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Who gets to choose what is considered "obscene" online? what is the compared most horrible obscenity possible? Isnt whats "repulsive to the senses" a matter of opinion?
elizabethbath0ry November 04, 2009 20:20:14
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ob·scen·i·ty (b-sn-t, b-)
n. pl. ob·scen·i·ties
1. The state or quality of being obscene.
2. Indecency, lewdness, or offensiveness in behavior, expression, or appearance.
3. Something, such as a word, act, or expression, that is indecent or lewd.
4. Something that is offensive or repulsive to the senses: "What had once been a gentle hill covered with lush grass turned into a brown obscenity of bare earth and smoke" (Tom Clancy).
n. pl. ob·scen·i·ties
1. The state or quality of being obscene.
2. Indecency, lewdness, or offensiveness in behavior, expression, or appearance.
3. Something, such as a word, act, or expression, that is indecent or lewd.
4. Something that is offensive or repulsive to the senses: "What had once been a gentle hill covered with lush grass turned into a brown obscenity of bare earth and smoke" (Tom Clancy).
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Not obscene
2) In cases of criminal obscenity on the internet (which pretty much don't exist, except for child pornography), a jury and possibly a judge/appeals courts decide.