"Political Influence of Adult Sites" and "Free Speech Coalition" pressure.

[Trixie]

Originally Posted by Greenguy

That still doesn't change the fact that putting a Gov't tax on it would make the entire porn business even more legit.

All it would do is serve to make the arguments AGAINST porn legit. Porn *is* taxed via sales tax except on the internet -- if they want to change the structure of taxation on the internet for everyone, then fine. I wouldn't have a problem with a regular sales tax. But when people (democrats, no less) propose taxes of 25% on porn as though we are at fault for every sick sex crime that happens, going along with it doesn't legitimize our industry, it makes us sound like we're entering a "guilty" plea bargain.

[Halfdeck]

Trixie, why waste energy attacking RawAlex when he makes a better ally than an enemy? What does ranting about TGPs accomplish, except annoy webmasters who put their sweat and blood into building traffic to their TGP? We all take pride in what we do.

Feminism is a point of contention in this thread because the issue only applies to some of us. That doesn't mean its unimportant. But to move this forward, we need to focus on what matters to everyone.