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From: drw@cullvax.UUCP (Dale Worley)
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Subject: Re: Swinging fists (was AG's Commission ...)
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Date: Wed, 24-Sep-86 16:52:55 EDT
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> > Incidentally:
> > 
> > At this time I personally believe that it is anyone's right to view any
> > kind of flick their little hearts desire, and for anyone to produce or
> > act in any kind of production they wish, PROVIDED that no exploitation
> > or coercion is employed in that production.  I make NO distinction in
> > this regard as to whether the end result is porn or not.
> 
> What if it were the case that the production of, say, 65% of some class
> of material involved either the kind of exploitation that you have named,
> or else the ``it was that or starve'' question?  Not knowing whether a
> given film was or was not made under these conditions, could you, in
> good conscience, view it?
 
Hey, if it weren't for "that or starve", would any of us actually
*work* for a living?  The underlying lossage in the term
"exploitation" is the assumption that there is some standard of
"fairness" inherent in the universe that determines whether submiting
to a given unpleasant necessity is considered being "exploited".
(There's a saying among prostitutes that the only difference between
being a secretary and being a prostitute is the parts of your body you
are renting out and the price you get for it.)

The only underlying reality is that in each generation, only a certain
fraction are going to "survive" (i.e., produce viable offspring).
People will do almost anything to get into that fraction.  (For more
details, see "The Selfish Gene" by Richard Dawkins.)

Dale