Taking from the list of rules that apply to the APP forum doesn't make them apply here. This area is not part of the APP forum. Therefore the "this forum was created for a higher level of argument, etc." isn't applying here. Rule 12 does, and if 3D started in detail to describe stuff the content would be considered "porn" but the image itself? One general statement isn't "graphic", at least not how I meant it when I posted the rule.
The reality is "porn" is subjective in nature. The SCOTUS even rules that way. One of the more famous quotes that you get from the SCOTUS on this subject is, "I'll know it when I see it. And in this case that wasn't it." (paraphrased).
Had he posted the book's picture with that statement in the APP area, he'd likely lose access to the APP area, and the picture would have been deleted because that area is subject to stricter content rules. Now, I've been trying to find a consensus among the Admin team to see if they see it differently than myself. Now, the book was drawn from the previous post of another who has since deleted his own post. While I find the book itself would probably be porn (don't post excerpts unless you want to be banned) the picture seem very rated PG-13 rather than rated XXX. The silly comment with it doesn't change that and is not a "graphic description" of sex.
If the admin team comes to a different conclusion, once I hear from them. I'll delete the picture, warn 3D, and it will all be handled. Either way, at this point the discussion itself has some merit. Does the picture constitute porn? What would the SCOTUS say? I've seen more skin and side-cleavage on soap commercials, but then they don't actually show the derriere.. just side-cleavage.
This discussion is both political, as such things have actually been brought before and decided on by the SCOTUS, as well as how would one write a non-subjective law or rule denoting the subjective nature of "what constitutes pornography?"
The girl on the cover is "nude", however isn't showing any more than a girl that was wearing a string bikini. Is it "porn"? Not from any definition that I know. Suggestive? Certainly. But so are many ads we see on billboards, are they "porn"?
I'm interested, actually quite interested, in the opinions of the members on the subject. Obviously 3D doesn't think the picture is "porn", I think it rides right on the line and could be seen either way, and so far there has been little input from the rest of the admin team other than one who doesn't think it is porn.
Anyway, I'd like to turn the conversation into something more interesting than, "I don't like 3D" into something more constructive. What level of censorship do you think I should apply in this case? It certainly isn't about children, so my one strict rule isn't applying here, it is subjective and I'd like to hear arguments as to why this particular picture would be porn, or wouldn't if that is your opinion. I'll take a consensus from the members as well.