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[Typhoid]

Originally Posted by KillerGremlin

Context in terms of who is taking the pictures, or context in term of who is viewing them?

There is a huuuuuuuuge difference.

I meant context of the situation picture was taken in.

Having a photograph of a naked 3 year old is perfectly okay as long as it's your own child (or a relative) and that child is doing something a normal child would do. Having a photograph of a naked 3 year old is not okay if it's basically any other situation.

[Vampyr]

Originally Posted by Typhoid

I meant context of the situation picture was taken in.

Having a photograph of a naked 3 year old is perfectly okay as long as it's your own child (or a relative) and that child is doing something a normal child would do. Having a photograph of a naked 3 year old is not okay if it's basically any other situation.

What if it's a picture of yourself? :o

[KillerGremlin]

Originally Posted by Typhoid

I meant context of the situation picture was taken in.

Having a photograph of a naked 3 year old is perfectly okay as long as it's your own child (or a relative) and that child is doing something a normal child would do. Having a photograph of a naked 3 year old is not okay if it's basically any other situation.

I wouldn't say any other situation is not okay...perhaps there is artistic merit in photographing nude people, even children. There is certainly scientific merit in the context of studying young children for diseases, cancer, and things of that nature.

My point of bringing up the subject of context was that regardless of whose children they are, a lot of people might deem the pictures pornographic. Especially in our strange Western society where nudity is not viewed as a natural state but rather a sexualized and dirty state.

On the topic of taking non-artistic pictures of your kids naked:
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/arizona-co...ory?id=8624533

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Weekend/pa...ory?id=8622696

The knee-jerk reaction is in example of western culture failure.


We probably need a working definition of pornography in this thread, and that is just as hard as defining art.

[BreakABone]

Originally Posted by Typhoid

I meant context of the situation picture was taken in.

Having a photograph of a naked 3 year old is perfectly okay as long as it's your own child (or a relative) and that child is doing something a normal child would do. Having a photograph of a naked 3 year old is not okay if it's basically any other situation.

What if its a picture of a 3-year old that is a relative that you use for porn?