I'm just saying there's a weird value judgement inherent in the supposition
that a sexually explicit image might not be horrible in itself, but a
multiplicity of such images is horrible. Like there's a limit to how many
images are useful for a topic. Such a limit exists for no other type of
image I am aware of.
FMF
On 1/29/09, Chad <innocentkiller(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 10:46 PM, David Moran <fordmadoxfraud(a)gmail.com
wrote:
> "just because we can have 4500 pictures of erect penises, doesn't
> mean we should."
>
> For what reason, specifically?
>
> FMF
>
>
> On 1/29/09, Chad <innocentkiller(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 10:22 PM, David Goodman <dgoodmanny(a)gmail.com
> >
wrote:
> >
> > > voyeurism isn't relevant to our culture?
> > >
> > > On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 10:09 PM, Chad <innocentkiller(a)gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Emphasis on usefulness. We're about providing free content, and
I
> would
> > > > hope being culturally significant would still be a priority. I
always
> > > considered
> > > that a major point in inclusionism/deletionism debates. Are we
> remaining
> > > culturally relevant? Talking about pop culture as well as
historical
> > events,
> > > places, customs, etc. Providing information about naked people,
their
> > > habits, customs, fetishes even: I
consider this culturally
relevant.
Hosting
> a picture looking up a girl's skirt is hardly culture, and is
borderline
> voyeurism.
>
> If we're a dumping ground, of course none of this matters at all.
>
> -Chad
Voyeurism for the sake of itself: no. Just as masturbation for the
sake of itself, sex for the sake of itself, and any other such image
without significance would be judged in the same way. As I said:
just because we can have 4500 pictures of erect penises, doesn't
mean we should.
Quality over quantity.
-Chad
What do you gain culturally from the last 4400 that you didn't get
in the first 100?
-Chad
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