Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/04

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Subject: Re: [Leica] erotica/pornography
From: Martin Howard <howard.390@osu.edu>
Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2000 23:12:08 -0500

Guy Bennett jotted down the following:

>> My person definition of pornography is very simple:
>> Pornography is erotic art done poorly.
>> Anyone got a better one?
>> 
>> mark rabiner
> 
> 
> i'll offer the following:
> 
> pornography invariably has some sort of explicit "sexual" content, be it
> arousal, masturbation, intercourse, what have you, whereas erotica merely
> suggests or predisposes one to some form of sexual gratification that will
> have to occur, if at all, outside of the image.
> 
> how's that?
> 
> guy
> 

Too complicated.  Erotica excites the mind.  Pornography excites the body.

M.

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