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arg · 03-03-2005, 08:59 AM

Here's the definition of obscenity for US legal purposes:

"For something to be 'obscene' it must be shown that the average person, applying contemporary community standards and viewing the material as a whole, would find (1) that the work appeals predominantly to "prurient" interest; (2) that it depicts or describes sexual conduct in a patently offensive way; and (3) that it lacks serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value."

There's no absolute answer as to whether something is obscene, material is deemed obscene only if a jury unanimously agrees that it's obscene, and different juries will rule differently about the same exact material. I haven't seen much of Extreme's material, but from what I have seen, personally I'd find it non-obscene, failing part (2) of the above test.

03-03-2005, 08:59 AM
arg Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 1,164	Here's the definition of obscenity for US legal purposes: "For something to be 'obscene' it must be shown that the average person, applying contemporary community standards and viewing the material as a whole, would find (1) that the work appeals predominantly to "prurient" interest; (2) that it depicts or describes sexual conduct in a patently offensive way; and (3) that it lacks serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value." There's no absolute answer as to whether something is obscene, material is deemed obscene only if a jury unanimously agrees that it's obscene, and different juries will rule differently about the same exact material. I haven't seen much of Extreme's material, but from what I have seen, personally I'd find it non-obscene, failing part (2) of the above test.