Yeah, but we buy EROTIC greeting cards and music.
Mars and Venus Surf the Web
Men and women use the Internet very differently, according to a new study by
PC Data.
http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=159039
GG
(can't wait to see what Herr Dufus does with Harry Wolhandler and Sean Wargo)
In a message dated 9/7/99 11:43:07 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
Michael.Orr@Design-Intelligence.com writes:
<< > -----Original Message-----
> From: Roy T. Fielding [mailto:fielding@kiwi.ICS.UCI.EDU]
>
> Of course, if you want a more realistic definition than the abstract
> interpretations of linguists,...
Actually, the definitions you quoted are no more abstract than necessary and
are admirably realistic; that is, reflective of the actual usage of these
words (unlike the absurd and prejudiced characterization from the "ethics
class").
Check the definitions again (**'s and [...] mine):
From EB's Webster Online dictionary:
pornography
1 : the depiction of erotic behavior (as in pictures or writing)
**intended to cause sexual excitement**
2 : material (as books or a photograph) that depicts erotic
behavior and is **intended to cause sexual excitement**
3 : the depiction of acts in a sensational manner so as to **arouse a
quick intense emotional reaction**[ie, provoke a reaction analagous to
sexual arousal] <the pornography of violence>
erotica
1 : literary or artistic works **having an erotic theme or quality**
2 : depictions **of things erotic**
The difference -- and, as you note, it doesn't preclude overlap -- is that
one term identifies a type of tool, and the other a class of art/popculture
works...
Mike
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