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From: stam@dgp.toronto.edu (Jos Stam)
Subject: Re: Bay Area Siggraph/CPSR Joint Mtg - Jan. 29 8:00 pm @ Xerox PARC
Message-ID: <1991Jan25.144105.4056@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>
Organization: DGP, Dynamic Graphics Project, University of Toronto
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Date: 25 Jan 91 19:41:06 GMT
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In article <22801@well.sf.ca.us> nebulus@well.sf.ca.us (Bruce McDiffett - no good deed goes unpunished) writes:
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>Erotic artwork has been the focus of a great deal of heated debate in 
>the past year.  A Cincinnati art gallery was put on trial for exhibiting 
>erotic photos by Robert Mapplethorpe.  The United States Congress spent 
>months contemplating restrictions on the sexual content of artwork 
>sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts.  A music video by 
>Madonna was deemed "inappropriate" for MTV, yet was subsequently shown 
>on ABC's Nightline, resulting in Nightline's second-highest ratings 
>ever.  
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This has always bothered me since I moved to North America, what is wrong
with showing nudity? What are they afraid of? On the other hand, scenes of
violence on TV and in movies are freely allowed. For me this is just
stupid puritanism, and it seems to get worse...

[I know this is not the right newsgroup to start discussions like this, but
 I just couldn't resist]

Jos