Finding a Consensus - Is It Possible?

Seska · 2006-02-08, 01:33 PM

I have been following the recent threads on the FSC and organizing as webmasters and listened to last night's show (in the archives because the show coincides with my weekly webcam show) and it got me to thinking about some of the different issues we face.

I think that different people in the porn business are interested in defending the online porn industry for different reasons, ones that are based on their own motivations for being in the industry to begin with (or their current motivations - these things can change over time). No one group or website or set of instructions can effectively address and reflect all of these issues. Heck, some of these issues are in direct conflict of each other.

Still, I do not think that stops us as individuals to try to affect change or defend our rights to be pornographers or to make a living from pornography. Maybe setting up an all encompassing group to represent all webmasters or trying to find consenus among even a dozen webmasters is not the way to go.

Recently, I took part in a project where different sex workers from around the world got together and examined the current state of affairs and developed tools to affect change. There was lots of difference in opinion even though we all shared the same goal. The debate got personal. Reaching a consensus was near impossble.

I think we can expect much the same thing to occur if webmasters decide to organize around the legal issues we face. Many people will not be happy about who ends up having the power to speak for us. It will come down to cliques and power struggles. Some people will opt out.

Obviously, I am not very optimistic about the process. Still, I am going to keep my ears open, read what I can, and be open to suggestions, but I think my efforts will be concentrated on where I feel I have the best likelihood of getting results - which at this time seems to be with using my own websites and my own work to push my agenda (and we all have one even if we do not write it up manifesto style).

Let me end my little speech with a question. Does anyone have successful experience with reaching a consensus when the parties involved come from different backgrounds and have different goals? It could be from your family or dealing with other wordly or corporate issues.l

2006-02-08, 01:33 PM	#1
Seska Aw, Dad, you've done a lot of great things, but you're a very old man, and old people are useless Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Montreal Posts: 20	Finding a Consensus - Is It Possible? I have been following the recent threads on the FSC and organizing as webmasters and listened to last night's show (in the archives because the show coincides with my weekly webcam show) and it got me to thinking about some of the different issues we face. I think that different people in the porn business are interested in defending the online porn industry for different reasons, ones that are based on their own motivations for being in the industry to begin with (or their current motivations - these things can change over time). No one group or website or set of instructions can effectively address and reflect all of these issues. Heck, some of these issues are in direct conflict of each other. Still, I do not think that stops us as individuals to try to affect change or defend our rights to be pornographers or to make a living from pornography. Maybe setting up an all encompassing group to represent all webmasters or trying to find consenus among even a dozen webmasters is not the way to go. Recently, I took part in a project where different sex workers from around the world got together and examined the current state of affairs and developed tools to affect change. There was lots of difference in opinion even though we all shared the same goal. The debate got personal. Reaching a consensus was near impossble. I think we can expect much the same thing to occur if webmasters decide to organize around the legal issues we face. Many people will not be happy about who ends up having the power to speak for us. It will come down to cliques and power struggles. Some people will opt out. Obviously, I am not very optimistic about the process. Still, I am going to keep my ears open, read what I can, and be open to suggestions, but I think my efforts will be concentrated on where I feel I have the best likelihood of getting results - which at this time seems to be with using my own websites and my own work to push my agenda (and we all have one even if we do not write it up manifesto style). Let me end my little speech with a question. Does anyone have successful experience with reaching a consensus when the parties involved come from different backgrounds and have different goals? It could be from your family or dealing with other wordly or corporate issues.l __________________ Original Porn for Men, Women & Lovers Last edited by Seska; 2006-02-08 at 02:03 PM..