Which "real life" scenario is representative of the inherent difficulties that come with defining pornography?
a. In 1994, researchers at Brown University studying the effects of hard core pornography on frontal lobe brain activity were told by university officials to shut down their research project or risk losing their jobs.
b. In a 1964 case concerning obscenity, the Justice overseeing the case admitted that he could not define hard core pornography, but "he knew it when he saw it."
c. Shortly after finishing his term in office, President Bill Clinton's e-mail account was hacked and it was reported by the press that pornographic images were found in his account; however, it was later revealed that the pornographic images where photographs of nude paintings by a modern artist and close friend of Clinton's.
d. In 2008, high school senior Ashley Holisdale submitted black and white nude photographs for her high school's art show; she was later suspended from school and not allowed to attend graduation with her class because school officials stated that she violated their anti-pornography policy.
ANS: B
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