Ukraine outlaws possession of porn, but can't define what it is

Why even have babies....It's SEX. Apparently the Ukaraines hate SEX more than Americans. IMAO

next thing you know, they'll be telling people they can't poop.

yeah but if america made that law all of us would be in prison :O governments need to make sure before they sign a doctrine into law that its specific enough to not include things that are a part of history like paintings from the 1500s

amen bro

Thank you for the comment, Ana. I am happy that this blog post stirred conversation.

I'm sure that we can find Russian and Ukrainian grandmothers who hate their lives and/or have nothing to do and those who are being the best grandmothers they can be. In this case, though, the reference was not made out of favoritism or prejudice for either culture. Harlequin does not publish Ukrainian translations of its romance novels and does publish them in Russian and since Russian is the second major language spoken in Ukraine (in some regions of the country it's actually the first), the grandmothers in this reference have to be Russian-speaking (no matter whether they are Ukrainian-speaking, German-speaking, Turkish-speaking, etc. as well).

Many thanks,

Jane

I could not have stated this better. Thank you for your great response.

THANK YOU! Nothing is black and white, but rather these arguments fall into the gray area of life. An area that, to discuss it with some amount of intelligence requires wisdom and experience - like what you, Maven, seem to have. I salute the Ukrainians for their intelligent attempt to work toward a better society - one that would hopefully produce fewer idiots like the majority of those responding to this article. Sadly, we Americans seem to be failing at maintaining a healthy morality in our society. We could take a lesson from the Ukrainians. At least they are trying to better themselves. So it may take some debate, some discussion, even some thought to come to a definition of porn, so what! We Americans used to be known for that kind of thinking... leading edge debates, redefining the workings of a society, making cutting edge changes, etc. At least discussion like this is a start.

So are you going to be the one who sits at the desk where people come to have their art/porno approved/denied? "To your left is the hall where you can pay your fine. I will be keeping this as evidence."

thank you for being awesome. havent read a comment that made perfect since in a long time.

Sure, but what about naked pictures of men and women? I'm sure a lot of people photograph/paint pictures of naked women or men without sex as the prime motivation for doing so. Telling the difference between "Anal Bangers" and a 1500 hundred year old naked statue is easy, but there IS a grey area that need to be recognized.

Maven,
Nicely written. However I disagree with your opinion on the author. He only suggested that "art" could be considered "porn". The definition of porn as he concluded is vaque and could be corrupted. Don't place too much confidence in your moral pedestal, it could be easily kicked away when there is nothing left for confused moralist law-bringers to topple!

No kidding....porn is not healthy...it has ruined a lot of relationships and lives. How disrespectful and sick is it that women are treated like that? Paid to take their clothes off for a dirty old man to leer at or teen age boys to learn an unhealthy attitude about women and sex. How women can let men exploit them like that is just stupid. Hugh Hefner is a dirty old man. When he was young he was just plain creepy! Wake up girls, stop being sluts.

You have learned your lessons well, grasshopper.