[LINK] why calm, rational thought is required....

[Craig Sanders]

On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 11:13:16PM +1100, Karl Auer wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-02-14 at 07:16 +1100, Craig Sanders wrote:
> > > > private, and in their heads, they call it porn.
> > >
> > > You seem very sure you know what is in other people's heads,
> > > Craig.
> >
> > my comments were based on observation of what people say and what
> > they do.
>
> Then you should be a more careful about making pronouncements about
> what is in people's heads.

you make it sound as if i was disastrously wrong.

i don't think i was.  most people really do think of it as porn, and most
think that the word erotica is just a polite euphemism.

> > > You're wrong in my case - I think there is a difference between erotica
> > > and porn.
> > 
> > then why is there a lot of spam for 'porn' but almost none for
> > 'erotica'?
> 
> I don't know. I could guess, but I'd be guessing.
> 
> It doesn't change the fact that in at least one case - mine - you are
> wrong. From other responses it seems I'm not alone in making a
> distinction (not a mere word game) between erotica and porn.

perhaps you should be careful of extrapolating from a sample of one.

> To use a blunt analogy, porn is fast food, erotica is a gourmet meal.
> Yes, they are both food, but there is still a difference.
> 
> > erotica is just another term for porn that's acceptable in polite
> > society.
> 
> Only to someone who really can't see the difference between a hamburger
> and Chateaubriand.

one man's porn is another man's erotica.  and vice-versa.

craig

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