What is Obscenity? Clearly something hard to talk about. "Obscenity" is difficult to discuss. After all, what makes a thing obscene? It's an elusive term we use, but can't explain. Different people often see things differently. Some see obscenity in nude pictures, statues, etc. Then other people do not find as much obscenity in these things. One thing we should keep in our minds is that, "obscene" is not the same word as "wrong" or "bad". Many people think that obscenity is identical with evil. Yet a lot of it isnt. It only covers a part of it. But what is that part? When we look at the words "obscenity" and "pornography" it suggests that it is a part of obcenity that didn't worry people that much until now. Though censorship was known in english law early on. -PORN-. A word that reaches into the hearts of overprotective parents and rips them
The world is filled with "obscene" things. And it would seem that the parents of it are just trying to protect their children from the outside world. But does it really help? These days, an average elementary school student knows A LOT of things. They are shown these things by many sources, from television to their friends, they get it all. They can also get the ideas from books. But when they read or hear something it does not mean that they will follow the ideas . Literature is a valued source of knowledge for these children, and should not be held back. So I think rather than applying full censorship, it should be made a yes or no censorship.
out. Yet porn has been made sice before we can remember or probably read about. So what is happining to our culture which makes this word so terrible? My famiy moved many places and i saw many cultures and what
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