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Originally Posted by raymor
Interesting. So to most of the people who replied, there is no difference at all between a police drama, where the they try to stop a rapist, and selling something to of get off on the idea of raping women? To me, there is a difference between acknowledging that crime happens versus promoting rape as erotic.
Just as you might watch Law and Order with your family, you're just as comfortable sitting down with dinner and watching a rape porn, where they present a woman screaming in anguish as the best part of a fun Saturday night? That's interesting, if so.
If you think there IS a difference between a drama that mentions a crime having occurred versus promoting the idea of rape as the way to get your rocks off, it might be interesting to ponder just what that difference is.
I think it mignt be that it's ok to have a cop drama and that doesn't necesarily make it ok to promote the idea off rape as being erotic or acceptable.
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The law in the US is basically what you just said.
The fine line between obscenity and art is what it comes down to in court.
If the content focuses on the rape instead of a broader theme then it's going to be
obscenity in most courts. Law And Order focuses on the process of arrest, trial and
conviction. The rape is only there to establish the crime to follow through the process.
It's really a joke when people compare porn scenes with rape and violence to TV
and movie dramas because the movie and TV never focus on the rape and violence as
the sole message of the content, in addition to, the TV/movie rape not even being explicit. The rape scene in TV is 20 seconds; in porn it's 20 minutes!!
When Law And Order makes an episode with 10 rape scenes one after another with
no arrest and no other message then people can argue about mainstream TV and movies
somehow "getting away with it". Until that time it's truly a stupid argument.