This is getting interesting. I guess not many people here rate Annie Sprinkle as an artist (the subject of my daughter's degree thesis and so of some interest to me). But I've been dabbling with censorship issues ever since defending some of the early UK "video nasties" - most of which are now regarded as fairly non-shocking.

I think I might leave it a bit before coming back.

But permit me to but three buts.

First, please don't misrepresent what I say.

The US constitution not only affects government, but also for example by and large prevents injunctions in the US to restrain defamatory statements - and has relatively recently been used to decide on policy grounds not to enforce a UK libel money judgment. So it may not be such a red herring.

Finally for this posting, without going too far down the feminist road, why is it insulting to call someone a twat (or equivalent)? It is a convention that needs some examination. I'm not sure if the expression is meaningful in the USA, but in the UK it is a vulgar expression for the female pudendum, regarded for some reason as less offensive than the usual "c**t" (to adhere to local censorship convention since breaking it at this moment will not enhance the debate).