A quote in support of pornography
Morgarth, 01 Nov 2005 11:17:26
In December 2000 it was reported that cockney actor SIR MICHAEL CAINE has come out in support of pornography. The 67-year-old Oscar winner believes there is no logic in banning the material.
see: http://www.cinema.com/news/item/1828/michael-caine-supports-pornography.phtml
Amelie, 01 Nov 2005 12:11:41
loved the Michael Caine quote "He adds, "The thing that strikes me is...I
was watching some documentary about the history of pornography and one thing
interested me: pornography was never censored until the working class were
taught to read. Every university had its archives of filth, but they said,
'We're intellectuals, we can look at it, but if you let anyone else look at
it they'll all start raping and pillaging.'"
Amelie
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> In December 2000 it was reported that cockney actor SIR MICHAEL CAINE has
> come out in support of pornography. The 67-year-old Oscar winner believes
> there is no logic in banning the material.
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> see:
> http://www.cinema.com/news/item/1828/michael-caine-supports-pornography.phtml
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Thunder, 01 Nov 2005 12:26:52
In message <00d501c5dedc$7624c5e0$6501a8c0@Sylvia>, Amelie
writes
>loved the Michael Caine quote "He adds, "The thing that strikes me is...I
>was watching some documentary about the history of pornography and one thing
>interested me: pornography was never censored until the working class were
>taught to read. Every university had its archives of filth, but they said,
>'We're intellectuals, we can look at it, but if you let anyone else look at
>it they'll all start raping and pillaging.'"
>
>Amelie
>
In a way true, look at some of the pornographic images in early
illustrated bibles which only the educated were able to read.
Reminds me though of a chemistry teacher at school who had lived in
India during the Raj who once complained to the class that everything in
India had been lovely till we taught the Indians to read :)
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^Thunder^
Manniq, 01 Nov 2005 14:31:28
Oh. This is somnething you might well wish to plough away at. If you look at the history of censorship and WHAT gets censored, you will find that media more closely associated with the 'higher arts' usually escape with much lighter censorship than things that the great unwashed can get their hands on.
If you think about the '60's, that was an age when censorship in film and TV was much in the public eye - and whilst there was a general lightening across the board, the greatest gains were in the world of theatre.
Look at what attracts the harshest censorship today. Pictures, videos, comics, even - rather than 'literature' and art.
There is a definite snob bias to thinking by many people about censorship.
Regards,
M
Author wrote:
> loved the Michael Caine quote "He adds, "The thing that strikes me is...I
> was watching some documentary about the history of pornography and one thing
> interested me: pornography was never censored until the working class were
> taught to read. Every university had its archives of filth, but they said,
> 'We're intellectuals, we can look at it, but if you let anyone else look at
> it they'll all start raping and pillaging.'"
> Amelie
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: , 01 Nov 2005 14:31:28
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> Subject: [backlash] A quote in support of pornography
> > In December 2000 it was reported that cockney actor SIR MICHAEL CAINE has
> > come out in support of pornography. The 67-year-old Oscar winner believes
> > there is no logic in banning the material.
> >
> > see:
> > http://www.cinema.com/news/item/1828/michael-caine-supports-pornography.phtml
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Amelie, 01 Nov 2005 15:47:34
thanks - that has supplied the missing link - I did not finish the promised
article because it was missing a "hook" but this is it. Back to the drawing
board - but it keeps me off the streets... and out of the dungeon... Amelie
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> Oh. This is somnething you might well wish to plough away at. If you
> look at the history of censorship and WHAT gets censored, you will find
> that media more closely associated with the 'higher arts' usually escape
> with much lighter censorship than things that the great unwashed can get
> their hands on.
>
> If you think about the '60's, that was an age when censorship in film and
> TV was much in the public eye - and whilst there was a general lightening
> across the board, the greatest gains were in the world of theatre.
>
> Look at what attracts the harshest censorship today. Pictures, videos,
> comics, even - rather than 'literature' and art.
>
> There is a definite snob bias to thinking by many people about censorship.
>
> Regards,
>
> M
>
> Author wrote:
>> loved the Michael Caine quote "He adds, "The thing that strikes me is...I
>> was watching some documentary about the history of pornography and one
>> thing
>> interested me: pornography was never censored until the working class
>> were
>> taught to read. Every university had its archives of filth, but they
>> said,
>> 'We're intellectuals, we can look at it, but if you let anyone else look
>> at
>> it they'll all start raping and pillaging.'"
>> Amelie
>> ----- Original Message -----
m: , 01 Nov 2005 15:47:34
>> To:
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 11:17 AM
>> Subject: [backlash] A quote in support of pornography
>> > In December 2000 it was reported that cockney actor SIR MICHAEL CAINE
>> > has
>> > come out in support of pornography. The 67-year-old Oscar winner
>> > believes
>> > there is no logic in banning the material.
>> >
>> > see:
>> > http://www.cinema.com/news/item/1828/michael-caine-supports-pornography.phtml
>> >
>> >
>> >
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