Okay, I'll bite...

[wordinista]

Yoinked from patchcat :

Everyone has things they blog about. Everyone has things they don't blog about. Challenge me out of my comfort zone by telling me something I don't blog about, but you'd like to hear about, and I'll write a post about it. Ask for anything: latest movie watched, last book read, political leanings, thoughts on lima beans, favorite type of underwear, graphic techniques, etc.

In other, more annoying news, the uni is telling me I have an unpaid balance on my account. I'd... really like to know how that's possible, since I couldn't have gotten my fin aid refund until the bill was paid.  WTF?

Oh, and I think the neighborhood stray cat peed on our front patio.  Charming.

Comments

[w0rdinista.livejournal.com]

Then I think we're looking at this from different perspectives insofar as "child porn" is concerned. When I think of kiddie porn, I think, basically, children aged 12 and under. Children.

Also, pornography doesn't have a damn bit of anything to do with sex from a strictly biological standpoint -- it's a fantasy, and in the case of kiddie-porn, fuels a philia. Pornography essentially fetishizes the object (women, men, children, sheep, whatev), emphasizing the thing that makes them what they are (women, for example, are trussed up in corsets and heels, emphasizing bust and hips and legs, creating a fantasy). Biologically, sure, younger women and teens are more fertile, but I don't agree that you can use biology to validate (not the best word choice, but it's all I can think of) pornography.

Now, there's plenty of porn out there that uses actual human models -- and those models are of legal age, but LOOK young, and they're the ones typically used in the "OMG HOT TEEN" kind of porn you get. They're creating a fantasy, but using young LOOKING women to do it, rather than minors.

The reason child porn is illegal is morals.

Mmmm, I disagree. Now, it may be because I'm close with people who were sexually abused as children, and that may play a big part in why I've got such a knee-jerk reaction to this. I think of child porn, and I relate it instantly to the kind of sick scumbags who would sexually abuse a child.

[emrlddragon.livejournal.com]

Ok, let's forget the child porn and Yoai. I think they are confusing the issue here.

My only point is that censorship in and of itself does nothing but lead to more censorship.

[w0rdinista.livejournal.com]

Yknow, there was a time I would have agreed with you, but now I'm not sure I do.

Example: back in the early 90's, there was a huge brouhaha about 2 Live Crew's song "Me So Horny." Censorship in music has been present since Elvis was on Ed Sullivan, but the uproar over 2 Live Crew was particularly rabid, and I recall clearly Tipper Gore and her "Parents Music Resource Center," which wanted to put warning labels on CDs with "offensive" lyrics.

Since then, I can't say I've seen that attempt at censorship lead to more censorship. On the contrary, popular music has continued to push the envelope, to the point where "Me So Horny" sounds tame compared to what I've heard on the radio.

Of course, I may just be old. ;)