More hunters carry cameras afield than ever before, thanks to the cell phone revolution. Additionally, mobile phones often take great pictures with wide angle lenses that make antlers appear much larger than they reality. (Cool!) However, with opportunity comes the potential for really graphic images that can find their way into the hands of anti-hunters. We owe it to our sport and the animal to use good judgement. This piece by Natalie Krebs from Outdoor Life speaks directly to the point.
“I know it when I see it.”
That oft-quoted line about the definition of pornography was delivered by Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart as he defined the difference between art and obscenity in the 1964 case Jacobellis v. Ohio. (Although, fun fact, his clerk is reportedly the one who helped him come to this conclusion when Stewart found himself stumped.)
In general, I find this to be a pretty satisfactory rule of thumb. The ends of the obscenity spectrum are pretty universally agreed upon, but the middle can get muddy. What’s tricky is that it’s 100 percent opinion based. If you’ve got sensible judgement, great (although what’s “sensible” is still wholly subjective). If you don’t, and you’re in a position of authority, then we end up with obscenity or its counterweight: censorship… [continued]
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