david f,

'You just lied.'

assuming you are right which you aren't you have no basis to call lying wrong anyway. That is why you can call photgraphing young girls nude 'árt'

So runner, if your wife bought you a Fleshlight for your birthday,
would she be buying you porn or art or neither :)

runner,

What must we make of these masterpieces?

http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/jacopo-tintoretto-the-origin-of-the-milky-way

http://www.wikipaintings.org/en/raphael/the-alba-madonna-1

Nudity in art need not mean smut and debauchery - although some people seem to be programmed to draw such conclusions.

I agree, Poirot... and though I'm not an art expert, if you zoom in sufficiently on the Tintoretto you'll see that it is expressionist.

I've always admired Van Eyck's famous Ghent alterpiece, even if the panels had to be opened to see this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ghent_Altarpiece_A_-_Eve.jpg

Dear runner,

Apparently you did not read my post. I wrote nothing about lying being wrong. I wrote that you lied which is a fact. Whether lying is right or wrong depends on the circumstances. It is legitimate to lie to spare another human being suffering if we do no other damamge by the lie. I need no mumbojumbo or belief in biblical fairy tales to justify my morality. However, I think your lie was wrong because you lied to make a point. I think it is wrong to lie to justify an argument. You may feel your lie was justified, but the fact is that you lied.

WmTrevor,

Here's pic I drew for a friend - nudey man and all!

But, of course, it's the meaning behind the imagery that's all important - don't you agree?

http://s1072.photobucket.com/albums/w375/Poirot4/?action=view&current=fc6e26aa.jpg