People who produce depraved movies have the freedom to do so, but that means that they also have the freedom to refrain from doing so. There should be no laws restricting what books are published, but publishing books that pander to people with depraved tastes is not thereby morally acceptable. The public has the freedom to purchase whatever recordings are produced, but that does not mean that the government may not limit the production of recordings deemed to be depraved. One who advocates complete freedom of speech should not criticize others for saying things that he or she believes to exhibit depraved tastes.
Columnist: Although there is and should be complete freedom of thought and expression, that does not mean that there is nothing wrong with exploiting depraved popular tastes for the sake of financial gain.
Which one of the following judgments conforms most closely to the principle cited by the columnist?