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Originally posted by Kiko_Wu
Get smart guys, as an industry we've all paid too many times for other peoples bad habits. If you want to say "Yeah! Those dumb bitches deserve it" go for it. Just don't be crying all over the boards when the prominence of the niche and the industry support it gets burns us all.
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So now you are suggesting that instead of working as a whole to overcome a stigma placed on the Porn Industry we should instead work at marketing a palatable version of Porn to placate the North American public?
And I suppose in other rights movements such as Women's rights and minority group rights those people who were protesting and doing what they believed in should have said "I don't like those people over there because they make me look bad - lets dump their asses."
Your theory in this matter is actually backwards as its always the radical fringe elements in a marginalized group that serve to make changes to the publics perception towards the majority of that marginalized group. Even if the bulk of the marginalized group despises those fringe Elements. For example, Malcolm X was not as popular in his time as he is now. And before anyone puts words in my mouth, I am not comparing ANYONE in the Porn business to Malcolm X or suggesting what he was doing is as important as the issues presented here.
You have to do what you feel is morally right - I would never suggest otherwise. But you have to allow other people the freedom to do what they want, even if you don't feel its morally acceptable to your standards - as long as its legal. The law is supposed to represent the communities standards as a whole. That's how our supposed democratic society works. If it didn't you would be in the same boat as everyone else in this industry - fucked by the right wing conservatives who are in power.
And never mind that - its time for American legislators to realize that by not working with the industry proactively and positively they are only serving to push things offshore where there are even less controls to prevent the real moral outrages. Maybe they could do more to help out in countries where its legal to produce CP instead of the "as long as its not in my backyard" approach they have now. The Internet is global and its not going anywhere.