"Harry, I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Every day, once a day, give yourself a present. Don't plan it, don't wait for it, just let it happen. Could be a new shirt at the men's store, a catnap in your office chair, or two cups of good, hot, black coffee. Like this."  -Dale Cooper

some kind of spot-check monitoring system to ensure that drugs aren't freely handed out on set, and that no one appears to have been coerced. any studio where porn is going to be photographed/filmed needs to be registered so that these monitors know where to show up, failure to register your studio warrants a stiff (lol) fine. this system would minimize the cost to the taxpayer, while hopefully putting the fear of being potentially monitored into every producer. i find that complete transparency is the best way to keep people honest

I don't watch this stuff.

"Harry, I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Every day, once a day, give yourself a present. Don't plan it, don't wait for it, just let it happen. Could be a new shirt at the men's store, a catnap in your office chair, or two cups of good, hot, black coffee. Like this."  -Dale Cooper

Wow, you really are a wit of staggering proportions. (I threw it low for you that time, Booth.) 

Fud, that actually sounds like a pretty fair idea.  I read a blog once where somene had compiled clips of people doing lines and smoking joints IN the porno movies.  It seems there could be charges pressed there. 

Just trying to be as cute as coolsprings, though I do think there's something homoerotic about contact sports.

 I keep wanting to read this book, The Other Hollywood

Traci Lords' biography had a lot to say on the subject. When porn looks like a good alternative to whatever situation a kid's coming from, I just don't know if there's a whole lot of help out there for them.  She started that program for runaway teens, Children of the Night [ http://www.childrenofthenight.org/ ]  I think that's a good place to start, letting them know there are other options.

Jordan's Note - I fixed the link.

I think the feds need to investigate the guys who make the Gag Factor movies. That can't be consensual.Those rented well at the shop I managed, too...   Ugh. 

This one dude came in asking what the nastiest filth we carried was, and I told him the production company.  Then he asked me out.  I about Maced him.  The industry does bring out the human garbage of the world.

Lots of actors only feel guilty in hindsight, and want to blame someone else for their poor decision-making. Yes, at 18, a person only thinks they're grown up enough to think for themselves, but it takes the freedom to make mistakes to learn to make the right choices. And at 18 "Little Suzy" is considered a woman in the eyes of the law, not a girl.

Ethically speaking, yes. We should want to guide younger people who are going to ruin their lives away from harm however we can. I see no problem with trying to make the adult entertainment industry safer.

"It's not so bad as long as you can keep the fear from your mind." - D. Cooper

"I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer." - P. Atreides

"Whoever can see through all fear will always be safe" - L. tzu

"It's not so bad as long as you can keep the fear from your mind." - D. Cooper

"I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer." - P. Atreides

"Whoever can see through all fear will always be safe" - L. tzu

Hmm, a safer porn world strikes me as likely to succeed as the safe needles for junkies program or the safe ultimate fighting compets. 

But speaking of taxes!!!!!  Guess what is happening in the already outrageously overtaxed state of California on April Fool's Day? 

 Sales tax goes up to:

Los Angeles* 9.250% Los Angeles
 

We were paying this temporary hiked sales tax of 8.250% after the 1994 earthquake devastated the city.  Yep, it was temporary.  It only lasted until April 1, 2009.

Susan

     
“Half a truth is often a great lie.”

Ben Franklin

Dear Sir or Madam,

I am intrigued by your views and would like to receive one of your pamphlets.

Thank you,
Pathological Egalitarian

 so are you for banning porn outright? maintaining the status quo?

Living in the Porn Production Capital of the Western World and being a free market type of person, the simple answer is of course not. 

Frankly the only time pornography in the form of DVDs pops up on my radar screen is at the local post office when one of the clerks casually drops a mention of the porn producers suffering from the economic downturn and not having much mail in their PO boxes.  

Not even #9,999,999,999 on my list of 10,000,000,000 things to worry about.

Susan

     
“Half a truth is often a great lie.”

Ben Franklin

"It's not so bad as long as you can keep the fear from your mind." - D. Cooper

"I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer." - P. Atreides

"Whoever can see through all fear will always be safe" - L. tzu

Definitely staves.

Seriously.  I gave up my brief flirtation with Internet porn because almost none of the women depicted seemed to be enjoying themselves.  Call me old fashioned but if I'm having sex with someone and it seems that they aren't enjoying themselves I feel I need to change my tack and, if that does not work, stop and have a discussion.  (Am I repeating myself?  I feel like I've said this before.)

If there was a worker owned co-op like WWW.Wobblyporn.cum (that's the new porn extension, isn't it?) I might be stimulated to take a peak again.  Then again that would require an internet connection in the privacy of my own home so probably not.

"It's not so bad as long as you can keep the fear from your mind." - D. Cooper

"I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer." - P. Atreides

"Whoever can see through all fear will always be safe" - L. tzu