one of the things that concerns me the most about most Western legal definitions of porn (in particular US) is the "devoid of serious artistic merit"

there's this idea that, not only can porn not be serious or artistic, but that the government (or anyone) is able to simply quantify if something is artistic or not. who is able to say "that is devoid of artistic merit", how can we allow a government to declare What Is Art?

this is such a bigger topic at work, knowing that the most authoritarian governments who have banned porn also inevitably look to ban all art.

once porn bans begin it's a very quick slope to banning more art under the guise of Protecting Minors, and later simply all art they don't like, all founded on the idea that porn cannot be serious or artistic.