[conserv13]

Just the fact the he started Playboy. A men's magazine with not only tasteful photos of nude women, but political articles, style, culture, etc...,

I don't often agree with his politics, but Playboy is a good magazine. I read my father's collection when I was a kid and now I have a subscription myself. I have read it every month for the last 10 years. Its great.

[ArGee]

A men's magazine with not only tasteful photos of nude women, but political articles, style, culture, etc...,

You specifically said "better place." There are lots of men's magazines and will be lots more. What made Playboy different was not the articles, liberal or otherwise, nor the style nor the culture, but the "tasteful" photos. If they had simply been photos of beautiful women, you would not feel the need to qualify them as "tasteful." You have to add that qualifier because the unique addition of Playboy was the nudity.

So I am back to my question. How does the publication of photos of nude women, tasteful or otherwise, make the world a better place?

Shalom.

[RightWingAtheist]

I've collected some back issues on the basis of the fiction and articles (really), but of course, I always look at the pictures first. One issue I have from the sixties features a profile of William F Buckley written by George Gilder The earliest issue I have is from 1988; sorry Hef, but I like real women, not tatooed, pierced, lacquered-up, surgically-modifed blow-up dolls.