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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal writes:
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> Matthew Miller wrote:
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> > John Neal <johnneal@uswest.net> wrote:
> > > It's useful if you are a pervert trying to pass off obscenities as art.
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> > "Pornography!" is a useful label if you're a reactionary who is frightened
> > by art that might make people think.
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> No, I am waving around the term because I'm searching for something so vile and
> contemptuous that it is an example of something that art isn't. And I'm not
> talking about photos of nude, newborn babies. I'm talking about depictions of
> sexual perversions involving children and adults, for example. Yeah, being
> exposed to that kind of filth (not saying I have because I haven't and should
> not *ever* be exposed to such things) would make one think, but who needs those
> thoughts and images floating around in one's brain forever? No one.
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> -John
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> > --
> > Matthew Miller ---> mattdm@mattdm.org
> > Quotes 'R' Us ---> http://quotes-r-us.org/
john ~
there are better ways to define something than to say what it is not. it's
like trying to describe an elephant by saying it's not a mouse.
in your search for a definition of art has gotten off track with this
pornography thing. have you ever seen (what you'd consider) explicit child
pornography being passsed of as art? i can't say that i have.
there have been very insightful posts regarding definitions of art and
none of them have anything to do with a painting or sculptures's subject
matter. (or medium, for that matter) subject matter is irrelevant in art's
definition!
later ~ craig~
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