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There is a line already, and one that is pretty damn obvious.
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I would love to agree with you on this one, but I can't. If it were
that obvious, there would be no confusion. Producers/sellers/etc of legit adult content would never be mixed up or mixed in with a group of child molestors, if the line were that clearly drawn.
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We're on the right side, along with the producers of hardcore or extreme or fetish content (who I actually do lump in with adult entertainment, and thus with Playboy magazine, strip clubs, sexy stories, etc), while those who produce porn involving children are on the wrong side.
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We do agree on this one.
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Originally Posted by punkworld
Refusing to call it pornography, however, will result in absolutely nothing, and will only be an ugly abuse of language. "Child obscenity" is almost as ugly as "African American"  |
The very fact that we need to have language to describe "child obscenity" seems like an abuse to me.. But you just proved my point. The term "African American" only came to exist bc enough people used it to turn it into a "politically correct" term. There was a need to replace the existing word, and a new term was found and is now an established part of our common lexicon.
There are numerous examples of this throughout the history of language, and the
rate of evolution of language has only grown exponentially since the advent of television and the internet. i.e. words are changing and evolving at a faster pace now than ever before.
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Originally Posted by punkworld
But if you want to try and fight the phrase "child pornography", by all means, go right ahead. Let me know in a decade or so if you've had any success.
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Thank you, I shall.
If you want to persist in maintaining your position, go right ahead. But in a decade or so, when you hear someone outside your circle refer to "child obscenity", smile when you remember me.
