Re: Fun with the Sony A7 and A7r series
On the other discussion going on, I would like to contribute a few final thoughts.
Zoran referred to "common decency" and this term is usually used to demand that someone shows the common decency to do something or refrain from doing something in cases where someone has
grossly violated our social conventions.
The latter being the crux here in my view.
I lived long enough in the US myself, and I was stunned by the amount of prudery and procrastination that I observed when it came to matters of sexualtiy. A sexually extremely charged society would be an understatement in deed.
Social conventions are a matter of "Zeitgeist", and Zeitgeist is a matter of social political as well as economical dominance in a given social structure.
The picture you claim to feel offended by displays what I would descirbe as partial nudity, and that triggers you to quote netiquette and referr to US law etc.
It is no secret that the biggest consumers of porn, and that is not the category Werner's picture falls into, are conservatives, the very people shoveling their common sense and morality down our throats with pleasure.
Edelman / Harvard Business School:
http://people.hbs.edu/bedelman/papers/redlightstates.pdf
It does not endanger the development of a child to see bare breasts, and hey, "normally" that is what they see the first time they are around on this planet anyways if you get my drift.
I find your demand and referral to common sense and respect utterly risible, and that is the last I have to say on that matter.
Best
Georg