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

Eleanor Lister eleanor at pacific.net.au
Thu Feb 15 12:01:50 AEDT 2007


Unlink this please?

Eleanor

Linda Rouse wrote:
> Oh for heavens' sake you lot - stop it!
> Who cares!!! - please get off Link if you want to continue
> Yours in exasperation!
> Linda
>
>
> At 10:31 AM +1100 15/2/07, Karl Auer wrote:
>>>  i agree with you about commerciality being basically irrelevant,
>>> but the
>>>  wikipedia article you quote agrees with me that the distinction
>>> between
>>>  'erotica' and 'porn' is highly subjective.
>>
>> Oh, I quite agree on that point! But there *is* a distinction, even if
>> it's one we can't agree on, and it is a distinction that I think most
>> people both see and appreciate.
>>
>>>  there is no hard and fast distinction.
>>
>> I suspect that for material at the far ends of the spectrum, there would
>> be quite broad agreement on what was "erotica" and what was
>> "pornography", but it gets murky in the middle.
>>
>> Regards, K.
>>
>


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