tastiger opened this issue on May 28, 2008 · 48 posts
bantha posted Fri, 30 May 2008 at 3:47 AM
We should take into account that the standards what is ok and what not tend to differ in different places. In a large part of the world, nude pictures aren't legal or accepted at all, no matter how old the model is. So, there is no common agreement about what is ok to show and what isn't. Obviously so, if you follow this discussion.
Just one further thing to the "different standards" discussion - for me, the difference is in the intention. If someone sells nude pictures of children on the internet he obviously has a differen intention as someone showing (usually a few) pictures in a gallery. For me, this obviously is a different case, clearly to see for me. The pictures from the gallery can still be used as a turn on by sick minds, but if we try to ban everything what can be arrousing to pedophiles... think about burkhas or such.
Obviously, there must be a line which art may not cross. Obviously this line in not the same in different countries. Australias gouvernment is about to redraw this line - nothing more, nothing less. I don't agree with the australian gouvernment, but there is no true "right" or "wrong" in this question.
Just my 5 cents, keep it or spend it.
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