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From: ben@moncol.UUCP (Bennett Broder)
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Subject: Re: Pornography doesn't degrade women ...(re: E. Leeper)
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Date: Fri, 18-Jan-85 11:24:03 EST
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>> Kiddie porn too?  If not, why the difference?  Please read my comments
>> on that again.
>
>I think there is a very real difference between kiddie porn and
>"normal" pornography.  I don't think any kind of sex between
>consenting adults should be banned; similarly, I don't care what
>happens between a porn actress, her producer, and his customers.
>The key phrase there is "consenting adults," obviously this is
>lacking in the case of kiddie porn.


One cannot so easily dismiss what happens between the porn
actress/producer/customer.  It is an unfortunate reality that
ultra-profitable businesses like pornography attract a criminal
element that is willing to go to ridiculous measures for profit.
Kiddie porn is one result .. but there are others.  There is an
underground type of film called a 'snuff film'.  In these movies,
the producers will promise anything to the porn actress to secure
her cooperation.  At the end of the film, the actress is killed,
both on-screen and in real life!  Talk about degradation of women!
I don't think any of these movies have been made in the US, but
they are available in this country through the same channels that
distribute kiddie porn. Hence, although I have no moral objection
to standard pornography, I would tend to shy away from patronizing
distributors of it until it is available through more legitimite
channels.

                                Ben Broder
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