36
LSU Fan
River Ridge
Member since Nov 2005
24146 posts
| re: Things that used to be legal that seem almost unthinkable now (Posted on 11/28/12 at 11:20 pm to Godfather1)
Smoking at work must seem implausible to kids today. Ashtrays all over the place.
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Bayou Sam
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Snake and Jake's Christmas Club
Member since Aug 2009
4113 posts
| re: Things that used to be legal that seem almost unthinkable now (Posted on 11/28/12 at 11:42 pm to Powerman)
Cocaine in coca cola
Enforcing attendance at church
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WikiTiger
LSU Fan
Member since Sep 2007
38216 posts
| re: Things that used to be legal that seem almost unthinkable now (Posted on 11/28/12 at 11:50 pm to Bayou Sam)
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Enforcing attendance at church
Wait what? Care to elaborate on that one?
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Jim Rockford
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Member since May 2011
23123 posts
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| re: Things that used to be legal that seem almost unthinkable now (Posted on 11/28/12 at 11:54 pm to Powerman)
All narcotics were legal without a prescription. Many patent medicines were opium based, which is why they were so effective at quieting fussy babies
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ShortyRob
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Savannah, GA
Member since Oct 2008
23922 posts
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| re: Things that used to be legal that seem almost unthinkable now (Posted on 11/29/12 at 12:02 am to Powerman)
Your children used to be able to walk or ride their bike to their friend's house 2 miles away to go play without you maintaining line of sight supervision.
If your 8 year old does that now, you'll get arrested.
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montman01
LSU Fan
phoenix az
Member since Mar 2005
3473 posts
| re: Things that used to be legal that seem almost unthinkable now (Posted on 11/29/12 at 12:37 am to Powerman)
the smoking ban in az is a big one. i told my freinds thaT the market ought to dictate such things, not the govt. i told them the tyrant govt would not stop there. never in my mind did i think you would not be able to not buy whatever size soda you wanted
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Kubricked
Member since Nov 2012
302 posts
| re: Things that used to be legal that seem almost unthinkable now (Posted on 11/29/12 at 1:16 am to montman01)
Inalways hated public smoking, especially in restaurants. Glad it's going away.
Booze being illegal. 18 year olds drinking legally in Louisiana.
Zero child safety seat rules. Remember sleeping in the back of the car above the seats just next to rear windshield. ! Fought for that spot.
Playing outside all day. Riding bikes anywhere.
Riding a 3 wheeler. Remember those?
Full driving rights at 15.
Zero access to porn. Remember when your buddy found his dad's playboy?
Vice principal paddling kids at school.
Oh Woodlawn High in BR had a smoking room for students in the 70s.
Pot or speed being the hard drugs.
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City
LSU Fan
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2005
688 posts
| re: Things that used to be legal that seem almost unthinkable now (Posted on 11/29/12 at 1:36 am to Kubricked)
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Inalways hated public smoking, especially in restaurants. Glad it's going away.
I can understand why smoking in restaurants is frowned upon. Smoking in the workplace and in public buildings has been gone for quite a while.
What other "public smoking" are you referring to?
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JazzyJeff
Saints and Tigers Fan
Member since Sep 2006
1739 posts
| re: Things that used to be legal that seem almost unthinkable now (Posted on 11/29/12 at 1:46 am to ZZTIGERS)
Standing in front of the classroom while you bend over and the teacher pops you on the arse several time with her/his wooden paddle. 
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Poodlebrain
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Way Right of Rex
Member since Jan 2004
12636 posts
| re: Things that used to be legal that seem almost unthinkable now (Posted on 11/29/12 at 1:49 am to JazzyJeff)
DDT
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