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Re:Biography of Christopher “moot” Poole: The Hacker Known a... by enraged_camel on Saturday February 09, 2019 @01:20AM (#19121072)
>>That depends or your definition of pornography

Let’s not split hairs here. There is a reason we have a saying: “X is like porn; you know it when you see it.”

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Re:Biography of Christopher “moot” Poole: The Hacker Known a... by adrianN on Saturday February 09, 2019 @02:57AM (#19121254)
Different people know it when they see different things. Not too long ago showing ankles was considered basically porn.
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Re:Biography of Christopher “moot” Poole: The Hacker Known a... by Eremotherium on Saturday February 09, 2019 @10:37PM (#19126244)
That saying goes back to supreme court justice Potter Stewart and it's something a lot of people would disagree with as it posits a fake universal standard for things like offensiveness and obscenity.
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