[WikiEN-l] Deleting the Lolicon picture

Sat Apr 8 22:29:20 UTC 2006

Daniel R. Tobias wrote:

>On 8 Apr 2006 at 10:41, "Sam Korn" <smoddy at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>On 4/8/06, SPUI <drspui at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>The definition of "child pornography" differs from country to country.
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>>Yes, in terms of laws.  This image might not fall under child
>>pornography rules in some country or another, but that doesn't
>>actually stop it being child pornography.
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>So "you know it when you see it"?  But people's standards are not 
>necessarily consistent, or objective.  Do any of you remember the 
>flap a few years ago when Oklahoma City banned the award-winning film 
>"The Tin Drum" as child porn, and the cops there confiscated all 
>copies of it?  This is a movie that the MPAA had rated "R" (mature 
>but not pornographic), and it won an Oscar and a Cannes film festival 
>award.
>
There was a time when having a book "Banned in Boston" (Ulysses, Lady 
Chatterley's Lover) would be a great way to increase sales. :-)

Ec