Obscenity must be mated with banality because every kind of aesthetic enjoyment has to be entirely replaced by simple sexual stimulation which demands the traditional word for direct action upon the patient.

色情和庸俗紧密相连是因为每一种审美,趣味都将被性刺激代替,这需要那种传统的语言对直接性行为进行描述。

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