I'm still wondering what the "L" word is.

On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 11:52 PM, Robert Fisher <refisher@mchsi.com> wrote:

> Thank you sir, for once again providing a sensible, direct and reasoned
> response, thus helping me save face by deflating my impulse to pick back at
> the nit-pickers. : /
>
> Cya,
> Robert
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Rocket J Squirrel
> Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 6:29 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Moderator Comment Re: Disc Brake Setup Photos
>
> The meaning of the word has expanded to cover the "graphic, detailed,
> often gratuitous depiction of something."
>
> Example: In The Four Pillars of Wisdom, he devotes a well-deserved chapter
> to the financial press and its weakness for "financial pornography"�lurid
> coverage of star money managers. (Seattle Times, Auhust 4, 2002).
>
> See http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pornography
>
> It's no longer restricted to matters of a lurid or sexual nature. Films
> like "Saw" have been called "torture porn"; closeups of people brought to
> tears in TV interviews are a form of emotional porn; photographs of
> high-end photographic gear, fishing tackle, audio gear, cars, bicycles,
> etc., in magazines are commonly referred to as types of porn.
>
> Anything one might drool over, including, apparently, brakes.
>
> --
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>
>
> On 4/8/2009 6:03 PM Mike S wrote:
>
> > At 08:18 PM 4/8/2009, Robert Fisher wrote...
> >> Hey, some of us like our pRoN. : )
> >
> > But how are pictures of a Vanagon comparable to pictures of prostitutes
> > (the root meaning of "pornography")?
> >
> > I understand the vernacular, but it's just poor choice of language.
> >
>