Comments on: 2257, Obscenity, and the Magic Camera http://www.comstockfilms.com/blog/tony/2007/10/25/2257-obscenity-and-the-magic-camera/ Real Talk About Making Real Sex Erotic Documentaries Mon, 08 Sep 2008 02:51:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: fnc http://www.comstockfilms.com/blog/tony/2007/10/25/2257-obscenity-and-the-magic-camera/#comment-73739 fnc Sat, 27 Oct 2007 21:37:21 +0000 http://www.comstockfilms.com/blog/tony/2007/10/25/2257-obscenity-and-the-magic-camera/#comment-73739 The fact that atrocities such as the ones you documented can take place, and the fact that there are people who will throw someone else in jail for filming a natural act, are both sides of the same coin. CONTROL. As Hunter S. said, it is the ultimate drug, and even those who claim to be the most upright and pure of people will get addicted to it without even knowing. The fact that atrocities such as the ones you documented can take place, and the fact that there are people who will throw someone else in jail for filming a natural act, are both sides of the same coin. CONTROL. As Hunter S. said, it is the ultimate drug, and even those who claim to be the most upright and pure of people will get addicted to it without even knowing.

]]> By: tony http://www.comstockfilms.com/blog/tony/2007/10/25/2257-obscenity-and-the-magic-camera/#comment-73676 tony Sat, 27 Oct 2007 12:19:20 +0000 http://www.comstockfilms.com/blog/tony/2007/10/25/2257-obscenity-and-the-magic-camera/#comment-73676 This is a peculiar feature of my and Peggy's life. It's hard to imagine that anything we do would be indictable, let alone convictable. Then I read that Senator Hatch demands that Mukasy commit to prosecuting "mainstream obscenity" and I'm reminded that most people won't ship to Utah. We do; and to Tennessee and to all the other places you'll see on a typical Do No Ship list. It's a small gesture. This is a peculiar feature of my and Peggy’s life. It’s hard to imagine that anything we do would be indictable, let alone convictable. Then I read that Senator Hatch demands that Mukasy commit to prosecuting “mainstream obscenity” and I’m reminded that most people won’t ship to Utah.

We do; and to Tennessee and to all the other places you’ll see on a typical Do No Ship list. It’s a small gesture.

]]> By: Max Malini http://www.comstockfilms.com/blog/tony/2007/10/25/2257-obscenity-and-the-magic-camera/#comment-73637 Max Malini Sat, 27 Oct 2007 05:14:00 +0000 http://www.comstockfilms.com/blog/tony/2007/10/25/2257-obscenity-and-the-magic-camera/#comment-73637 This is a wonderful essay; it's very hard to imagine an honest way to reconcile these two holdings. How, in fact, can a permissible - a protected activity be the foundation for a crime when filmed. It's like saying "peace rallies - protected by the first amendment - but not if yu're recording it. This is a wonderful essay; it’s very hard to imagine an honest way to reconcile these two holdings. How, in fact, can a permissible - a protected activity be the foundation for a crime when filmed. It’s like saying “peace rallies - protected by the first amendment - but not if yu’re recording it.

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