Obscenity

[andrewducker]

Following the discussion last week of obscenity, it seemed that some people were taking obscene to mean "things that offend me" and others were taking it to mean "Things that are generally considered offensive". So I'm wondering about the differences..

[Poll #162494]

Oh, most of my polls allow anyone to look at the results. If you would be more likely to answer truthfully (or at all) if the results weren't generally visible, let me know.

Comments

[kpollock.livejournal.com]

Another stray apostrophe Andy - I'm waving that hammer!

[wolflady26.livejournal.com]

Copout- nakedness is the obvious answer to the second question ;) And we already covered that one in another debate ;)

[rollick.livejournal.com]

Regarding poll privacy, I'm a lot more likely to take the time to answer a poll if I know I can then look at other people's answers. Especially with click-button polls, once you've answered, you then automatically see everyone else's answers on your friends list… that's the main reason I answer polls. I generally don't bother with the all-private ones.

[darkoshi]

the things i think are obscene are mostly in the 'ick' category. i don't care much if other people do them, they just seem icky.
and to me, 'gross' is a better descriptor of those things than 'obscene'.

that's not including the things which i would consider as non-consensually cruel, which i would rather label as cruelty than obscenity, since obscenity is so hard to define.