{"id":494,"date":"2008-05-23T07:17:01","date_gmt":"2008-05-22T21:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/machinegunkeyboard.com\/?p=494"},"modified":"2010-01-10T13:27:46","modified_gmt":"2010-01-10T03:27:46","slug":"paedophilic-pornography-paranoia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/machinegunkeyboard.com\/?p=494","title":{"rendered":"Paedophilic pornography paranoia"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nimage: Bill Henson<\/em><\/p>\n

Noted photographer Bill Henson’s Sydney exhibition of photographs of nude adolescents<\/a> has been closed by NSW Police<\/a> after a complaint of suspicion of child pornography.<\/p>\n

Turn down the panic dial, folks. Nudity does not by itself constitute sexualisation. Bill Henson is no more a pornographer than any mum, dad or nana photographing a butt-nekkid 2-year-old<\/a> splashing in a bath or kiddie pool. True, Henson’s subject material isn’t 2-year-olds, but pubescence alone isn’t porno, either.<\/p>\n

If we were meant to be depicted naked<\/a>, we’d have been born that way.<\/p>\n

-weez<\/p>\n

MORE: <\/strong>Charges to be laid<\/a>: 20 of 41 images from the exhibition seized by police. Rudd ‘revolted<\/a>‘ by Henson pics.<\/p>\n

KRudd’s reaction<\/a> particularly concerns me.<\/p>\n

“Kids deserve to have the innocence of their childhood protected. I have a very deep view of this. For God’s sake, let’s just allow kids to be kids.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Reality check, Kevvo- kids can be kids and be nude models, too. Human forms- including children- have always been subjects for artistic expression, for as long as there have been graphic representations of humans.<\/p>\n

We all knew that Tintin was a god-botherer- could this be the first manifestation of poor judgment based in KRudd’s religiously influenced social conservativism?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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