The battle of censorship will not be finally settled by your honor's decision, but you will either add to liberal-educated thinking, or by your decision you will add fuel to the fire of ignorance. Let there be light. Let there be honesty. Let there be no running from non-existent destroyers of morals. Let there be honest understanding. (1:08)
In this moment, the confident and calm defense attorney gives his final statement in the trial. He notes that this trial may not be the end to all questions regarding obscenity in society, but rather an essential step in the examination of the boundaries of mankind’s dignity and integrity. He asserts that there is no validity to the claim that the poem destroys morals and that with honest understanding, the judgment is inevitable.
Arranged in this manner, the attorney has taken the decision out of question for the judge and instead charges him with the responsibility of ruling not guilty. His compelling address carefully presents his argument as the clear decision. His clever strategy most likely had a huge impact on the judge’s ruling and may ultimately have been what led to the final verdict.
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