We were very happy when a South African court, which had previously ruled against us, took another look and decided that this material was not obscene and allowed it into the country.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The only thing that is obscene is censorship.
What I haven't apologised for is the original concept of seeking to bring justice to all South Africans through the concept of nation states.
It was illegal for black people and white people to play checkers together in Birmingham. And there were even black and white Bibles to swear to tell the truth on in many parts of the South.
This is the strange thing about South Africa - for all its corruption and crime, it seems to offer a stimulating sense that anything is possible.
Sex and obscenity are not synonymous. Obscene material is material which deals with sex in a manner appealing to prurient interest.
In 1973, the Supreme Court ruled that individual communities should set obscenity standards. Whenever a case is tried, it will be based on a community standard for that particular place.
Attacking innocent people is always obscene.
Certain things were deemed to be offensive. It was usually bad language.
Censorship is to art as lynching is to justice.
In the NUDE, all that is not beautiful is obscene.
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