Obsenity, Media Law

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Romper bomper stomper boo tell me tell me tell me do magic mirror tell me today which media law subject should my paper cover today? Why don’t we talk about f#@*%n obscenity? That sounds good to me. It also sounds like the magic mirror needs its mouth washed out with soap, this being just my opinion. Surprisingly the magic mirror has only displayed only one forum of what is considered obscenity. Obscene language is certainly one issue I feel I am surrounded by everyday, both as a user and a receiver, but there are also images and gestures which are considered obscene. Now an obvious image of obscenity is pornography, but surprisingly even the masters of art have been and some still accuse them of creating obscene images.
Now I am not a prude by any stretch of the imagination, I have been known to use language that would make my mother slap the back of my head. I must say though that I use it in the confides of designated areas where it is more readily accepted. As we tell children as they grow up,” you have an indoor voice and an outdoor voice.” I would say, as we create our personality we have a selection of words and images we allow at different places and times. One of these selections of words and images contain obscene words, images and gestures we either use or choose to ignore or avoid depending on what meaning we have adopted for these things into our own lives.
As we look at the world from a myopic viewpoint you would think obscene images, ideas, paintings, writings, etc… would easily stick out. However when you use a broader view of the world you realize that there are billions of people on the face of the earth, and each and every one of them has their own view and opinion and no two are exactly the same. This being the case what one may find obscene and improper, another may find acceptable, and let us not forget about all those who dwell in the infinite shades of gray on any given subject.
Webster’s defines obs...