screw the boring presidential race. you know what really makes me angry? this.

[travisezell]

I'm actually very upset by this, and have been loosely following the story since the arrest of Max Hardcore, a disturbingly graphic and faux-abusive pornographer. They couldn't find a DA who was willing to prosecute this horseshit case of "obscenity" so they took the Pasadena-based case to Tampa Bay, FL, where they found a judicial system

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[bowl_of_lilacs]

i agree with you completely. in my work i am looking at how there's a certain sort of government supported neo-con movement that is trying to put us back in the past - not just to bring back "traditional" values in today's society (with all of its tech/cultural advances) but to actually ignore these things and literally go back to the idealized (and never actually extant) "safe" time before it was a problem.

the reason that the boring presidential race is interesting at least recently is watching the less legally-toned-down version of these values coming out at the right's rallies. it's one thing to try to disguise this shit as some kind of a legitimate intelligent legal issue, it's another thing to see it coming out as stupidity, rage, and violent fervor against anyone "different."

[octi_stripe]

Did you actually watch or read descriptions of his movies. I'm pissed that he was taken down on charges of obscenity cause there should have been more of a fight about whether or not there was actual consent.

[travisezell]

I'll go you one farther. I've seen excerpts of some of the films themselves on the ol' Internet. (Suffice to say, it's not my cup of tea. But it was really more of an eyebrow-raising "this is sexy?" kind of reaction than anything. What can I say? I'm jaded to "shocking porn.")

To quote from this illuminating article/blogpost:"As if all of those details weren’t scary enough, the jurors were exempt from watching the entire DVD, and instead the prosecution selected scenes for viewing. This is the most distressing aspect of the case, because it violates the “taken as a whole” stipulation of the Miller test. The jurors didn’t see behind the scenes footage demonstrating affection between performers, female performers smiling and able-bodied after the shoot, how scenes are edited, etc; they just saw excerpts selected for maximum shock value."

[octi_stripe]

However, not all of the performers were smiling and able-bodied after wards. I know that some of the performers were into it, but not all of them were. Some of them tried to stop the scenes, and weren't allowed to. If you can find THOSE performers affectionate afterwords, I'll be convinced. Otherwise, I think he was taken down on a bullshit charge, but he got what he deserved.

[travisezell]

Well I can't speak to that claim, to its validity as more than hearsay or to the frequency of its occurrence, but if that's enough to justify puritanical witch trials, flagrant moralistic abuses of the federal justice system, and a major legal blow against the safety and liberty of Americans' sexual rights (not to mention that of sex workers of all types), then I'm concerned that we have all our priorities out of whack