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What you see as a stupid restriction is what others would consider an acceptible tradeoff for peace with the government and with the credit card companies. The implication is that if you push on them, they will push back HARDER, and in the end, your little stand to wave your used tampons in the air could end up costing other people a livelihood when the credit card companies decide that they don't want to touch porn at all, or if they cut off all "extreme" porn of any sort from the business profiles.
History isn't on your side, I think you have not read enough of it. The government side is like the tide, coming up and going down, and yes, in the end, we usually end up with more liberty rather than less.
However, the CC side is entirely different. It has gone exactly one directly, LESS AND LESS SITES ALLOWED TO PROCESS. Visa and Mastercard are not obliged to process adult, and they are fairly restrictive now (compared to before you were legally allowed to view this stuff). 8 or 9 years ago, you could get processing for a signup page without even having a website. Now they want assurances, the sites have to be reviewed, and fees paid. All the pushing in the world has just encouraged these companies to stop processing for huge parts of the adult business.
You tweak their noses, and they will tweak the whole industry back. I don't think you have a clear understanding of all the forces in play here.
You have the right to free speech, but please, don't fuck up other people's business just to make a point.
Alex
PS: I happen to look at all new posts. You made a post here that was a natural extension of other discussions, so I answered in place. Again, chat board 101.
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