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Originally Posted by Dravyk
Educating the media, personalities and politicans that Porn does not equal Child Porn, and that they are two different things would be the best thing for this industry.
That cannot be done without having a successful trade organization. Which we do not and which we never will. History has proven that.
The best chance would be ASACP. However, if in the six or seven or eight years they have been around and talking to government officials and the media it has not happened, it probably won't happen.
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This particular topic has been on my mind for a while now, actually lodged somewhere between the back and front of my mind, since the first day of Cybernet in SD, when upon arrival at the hotel, one of the first questions put to me was about c. "pornography". I was so revolted with the man's
joviality over the subject, and his ease at asking us about it, that I wanted to puke.
And that's when I realised... how much credibility could I possibly have in trying to deny that "c. pornography" is part of our industry, when the very word
pornography links us together like blood brothers.. ?
As long as we persist in calling it "pornography", we're not educating the media, personalities or politicians, or anyone else, on anything. Hell, look at how hard a sell it is
here, on the board, AMONG the industry! Why *would* the media or anyone else even begin to call it anything else, as long as the actual pornography industry isn't even denying the association as vehemently as it could?
You don't need the ASACP to tell you what word to say. You can make that choice, and encourage everyone else to make that simple choice. Just stop calling it pornography.