| So true that paedophilia is the current focus of hysteria (in addition to "terrism" of course). One little whisper and you're finished.
Back to the topic: Since the principal human sex organ is the brain, anything perceived by the brain as titillating can be classified as pornography. And what was titillating in the Victorian age (a bare ankle, say) sure won't make the grade today. On the other hand, the Victorians couldn't have conceived of some of the stuff you can find today. Thus the line is constantly moving, which makes it nearly impossible to nail down a definition.
Pornography is probably harmful in excess, like a million other things.
"I wish I was as cocksure of anything as Tom Macaulay is of everything."
-- Viscount Melbourne |