The dictionary that you quoted said "sexually explicit." Again, I don't think that nipples or genitals have to be visible in order for an image to be sexually explicit. Like the images that I linked in my above comment. Would you say that those are not sexually explicit?
And again, my argument doesn't rest on whether the cover meets the legal definition of "porn" or not. Whether you call it porn or whether you don't call it porn, you have to admit that it's clearly a sexual image on some level. And my argument is, that's inappropriate in this context.
But if you want to split hairs about the definition (which frankly doesn't fucking matter, but whatever), I give you this: "Porn" is subjective. It's a nebulous term that evolves over time. It is also a term that, like so much of language, is largely defined by majority rule. Now, I can't even count the number of times I have read blog posts in which people called out this image as "porn" or "hentai." Even random people on the street (http://ang-band.livejournal.com/3164.html) agree. I can count the number of people I've read who insist that it is not porn, and that's on one hand. That would be you, Scott, and two people in the videos linked above.
A picture of a knife in a hand, menacing some person, is not a picture of actual violence, is not a picture of murder. It may imply such is forthcoming, but taken on its own, without further context, it cannot logically be called as such.
Fuck, I would call that a "violent" image. The promise of impending murder is violent. Just like the promise of impending sex is sexy.
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And again, my argument doesn't rest on whether the cover meets the legal definition of "porn" or not. Whether you call it porn or whether you don't call it porn, you have to admit that it's clearly a sexual image on some level. And my argument is, that's inappropriate in this context.
But if you want to split hairs about the definition (which frankly doesn't fucking matter, but whatever), I give you this: "Porn" is subjective. It's a nebulous term that evolves over time. It is also a term that, like so much of language, is largely defined by majority rule. Now, I can't even count the number of times I have read blog posts in which people called out this image as "porn" or "hentai." Even random people on the street (http://ang-band.livejournal.com/3164.html) agree. I can count the number of people I've read who insist that it is not porn, and that's on one hand. That would be you, Scott, and two people in the videos linked above.
A picture of a knife in a hand, menacing some person, is not a picture of actual violence, is not a picture of murder. It may imply such is forthcoming, but taken on its own, without further context, it cannot logically be called as such.
Fuck, I would call that a "violent" image. The promise of impending murder is violent. Just like the promise of impending sex is sexy.