Uganda: Nakedness, Nudity or Pornography - Where Do You Draw the Line?

What exactly constitutes nakedness, nudity or pornography has always been quite a controversial topic in many societies around the world. The Independent solicited the expertise of a linguist, catholic clergy, artist, psychologist and law professors to understand the distinction of the three concepts.

In one famous case in the US Supreme Court in [1963-1964] involving the prosecution of a theatre manager for showing the French movie, 'Les Amants' or 'The Lovers,' Justice Potter Stewart declined to define pornography, instead saying "I shall not today attempt further to define [obscenity]; and perhaps I could never succeed in intelligibly doing so. But I know it when I see it... ."

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