Turtle opened this issue on Nov 19, 2004 ยท 51 posts
lmckenzie posted Fri, 19 November 2004 at 9:06 PM
It's hard to say ynsaen. I think you're correct about typical corporate morality. I suspect though (conspiracy theory) that part of it is in response "moral guardians," so PP is guilty by association if nothing else. At any rate, in purely economic terms, I think arguably there are more people who either want "mature" products or don't care. Why not give the minority who object the like it or lump it choice. They certainly seem immune to the vocal segment protesting their shoddy business methods. People do sometimes get tarred with the prude prush, though about as often, I see folks labeled as perverts for taking the opposing view. Really, it seems to come up when someone starts complaining about too much stuff they don't like, rather than simply checking the no nudity button and moving on. I understand that some people have different feelings about what offends tham. There was stuff at Thralldom that creeped me out and I don't creep easily. I saw, winced and moved on. Was it David Sarnoff who said in the early days of television, "light and wires in a box?" It's chemicals being excited by an electron beam. It may thrill you or disgust you but it's not gonna reach out and steal your soul before you can hit the back button. But that may be my imagination :-)
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