I just got back into my office, afer being out all day, so if some of the following seems "out of synch," forgive me -- but I just wanted to add a couple of things to this discussion:
This thread proves that 1) there
is community, exchange and dialogue in the "adult" industry and 2) like any group we've got people with varous styles and approaches for getting at the truth -- be it challenging, supporting, asking heated questions, etc. I've long thought the boards are really WHERE community happens in this biz - and I've done all the conventions and parties and shit. But there's something about writing things out that brings a different flavor and "deminsion" to exchange, and I think that's why the boards are the connective tissue for a lot of us. Again: over 30 thousand bucks have been pledged to FTP, and a majority of that was precipitated by thread discusssions like this one. Kick ass!
I've been active in this biz for over six years, I guess I'd classify myself as a "medium-sizer" (in the playing field.) I'd gladly have my "real" handle and site urls and reseller program displayed, here, if I wasn't in the
perdicatment I'm in right now re: Acassholia. I'm familiar with Brandon via his various entereprises on the web (Zmaster, On the Ropes -- a forum I contributed to a lot in its heyday.) Involvement with both of those ventures meant that Brandon was actively involved with Lee Noga, and, well, Lee is a mascot of sorts in this biz. Enough said there -- so he's been around, and done great work online and worked with great people, movers and shakers.
In one of the posts above Brandon noted:
"I don't think you are being callous at all...i totally appreciate people calling me on my stuff, helps me to explain things.
That's spoken like someone who is interested in persuing the truth in a situation. Committed to confronting (or provoking) challenges that allow for better, more pointed clarification. Is more interested in the principals that uphold fairness and right action -- than ego puffing and blowharding. When I spoke with Brandon on the phone the other day, after I hung up, I had the same impression. He is passionate about his stance, without being melodramatic or shrill. In fact he's one of the most well-informed, levelheaded people I've interacted with in a long time. He's "good people."
Tons of typing bandwidth could be spent bitching about who caved in, what big player didn't support the cause, the nature of the skattershot biz and the drowning beer money moonlighters, etc. etc. But it really doesn't matter. The fact is there IS someone right here, right now, demonstrating a lot of dedication and
prescience, and you can either support the effort or not. Just the way you pay (or don't pay) for car insurance. It's really that simple -- and will get simpler and better organized as time goes on and Brandon impliments some of the ideas and suggestions that came to light in this bumpy but really great thread. Bravo to everyone who participated.
SGP
10-21-2003
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