obscenity

is a moral concept in the verbal arsenal of the establishment, which abuses the term by applying it, not to expressions of its own morality but to those of another.

Obscenity is a moral concept in the verbal arsenal of the establishment, which abuses the term by applying it, not to expressions of its own morality but to those of another. Herbert Marcuse

is a moral concept in the verbal arsenal of the establishment, which abuses the term by applying it, not to expressions of its own morality but to those of another. Obscene is not the picture of a naked woman who exposes her pubic hair but that of a fully clad general who exposes his medals rewarded in a war of aggression... obscene is not the ritual of the hippies but the declaration of a high dignitary of the church that war is necessary for peace.

Obscenity is a moral concept in the verbal arsenal of the Establishment, which abuses the term by applying it, not to expressions of its own morality but to those of another. Obscene is not the picture of a naked woman who exposes her pubic hair but that of a fully clad general who exposes his medals rewarded in a war of aggression... obscene is not the ritual of the Hippies but the declaration of a high dignitary of the Church that war is necessary for peace. Herbert Marcuse

is not a quality inherent in a book or picture, but is solely and exclusively a contribution of the reading mind, and hence cannot be defined in terms of the qualities of a book or picture.

Obscenity is not a quality inherent in a book or picture, but is solely and exclusively a contribution of the reading mind, and hence cannot be defined in terms of the qualities of a book or picture. - Theodore Schroeder

is our name for the uneasiness which upsets the physical state associated with self-possession, with the possession of a recognized and stable individuality.

Obscenity is our name for the uneasiness which upsets the physical state associated with self-possession, with the possession of a recognized and stable individuality. Georges Bataille

 lies in what is hidden. Nothing that is expressed is obscene.

Nothing that is expressed is obscene. What is obscene is what is hidden. Nagisa Oshima

is completely misunderstood. While everybody says sex is obscene, the only true obscenity is war.

Everybody says sex is obscene. The only true obscenity is war. Henry Miller

is tested, as a concept, when one dares to look at something that he has an unbearable desire to see but has forbidden himself to look at. It disappears and a certain liberation ensues at that moment when one feels that everything that one had wanted to see has been revealed.

The concept of 'obscenity' is tested when one dares to look at something that he has an unbearable desire to see but has forbidden himself to look at. When one feels that everything that one had wanted to see has been revealed, 'obscenity' disappears, the taboo disappears as well, and there is a certain liberation. Nagisa Oshima

Obscenity is whatever gives the Judge an erection. ~ Anon

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