Saying "It is art or pornography?" Is like saying "Is it fruit or food?" The question misses the point. The correct answer is either "Yes" or "No" most of the time. A potato is not a fruit. Nightshade berries are not food (for us, anyway). Peaches are both, unless you're allergic. Cat poop is neither, contrary to my dog's perverted notions.

Three of my favorite paintings are unabashed pornography. Caravaggio's Eros Victorious, which is a pederast beaver shot, Courbet's l'Origine du Monde, also a beaver shot, though lacking in the gynecological detail so popular among American "adults," and the Naked Maja, which was painted as a frat house joke ("Flip this, her clothes come off!") for a Spanish aristocrat. Are they art? Of course. Were the artists perverts? What a stupid question. Might as well ask if they were vegetarians, syphilitic, or Democrats.

America is run by vicious Taliban wannabes who think sex should be kept in the back alleys where they can find it when they feel like ripping some gash, and women should be laid and not heard. Bury their stupidity in sexy chicks who laugh at their shrivelled wee-wees! Like a penis, only smaller!

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