|
I don't like the content that Max produces, and were I a performer, I would certainly not work with Max. I'm not about to tell women which producers they can and cannot work with, however, just as I'm not about to argue that the fighters who climb into the octagon and get their brains kicked in during UFC matches need to be protected from their own judgment and decisions.
To me, it should work like this: adults of sound mind are entitled to make their own decisions, take their own risks, and face their own consequences. Those who wish to perform in Max's videos should be free to do so. Those that wish to view his videos should be free to do so.
No performer is required to work with Max, and if/when those who do work with Max feel that he has "crossed a line," then they are free to pursue criminal charges and/or civil relief accordingly. They do not need the government to intercede on their behalf in the form of an obscenity prosecution, and society at large will not crumble and fall into the sea if prosecutors choose to abstain from prosecuting producers like Max.
Do I "feel sorry" for Max? No way. He knows what the law says, knows the risks of what he's doing, and made a free and informed choice to shoot the content anyway. It's just that I think it is entirely pointless for the government to protect us from our own choices -- whether the choice is about what kind of sex to have, whom to have it with, whether or not to film that sex and distribute the resulting depictions commercially, whether to watch such videos... etc. etc.
Laws should serve a purpose; these particular obscenity laws do not, IMO.
__________________
Q. Boyer
|