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Pornography is open to cultural, contextual, and personal interpretations, irrespective of the legal connotations, but at heart it is concerned with material that has no artistic merit and is designed to sexually stimulate. In my view, given that the photograph has been presented as an artistic image and judged on its artistic merits, it is not pornography. The problem lies in the fact that any image can be interpreted as both art and pornography depending on one's viewpoint. Sexual fear and ignorance and the mixed messages children receive in our society contribute greatly to the current social malaise, (and to be controversial, the 'soul murder' of us all), so it is not surprising that there is so much confusion regarding art and pornography.
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