On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 6:32 PM, <WJhonson(a)aol.com> wrote:
Our community has said that this image is not
obscene.
Personally I see nothing obscene in it.
Why do you?
Obscenity lacks a good societally shared connotation or denotation in the
US, much less worldwide. There's nothing wrong with someone who does see
the Virgin Killer cover as obscene - it's a question of personal judgement,
to a large degree.
Community enforcement of community decisions on those personal judgements,
however, is preferred.
I know of people who fetishize feet and are truly offended and shocked by
the public display of bare toes. I would prefer that they not be allowed to
unilaterally ban sandals...
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-george william herbert
george.herbert(a)gmail.com