To see, or not to see

[P3D William Carter <wc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I had hoped the debate over nudes would have gone the way of the Woolly 
Mammoth by now. But, neither has cancer, famine, nor war crimes. So I=92m 
not to surprised by the dark forces at work here. Just upset by them.
 
The suggestion that the bare human form (not puppies, not bunnies or 
kittens) should not be viewed by children, or that it be relegated to 
the back room of some nudie bar to be chortled at by the likes of Al 
Bundy, is to me outrageous. It is a view, so against God, Nature, and 
Man, that I am outraged! Some of you people scare me in your 
demonstration of the insidiously narrow nature of Puritanical 
intolerance. And, we haven=92t even gotten to the subject of 3-D and sex 
(or as the Hindi God Indra was want to make manifest  =93A meeting of man 
and the Divine=94). Let=92s open our minds and try for a higher road.

Glenn Stokes has said:
=93Whether you approve or disapprove of glamour-nudity in photography, try 
to be at least sensitive to the notion that someone else has a natural 
and/or legal right to have a different point of view than you.=94
Perhaps we could leave it at that. Perhaps we could try to leave our 
baggage and prejudices at the door when viewing someone elses work. 
That, after all, is only =93common courtesy, ettiquette, and manners=94.

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