Posted on 12/10/2002 10:40:17 AM PST by Helms
Tearing Down an Important Firewall of Culture
For those on FR who are sympathetic to porn as a necessary outlet (and I am one) this is scary and tacky.
Feminisists are silent while pop culture adores a school slut by the name of Brittany Spears. Remember"American Beauty"? What wont girls do to be popular, eh?
In the words of Roger Waters in Amused to Death and In The Flesh..."oh Western Woman, Western girl....'
With digital camcorders now shot on and with high end television resolutions , pornography has become a very very graphic business- up close and personal. Its is also a drug of choice, downloadeable to desktops and TV sets via Time Warner ( ie, Larry Flynts "Barely Legal").
Chatsworth California, the home of porn, has been trying to stick itself into the mainstream. Charly Sheen, Ron Jermy, etc.through the back doors of Hollywood. Porn likes the back door.
CNSNews.com Staff Writer
(CNSNews.com)- College presidents beware: An adult film company could be headed to your campus.
That is the message Indiana University is sending after Los Angeles-based Shane Enterprises, maker of "Shane's World" videos, showed up at the Bloomington campus in early October to tape a segment for a sex movie.
The university also has a message for Shane Enterprises executives -- if the company's film stars ever set foot on campus again, they could be charged with trespassing.
That threat does not scare the adult film company, which caters to a college audience by filming student sex acts. A publicist said the company has no plans to alter its business practices and it would not hesitate to visit another college campus in the future.
"We've already had several e-mails from students at various colleges inviting us," said Calli Cox, a Shane Enterprises spokeswoman and adult film actress. "We have nothing planned, but if the situation arises and someone wants us to come, we're definitely going to do it."
Indiana University spokeswoman Jane Jankowski said Cox should stay away or face possible criminal charges.
"We notified them that if their company came back to campus, we would consider that trespassing," Jankowski said. "We have an open campus, but we have a policy that requires permission for any company that wants to film a movie or do some sort of taping. It's very clear that did not happen in this case."
Shane Enterprises has riled campus administrators with the production of two recent films. "Shane's World No. 32: Campus Invasion," featuring Indiana University students, will be released next week. But even before it was taped, Arizona State University was reprimanding students for their involvement in "Shane's World No. 29: Frat Row Scavenger Hunt 3."
Four on-campus fraternities in Tempe were involved in the production of the video, which was taped in July. Following a university investigation in September, two fraternities were suspended, one was placed on probation and another left campus as a result of an earlier violation.
"The actions of the Arizona State University students who participated in -- or tolerated -- the making of a sexually explicit video in several ASU fraternities constitute behavior that is completely and utterly unacceptable," the university's president, Michael Crow, said in a statement.
Indiana University Chancellor Sharon Stephens Brehm took a similar stance. She condemned the taping in a statement released Friday, and announced that at least two students could be brought up on campus judicial charges.
"These were deplorable actions by a company intent on exploiting the university and our students," Brehm said. "These are sexual predators whose behavior violates all basic principles of common decency."
Between 20 and 30 students signed releases to appear in the flick, which was filmed mostly at private locations off campus. But one scene, shot in a campus dormitory, has generated a bundle of attention. L
Of the two students now facing disciplinary action from the university, one allegedly let the crew into the dorm and another allegedly participated in a sex act in a public area, according to a university statement.
Cox maintains the company did nothing wrong. She said the company did not trespass since the school is located on public land and the camera crew only entered the dorm after being invited by students. When a staff member confronted them, Cox said the crew left immediately.
"We feel bad for any students who are going to receive disciplinary action for the things they did behind closed doors in the privacy of their own rooms," she said. "They are adults and they've made adult decisions. It's not the university's responsibility to monitor what goes on in the private lives of students."
Theresa Hennessey, spokeswoman for Playboy Enterprises, echoed that sentiment. She said her company's famed magazine has faced the same type of criticism for its annual college issue. Many of those concerns were aired in the spring when Playboy was holding photo shoots.
The annual issue came out in October and is among Playboy's biggest sellers, Hennessey said.
"The schools really shouldn't be controlling what the students do in their free time," she said. "Everything was conducted off campus, so it wasn't interfering with schoolwork or the university. The girls are free to do what they want."
