tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14410967.post115298353575690075..comments2024-03-25T19:00:40.046-06:00Comments on The Constructive Curmudgeon: Letter about PornographyDouglas Groothuis, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08766692378954258034noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14410967.post-1153501497367101882006-07-21T11:04:00.000-06:002006-07-21T11:04:00.000-06:00I'm sure my more technical definition will lose ou...I'm sure my more technical definition will lose out in the end, to common usage if nothing else. <BR/><BR/>My concerns are two: One, that there is little distinction between nudity in art and obscene pornography; and two, there are plenty of other obscenities that are just as damaging, if not moreso. <BR/><BR/>Carry on.Ed Darrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10056539160596825210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14410967.post-1153417336489158552006-07-20T11:42:00.000-06:002006-07-20T11:42:00.000-06:00Ed:Your definition is simply false. Pornography is...Ed:<BR/><BR/>Your definition is simply false. Pornography is hard to define, but your's is wrong. Nudity is a necessary, but not a sufficent condition for pornography (of the visual kind).Douglas Groothuis, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08766692378954258034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14410967.post-1153384233521338602006-07-20T02:30:00.000-06:002006-07-20T02:30:00.000-06:00"Pornography" is nudity in art. I suppose that, o..."Pornography" is nudity in art. I suppose that, out in Denver, careless usage may have given the word a new meaning? Your letter doesn't distinguish the pornography on the Sistine Chapel from any other.<BR/><BR/>The usual, legal distinction is drawn with the word "obscenity."Ed Darrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10056539160596825210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14410967.post-1153352311790992172006-07-19T17:38:00.000-06:002006-07-19T17:38:00.000-06:00Good grief! Whoever said all nudity in art is porn...Good grief! Whoever said all nudity in art is pornography?! Not me.Douglas Groothuis, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08766692378954258034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14410967.post-1153301126487603452006-07-19T03:25:00.000-06:002006-07-19T03:25:00.000-06:00Minor nit, but I think we need to be careful. Wha...Minor nit, but I think we need to be careful. What we should campaign against is not pornography, <I>per se</I> -- the Sistine Chapel ceiling is not evil.<BR/><BR/>Obscene pornography is the issue. But then, all obscenity is damaging, including obscene violence, and obscenity in war. <BR/><BR/>Arguing against the human body is, at some level, self-defeating, and futile.Ed Darrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10056539160596825210noreply@blogger.com