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Originally posted by CDSmith
There is a huge difference between what average joe citizens find personally obscene and what the legal system determines to be obscene. Round up 100 random people and chances are if you show them an average straight porn site the word "obscene" will come up.
What is USUALLY classed as obscenity in N America is CP of course, fisting (in many states, not sure about Canada), and extreme sex coupled with graphic violence.
And yes, bestiality is illegal in Canada, so it would also be classed as obscene. The point I wanted to make is that anyone can find just about any type of adult content to be personally obscene, but that idiot's opinion doesn't automatically make that content illegal as per the local definition of obscenity. And I for one am extremely greatful about that. Censorship sucks and everyone knows it!
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But, as lawpal will probably affirm (if not, I stand corrected), in the smaller country below Canada, it is less a matter of law than of the opinions of people in the local jurisdiction. In the US, "community standard" is king, and the community used by the courts continues, incorrectly if you ask me, to be defined geographically instead of electronically or in terms of interests.