The last couple of classes we have been looking into pornography and what is considered obscene. And honestly with the kind of guide lines the government set out to make the distinction I don't think I could really classify either one. Meaning when it comes to cases with comic books or art galleries it becomes a very fine line.
In Wednesday's seminar we asked each other if the art from the museum was obscene or not and neither one of us thought so, but our opinions are very different from others. We also figured that if you don't like what you are seeing then don't look at it, no one is making you read, or watch, or look at anything that you might consider offensive. Just because you don't like it or not understand it doesn't mean that everyone else will feel the same.
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I completely agree. We had similar comments in our seminar group. I think that no one was forcing the people to look at the art, therefore they should not have made such a big deal about it. Personally, I did not think those photographs were obscene at all. I mean, it all depends on what a person's definition of obscene is, but they weren't in my opinion. In the movie they asked how it was art, but how is anything really art? Anyone can take a picture or make a sculpture and call it art. Does art really have to have a standard?
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