"College students have sex anyway," Cox added. "That's something that occurs. There's definitely a market to produce adult videos for that age group."
Even if that is the case, Indiana University hopes other schools can avoid controversy by taking steps in advance.
"We hope that other campuses will be aware," Jankowski said. "Somebody else could be next, so just have your antenna up if there are people who look out of place on your campus."
Give me an example if you will so I may see your point.
Prohibition. On Day X alcohol was perfectly legal and on Day Y it was illegal and then on Day Z it was legal again. Did alcohol transfrom overnight from a good substance to a bad substance to again being a good substance? No. Alcohol remained the same as it ever was, the only thing that changed was its standing before the law.
In North Dakota It is illegal to lie down and fall asleep with your shoes on.
In PA, You may not sing in the bathtub.
In NY, While riding in an elevator, one must talk to no one, and fold his hands while looking toward the door.
Now, since these things are illegal, they are obviously bad, uncaring, and selfish. Why? Or am I right?
The mere possession of a lottery ticket is illegal in North Carolina and may result in a $2,000 fine.
Are you serious? Yes, they could have been all these things. You need to apply them to the time they were contructed and use them in context!
There has to be a reason the laws were put into place no matter how stupid they may seem today. If your going to go singing loudly and badly in your bath at two in the morning in a hotel having no regard for the person in the next room needing to get sleep....that's pretty selfish wouldn't you think?
No, but I think I met a relative of yours named Buster
Homeland Security Briefing
Tom Ridge.....Darrell Hammond
Craig Fenson.....Robert DeNiro
Reporter #1......Maya Rudolph
Reporter #2.....Jimmy Fallon
Reporter #3.....Jeff Richards
Tom Ridge: Good afternoon! Before we begin today's briefing, I wish to announce that, on the basis of change in the nature of Al-Queda chatter, we are changing the current threat level to Magenta. Let me repeat: the threat level is now.. Magenta. What is Magenta? It's a darker maroon. It's not quite an ox blood. It's more plum color than.. say.. a crimson. How serious is it? [ sighs ] I honestly don't have an answer for that. We'll try to have that for you by early in the week. In any case, I'd like to introduce Craig Fenson, the new senior spokesman for the office of Homeland Security, and he'll be happy to take your questions.
Craig Fenson: Good afternoon. In the past few weeks, through our national hotline, we have collected hundreds of names of suspected terrorists, and I'm proud to say that most of the calls have come from high school and college students nationwide. In fact, we received over 475 calls alone regarding this man: M'Balz Es-Hari. We also received information on such nefarious terrorists such as Graabir Boubi, and Haid D'Salaami and.. let this be a message to you, Haid D'Salaami: we will not play your dangerous games We are also currently searching for a man we believe to be a Al Queda leutinant: Hous Bin Pharteen, his cousin I-Bin Pharteen, and their close companion I-Zheet M'Drurz. Question over there?
Reporter #1: Is there a way to identify Hous Bin Pharteen?
Craig Fenson: Ah.. our operatives have picked up his scent. Also, according to our intelligence, he is targeting gas refineries, fertilizer plants, and, oddly enough, baked bean canneries. He is a silent, but deadly killer.
Reporter #2: What can you tell us about I-Zheet M'Drurz?
Craig Fenson: We're told that, when he was fleeing the scene of his last attack, he left skidmarks. He is extremely dangerous. Our sources say that he is planning on attacking the New York City sewer system with what we believe it is to be a dirty bomb.
Reporter #3: Do you have any other names you're willing to release?
Craig Fenson: Yes! Please call our hotline at once if you have any information on the following men: Shaif Hirboush.. Al-Suq Akweer.. Mustaf Herod Apyur Poupr. I hope I got that right! Awan Afuqya.. Yul Strokheet Al-Wauch.. Apul Madeek - who we believe will be targeting adult bookstores sometime in the near future. And this man, the notorious Yuliqa M'Diq, A.K.A. Uwana M'Diq, A.K.A. Usuqa M'Diq. Uh.. thank you, that is all, and, "Live, from New York, it's Saturday Night!"
Thats not what the law said. And you know it. Your super stretch is signs that you know you have been proven wrong.
So is an open empty container of alcohol OR any thing that might contain Alcohol. (cough syrup)
Because you can go and find some arcane, out of context laws, does not demean the validy of my point.
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