Universal, Eminem & Direct TV Set to Launch Porn Channel

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[the invisib1e hand]

'art' imitating nature...for a buck.

[NetLiberty]

MTV wasn't edgy enough. The spiral continues.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Above all else, pornography is b-o-r-i-n-g.

Much better to have a real life.

Most humans eventually come to this realization.

[blackfarm]

Its just getting worse and worse. here and i liked directv. Didn't the FOX guy buy this service?

[the invisib1e hand]

tell you what. why not write to each the companies mentioned. get to their websites and look for 'investor relations.'

[ItisaReligionofPeace]

What is the invisible hand that you speak of?

[the invisib1e hand]

Vivendi Universal Investor Relations Page (Vivendi owns Eminem's label. you can write to the company with your concerns).

Vivendi Universal at Yahoo! Finance (you can write to major shareholders).

General Electric at Yahoo! Finance (you can write to major shareholders. GE owns NBC which is merging with Vivendi-Universal's entertainment group.).

General Electric Home Page (you can write to the company with your concerns. Be sure to read "Our commitment to integrity" and "Our commitment to social performance" before clicking over to "Investor Relations" to tell them what you think.).

News Corp's Investor Relations page. News Corp also owns Fox Entertainment.

News Corp at Yahoo! Finance.

The NYSE ticker symbols are as follows: General Electric (GE), News Corp (NWS), Hughes Electronics (HS).

These companies are publicly held on US exchanges and therefore are accountable to the US public for the way they conduct business. If you believe that they engage in morally destructive activities, you owe it to your country to speak up. People who benefit from the free enterprise system have a moral obligation to 'first do no harm' to those they seek to capitalize.

You might have to hunt a bit for contact links but they are there. You will also have to be persistent and follow up if you're given the run-around.

Trust me, it's worth it. If the company ignores your concerns, you keep writing anyone and everyone, SEC, representatives, Wall Street Journal, etc. until they hold themselves accountable to the people whose money they are trying to take.

[the invisib1e hand]

What is the invisible hand that you speak of?

The One, The Only, The Invisible Hand, spoken of by Adam Smith.

[ItisaReligionofPeace]

Perhaps there is a demand for this service? Of course, I guess you would argue that you writing the company is part of the equation, and I guess you're right.

[the invisib1e hand]

Perhaps there is a demand for this service?

there's apparently a demand for crack cocaine, too. demand itself isn't enough to make a business legitimate.

there is a moral obligation on that part of businesspeople that makes for responsible business citizenship, even as there is for individuals.

you know, the whole 'self-government' thing...

[ItisaReligionofPeace]

Fair enough.

[gcruse]

demand itself isn't enough to make a business legitimate.

Nor is someone's else's idea of how the rest of us should live enough to
make a business illegitimate.

[the invisib1e hand]

Nor is someone's else's idea of how the rest of us should live enough to make a business illegitimate.

ummm, so, is this your idea of how 'the rest of us' feel?

[gcruse]

Porn is legal. Therefore, money made from it is legitimate.
Those who think it is evil are advised to not buy any.

[the invisib1e hand]

abortion is legal, too. it generates a profit by killing little defenseless humans. in my book, that's bad business.

your prior post is a tangled contradiction. I invite you to think it through a bit more.

[gcruse]

How so?  Is not porn legal?  If so, just as abortion, money made in producing
and charging for it is legitimate.  What am I missing here?  Are you conflating
legitimacy with your own morality?

[Reactionary]

Porn is legal. Therefore, money made from it is legitimate. Those who think it is evil are advised to not buy any.

Ah, yes. Kind of along the lines of "if you don't like abortion, don't have one.

And about as reasonable, too.

[the invisib1e hand]

Are you conflating legitimacy with your own morality?

this argument was settled centuries ago. i'd merely like to point out that morality is not 'my morality.' it was here before I got here and will be here after I'm gone.

and I admit I'm going to have to look up 'conflating.' but hey, i'm just a simple-minded moralist who inhabits this bubble where all human action has a moral dimension...

[goldstategop]

Sex sells!

[citizen]

O'Reilly will love this!