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Child Pornography or Art? Is there a line, if so where?
tania:
guys you can't freak out every time someone tries to start a mildly controversial topic and then bitch and whine when inevitably all we have left are stupid list threads. what do you want?
Tom:
Water skiing squirrels of course :x
Cartilage Head:
I don't know I mean I'm pretty sure children shouldn't be naked that much.
Ozymandias:
Agreed with Tania. I think I'd rather have heated debates than pointless bullshit on these here forums as long as people stay civilized.
Stay civilized, you assholes.
OTOH, I do think we had a pretty good discussion on the nature of art censorship and how far art is allowed to go not too long ago. It's impossible to judge. The government was elected to make that sort of decision and the did. It's up to the people to decide if they approve of the government making the decision they did and, to be honest, I doubt most people care enough to say "it was intended as art and should not be censored." The apathy of the populace is more powerful than any government and the populace doesn't care about art in general, whether or not this is acceptable in the first place.
tania:
i don't have a lot to add to this topic right now but maybe i'll mull over it a bit and come back tomorrow. i do find it an interesting one.
pretty much the first thing that came to mind when reading this article was whether or not those kids were able to consent to being a part of this guy's exhibition in the first place. it's a lot like the age of consent, i mean by law in australia a 12 year old can't consent to sex because they're supposed to not understand what sex is so subsequently do they fully understand the repercussions of having naked photos taken of them? whether or not their parents give permission seems irrelevant to me because they aren't the ones who are having naked photos displayed of them. it's not the fact that pictures of naked children are being dispalyed that concerns me but more the fact that they involve real human models who maybe don't understand what they're doing.
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