Me on porn.

[Kurska]

40. How do you define what is or isn't porn?

Alright, so lets say you have banned simulated rape in porn. Alright, now anyone who has rape in their work of fiction has to be very worried that that work of fiction will be determined to be porn. Who is going to decide what is or isn't porn? A porn producer could throw in 20 minutes of fluff story into the video and then sell it. A legitimate writer might want to address the topic of rape in a realistic and vivid way. There is no objective standard for differentiating between the two. The only way to do it would be how we did it in the past, drag the person in front of the judge and have him decide if the it has "artistic merit". Of course, in the good ole days such laws were used disproportionately to punish gay people and unpopular sexual minorities or artists unpopular with the powers that be.

I find the idea of a small group of elite individuals deciding what represents legitimate artistic output in our society far more offensive than the most disgusting consensual act between adults. Especially considering there are many well documented cases of such elite groups of judges abusing their power throughout history to crush unpopular speech.