Kind of important

[DJilla]

Ya.. you know I'm sure I sounded hostile and I was passionate when I wrote it. I didn't even look at at the image and people are sensible here so I'm sure she probably looked really young.. I was working from from this point of view: that if we who are on the front line of the expression and censorship fight are folding left and right because of an intimidation factor that is present in the environment then I think that this is wrong and weak minded. If someone's personal tastes are involved that's cool that's no different than say "I only show brunette lesbians" this is the equivalent of "I don't want to show too young looking teens because of a personal marketing/moral/whatever position"...perfectly fine by me too.

BUT, I'm feeling like that's not the case in a lot of circumstances. Before the current political environment, tons of WM's were falling all over themselves to sell Little Summer or April or whatever her name is now and similar such sites. I think some people are being intimidated by the environment just to avoid trouble (which is in itself a legitimate business choice of course) which lets down everyone in the biz and draws back the line of which this industry will survive at all. Legal is legal. Again, should a young lady be censored by her peers because of her looks? When all are under attack shouldn't some MAYBE rally around the idea that she/they have the same rights and entitled to the same support that many of us cry about not getting from society at large? I recognize that this is a complicated, emotionally charged issue. I seem to draw some line with those that want to rake in some bucks on the easy stuff in a business that by its nature is confrontational. If its a sincere, personal choice I'm not critcizing that AT ALL. I'm having trouble with people that want to benefit and extract without risk of getting brusied and letting others take the hit. That's all.
The extreme example for illustration is the fight going on in the Muslim world over style of dress for example. Ya, a bullet or a beating is pretty intimidating for a women to think about when considering wearing a veil. Many women LIKE and PREFER the idea of modesty. This is wonderful. Many women believe they should have a choice and defy intimidation which is necessary to have that choice... that's courageous! Many women go along because they don't want trouble. In the porn biz its the same sort of think except I see an awful lot of WM's that are just going along on one hand and crying about their rights on the other? IMHO anybody making a heartfelt, personal choice on the issue of teen or too young looking porn is standing on solid ground. Anyone just folding because they're scared should go!