madthumbs

I was just sitting here playing Doom III when it randomly crashed on me .. I had gotten pretty far along and hadn't hit an auto save point or saved it manually, so I was fairly pissed off.

Anyhow, I sat here for a few minutes and stared at my screen and just began to think about obscenity and what it means, and what it ultimately comes from.

The question I asked myself is, is it just me, or is something deemed obscene only by some sort of moral and/or religious view? I mean, in a world with no religion, would there even be such a thing as obscenity to begin with?

Many of our laws stem from religion, no doubt. Like killing someone etc .. but that's a big time infringement on that persons rights .. to say the least.

But something being obscene in the eyes of a DA or Jury/Community or what the fuck ever ... How would they decide that?

Some people find all porn obscene, while others could give a fuck less and nothing would be obscene to them.

Anyhow that shit is all pointless.

What I'm trying to figure out, is if obscenity stems from a religious/moral view of 'something', and if so, how it's even possible for a governement to get off charging people with a violation of a religious/moral belief?

I believe that an individuals opinion on whether or not something is obscene is DIRECTLY related to their level of religious influence, and their morals. The varying levels of opinion on obscenity couldn't stem from hardly anything else could they?