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From: daver@felix.UUCP (Dave Richards)
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Subject: Re: Re: The Pornography Commission's Report
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Date: Fri, 19-Sep-86 21:26:23 EDT
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In article <1523@mtx5a.UUCP> mat@mtx5a.UUCP (m.terribile) writes:
>> >As far as the qualifications of the present commission: 

I write:
>> How about a representantive from the porn industry?  Like an actor/actress or
>> producer or something.  That would be only fair.

>If a Commission were to be assembled to study the effects of coal burning,
>would you want a coal mine owner on the panel?

Why not?  Who better to expose blatant lies by the opposition for the benefit
of the rest of the panel that may not know any better.  Obviously, such a per-
son is not an expert on the *results* of an action, but they certainly know
the real-life procedures of the industry.

[regarding shutting down the porn industry]>
>> You don't just turn off something like that.  An attempt to do so would
>> probably bear a resemblance to the "war on drugs" we are seeing today in
>> its effectiveness.  And I suppose FBI agents and others would have to be
>> diverted from drug enforcement to police any new laws.
>
>Well, if the money is being channelled through organized crime, putting it
>back in the legimate economy will help because money in the underground
>economy escapes taxes.

I don't follow this.  If an activity or product is made illegal but there is
still a demand, then organized crime will be there faster than you-know-what
to provide it.  I'm sure that organized crime would *love* to have pornography
outlawed.  It would make them a monopoly in the business where there is legit-
imate, legal competition today.

It sounds like you think that outlawing porn would reduce the income of the
mob. In case you can't tell from my last statement, I disagree.

>> Dave
>Mark Terribile

Dave 'Making something illegal does not make it go away' Richards