Lawrence presents here in this work his famous phrase regarding what "is Obscenity anyhow", the only concurrent defense of personal taste there is. I love Lawrence in one sense that he manages to draw out conclusions and then wander off to another subject before returning back to the main point, but perhaps that actually should be the way.

I got a lot out of Lawrence's views on pornography and censorship, literature and sex, and from Lawrence's point of view he pushes the Walt Whitman styled philosophy of good hearty nutritious sex instead of cerebral experiences, but it is all part of the same equation is it not?

Yes, like Shaw, Lawrence is a bit nutty in his own way, but we can't forget his efforts as they paved the way for many of our more lucid grasps on rationalising sexuality. ( )