Originally Posted by jayeff

Meaningless rhetoric again. This country is working exactly as it should be.

In the UK during the 1960's many of the major Trades Unions, particularly at local level, were taken over by Communists. They didn't rig ballots or break anyone's legs to keep them from voting. Everything they did was above board, because all they had to do was turn up at meetings while everyone else stayed home or went to the pub.

The US is working exactly as it should be, because despite the occasional burst of indignant protest (your post for example), right now the people most actively involved in the political process are those who want to push back some of the boundaries. And that is their right, just as it is your right to push in the opposite direction if you wish. But if the support you just promised porn producers begins and ends with your comments here, while the religious right is out pressuring local law enforcement, congress, etc., guess who is going to have the most impact...

And at the risk of stating more that should be obvious, our laws and the way they are applied are also a reflection of public opinion. If you don't like them, attempt to get them changed. Otherwise you would appear to be suggesting that a pornographer should have immunity that I assume you wouldn't extend to a company which pollutes the environment or a guy who goes into a 711 with a gun.

Okay so the idea of hundreds of pornographers and their customers taking to the streets is fairly ludicrous. So whether we like it or not, that leaves us at the mercy of the current political climate. There is nothing, except our own lethargy, preventing us from trying to influence that, as individuals and as an industry. Nor is there anything to prevent those who feel so inclined, contributing to defense costs in the hope that a victory might make other prosecutors think twice before proceeding with other cases.

But if we do none of those things, the law will remain as it is and people who decide that the rewards are worth the risk, will break the law and some will pay for it. It really isn't an emotive issue, and treating it as such is more likely to get in the way than be helpful.