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Old May 6, 2004 | 6:22 am
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Teacher49
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When you mix high emotion with reading and thinking and the latter always suffer.

It did not compare fine art to Penthouse. I was responding to:

Originally Posted by rrz518
Personally I find the sight of an alluring naked woman disgusting and revolting.
I think I was pretty clear that I do not approve of people flaunting material in public that would be offensive to most, including next to a 14 year old in an airplane. I responded originally to a nasty - and incorrect - response to someone from Europe that it was illegal in the good old USA.

What is illegal and what may be rude are very different things and require equally different responses.
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