topic Re: Is this acceptable because it's 'art'? in Buying

Is this acceptable because it's 'art'?

imastawka — Wed, 04 Jul 2018 08:51:27 GMT

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Just askin'

Cos it looks a tad risqué for ebay

Re: Is this acceptable because it's 'art'?

Anonymous — Wed, 04 Jul 2018 08:57:36 GMT

Only if you use them for poker

Re: Is this acceptable because it's 'art'?

kopenhagen5 — Wed, 04 Jul 2018 08:58:39 GMT

I agree, it would be classified as erotic and shouldn't be unclassified within general public.

The up side is eBay is only for 18+

(naughty bear)

Re: Is this acceptable because it's 'art'?

imastawka — Wed, 04 Jul 2018 09:02:47 GMT

@kopenhagen5 wrote:
I agree, it would be classified as erotic and shouldn't be unclassified within general public.
The up side is eBay is only for 18+

(naughty bear)

Sure it is.

Bad, bad Bear

Re: Is this acceptable because it's 'art'?

kopenhagen5 — Wed, 04 Jul 2018 09:05:57 GMT

So all along, you are really under 18 ?

Pretty smart teenager if you ask me.

Re: Is this acceptable because it's 'art'?

digital*ghost — Wed, 04 Jul 2018 09:11:44 GMT

Presuming that you're asking purely from an eBay policy standpoint.... Doesn't seem like it, I mean, there could be some debate for how explicit the image is, but by and large, uh.. I dunno. I didn't look.

What I mean is, I think in terms of the policy that could be deemed 'explicit'.

Restricted
The following items may be listed if the item does not contain explicit nudity or sexual content:

Playboy, Playgirl, and Penthouse merchandise such as calendars and clothing
Nude playing cards or trading cards

As an aside, eBay does have an Adults Only section for your more risqué items, and which has restricted access (and by restricted, in the info pages it says you need to agree to the T&Cs of the AO section before being granted access), but when I tried to access it, I just got a blank page.

Re: Is this acceptable because it's 'art'?

padi*0409 — Wed, 04 Jul 2018 09:34:13 GMT

Yep, a bit risque but as Kopes is probably aware the Japanese Shunga sake cups and bottles often appear on eBay, and they are similar to this.

Yes Kopes, I do have a couple of Shunga pieces....................

Re: Is this acceptable because it's 'art'?

zanadoo_56 — Wed, 04 Jul 2018 09:45:25 GMT

Probaby a bit risqué, considering in a search for Barbie doll items up came an entry for something featuring naked ladies....with all the erm, bits blacked over, and these cards haven't been altered.

But then again, the cards seem to be based on ancient pottery designs (which I remember seeing on SBS not so long ago) so it is art of a sort.

Doesn't bother me but others might not be happy.

Re: Is this acceptable because it's 'art'?

kopenhagen5 — Wed, 04 Jul 2018 10:08:02 GMT

What's this shunga thing ? Shirimasen.

I know sake.

If it's that famous erotic Japanese art, that's very detailed and once again should be kept behind closed doors.

Re: Is this acceptable because it's 'art'?

imastawka — Wed, 04 Jul 2018 10:28:22 GMT

MY eyes!!! Just googled images for Shunga cups.

Bad Padi

Having seen them (and wish I hadn't) I think these are tame.

Re: Is this acceptable because it's 'art'?

padi*0409 — Wed, 04 Jul 2018 10:34:36 GMT

A girl of your delicate sensibilities should not use google Stawks. ....................yep, they are pretty detailed, but then the Japanese look on that sort of thing rather more liberally than we do.

G'day Kopes, don't google Shunga mate.

Re: Is this acceptable because it's 'art'?

gutterpunkz05 — Wed, 04 Jul 2018 10:38:53 GMT

Who has the one eyed jack

Re: Is this acceptable because it's 'art'?

lyndal1838 — Wed, 04 Jul 2018 10:43:32 GMT

I googled it...............

Re: Is this acceptable because it's 'art'?

padi*0409 — Wed, 04 Jul 2018 10:51:34 GMT

@lyndal1838 wrote:
I googled it...............

................................sigh. Norty lyndal, off you go to the NR girl.

See ya there.

Re: Is this acceptable because it's 'art'?

imastawka — Wed, 04 Jul 2018 13:14:41 GMT

I'm ignoring Gutterpunk............ and Lyndal............why would you???!!!

Re: Is this acceptable because it's 'art'?

lyndal1838 — Wed, 04 Jul 2018 13:21:43 GMT

Why ignore me?

What is wrong with using google to find out about something you have never heard of?

Re: Is this acceptable because it's 'art'?

imastawka — Wed, 04 Jul 2018 13:42:05 GMT

I'm not ignoring you. Perhaps I should have put you in a new sentence, Lyndal.

Allow me to rephrase -

I'm ignoring Gutterpunk.

And Lyndal.......why would you??!!

I already made mention that I have to basically send my eyes out to be dry cleaned, so why would you want to see it?

Google is not always your friend, believe me.

Re: Is this acceptable because it's 'art'?

padi*0409 — Wed, 04 Jul 2018 13:51:27 GMT

@lyndal1838 wrote:
Why ignore me?
What is wrong with using google to find out about something you have never heard of?

It's OK lyndal.................I'm in the Norty Room now.

Tee Hee......................pm

Re: Is this acceptable because it's 'art'?

countessalmirena — Wed, 04 Jul 2018 23:39:11 GMT

Imastawka, I was very wary about doing a search on eBay for that item number! I imagined being inundated by erotic cards (as I assumed the item to be) forever after, with emails from eBay telling me "Erotic playing cards - worth another look?" and "Erotic playing cards is no longer available, but these similar items are!" or something like that.

So... I googled, and found the item by clicking onto Picclick instead.

Based on that, definitely erotic. The images are clearly based on styles and subjects found in classical Greek history.

This is a vexed question. There's no doubt that some of the most fabulous artworks in the world are erotic. In their own place, there's no denying the beauty of many such works.

It's more about intention and use, I suppose... although separate questions about morality are always going to be linked to visual depictions of the naked human form. It can be smutty, pornographic, humiliating, risqué, school-child-naughty, humorous, moving, chilling, indifferent, beautiful, arousing, sensuous... These are risqué and I wouldn't be interested in them myself. (Yet if someone offered me Discobolus, I'd take it without a second's hesitation!)

Generally speaking, if I went to a card party and the card pack were that pack, I'd not be interested in a return match! If I went to a dinner party and the guy hosting it had a house full of naked statues and erotic artwork, with everything having some sort of phallic or yonic reference, it would seem distinctly creepy and I'd be out of there.

Re: Is this acceptable because it's 'art'?

gutterpunkz05 — Thu, 05 Jul 2018 10:20:01 GMT

Why, every pack of cards I have ever seen, has a one eyed jack. Cards are dealt face up until someone gets the one eyed jack. That person then becomes the dealer. There are two, one eyed jacks per deck, normally the jack of spades and hearts, there is also one, one eyed king