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In reply to the discussion: Showing someone your dick is rape culture [View all]Cary
(11,746 posts)These debates were held over and over and over.
Regarding pornography you will recall the famous Supreme Court case where I don't remember which judge said it, but he could not define pornography but he knew it when he saw it.
If you watch Deep Throat, for example, there is some sanctimonious, sappy patriotic speech in the movie. The reason for that was to claim that the movie had some free speech merit.
This is the problem. If the line isn't blurred then people will adapt and find ways to blur it. It's not so easy to speak in absolutes. I think we do about as well as we can MM but we aren't objective beings. We are subjective beings trying our best to be objective.
There are bad people. That isn't going to change but waxing nostalgic, as if a prior era was somehow better, is a mistake. As Frank Zappa said we are dumb all over.