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Child Pornography or Art? Is there a line, if so where?
KharBevNor:
--- Quote from: jhocking on 27 May 2008, 14:32 ---Why do we need a lock exactly? Because not everyone is fawningly agreeing with your dismissive comments on what constitutes art?
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What's eating you? Did I shit in your cornflakes this morning? I think I didn't but I was drinking a bit last night.
My point was not that the thread was trivial, it was that the thread was already about SERIOUS BUSINESS and then someone thought that it would be a good idea to bring the holocaust in, which is kind of like starting a debate about Darfur at your grandmothers funeral. Also, I may not have been being 100% serious, it's something I do sometimes.
tragic_pizza:
I find it curious that, aside from the family-history kinds of uses already mentioned, photographs of nude children would be necessary at all.
Beyond "art or not art:" why?
tania:
why not? 99% of what people do isn't necessary but the whole point is that they have the freedom to be able to do it regardless. photographs of naked children obviously stirs up some controversy because it starts to involve other parties and you have to deal with the question of whether or not it harms others, but asking "why" is a pretty cheap way to try to prove something unless you can come up with a compelling argument for "why not".
tragic_pizza:
I'm not actually trying to prove anything. It's a serious question.
pi:
I am going to go ahead and ignore my “Danger, Will Robinson!” flags and put this hypothetical out there.
What exactly is wrong with pedophilia?
In terms of physical harm, it is quite possible for pedophilia to exist without inflicting any on either participating party. And in terms of psychological harm, from wikipedia: "The acts themselves harm no one, the emotional and psychological harm comes from the 'after the fact' interference, counseling, therapy, etc., that attempt to artificially create a 'victim' and a 'perpetrator' where neither exists." - David Riegel, pedophile activist [resisted urge for synonyms]
Isn't it possible that in a society less sexually conservative, men, women, and children could make love together, free of today's psychological fanaticism?
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