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...But of these sophisms and elenchs of merchandise I skill not...
Milton, Areopagitica

Except he had found the
standing sea-rock that even this last
Temptation breaks on; quieter than death but lovelier; peace
that quiets the desire even of praising it.

Jeffers, Meditation On Saviors


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11.12.03


Ω{Has anybody ever figured out WHY the naked female breast is obscene?

I mean in a non-academic context? Out here where regular folks could see and understand it?
Why is it the closer you get to the source of life the more obscene the images become?
It's like pictures of eggs and sperm should be capital offenses; but reality stops at the labia, evidently. The most obscene and offensive image available is the door to the womb. Then that poky thing that shoots the wigglies in the penis. Then the food source for the eventual baby. Male breasts having recently crossed the line from obscene to risque and on into casual.
In another category entirely is elimination, with its own hierarchy. It's now ok to say 'piss' in the mass media, as in 'pissed off'. Probably still not ok to say 'have to piss' though. And 'shit'? Forget 'shit'.

I don't like that. It's really offensive.
Female breasts are not obscene. Not obscene. The mentality that says they are is what's obscene. There's where the problem is.}

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