http://www.erosblog.com/2003/10/02/safe-to-cuddle/ Sex Blogging, Gratuitous Nudity, Kinky Sex, Sundry Sensuality Wed, 17 Mar 2010 06:27:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://www.erosblog.com/2003/10/02/safe-to-cuddle/#comment-23043 ErosBlog: The Sex Blog » Blog Archive » More On NSFW Sun, 11 Mar 2007 19:03:55 +0000 http://www.erosblog.com/wp/?p=549#comment-23043 [...] Long time readers know my views on the stupid NSFW flag that too often accompanies any link to adult material on the American bits of the internet. I was delighted yesterday (after linking to Susie Bright) to discover that she’s written a long and thoughtful rant against NSFW nonsense. My favorite bit: NSFW has no meaning in print— in paper journalism or publishing. It has no place in a newsroom or the bookstore. It only exists on the Internet— which is ironically notorious for its libertarianism. NSFW, whoever dreamed it up, is a Bowdlerization of the Web, a Scarlet Letter. It exists because fearful people believe in it, like a bad fairy. It says more about the psychological fears and prejudices of the person using it, than it does about the content in question. Why do web authors put up with it? [...] [...] Long time readers know my views on the stupid NSFW flag that too often accompanies any link to adult material on the American bits of the internet. I was delighted yesterday (after linking to Susie Bright) to discover that she’s written a long and thoughtful rant against NSFW nonsense. My favorite bit: NSFW has no meaning in print— in paper journalism or publishing. It has no place in a newsroom or the bookstore. It only exists on the Internet— which is ironically notorious for its libertarianism. NSFW, whoever dreamed it up, is a Bowdlerization of the Web, a Scarlet Letter. It exists because fearful people believe in it, like a bad fairy. It says more about the psychological fears and prejudices of the person using it, than it does about the content in question. Why do web authors put up with it? [...]

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