BryanS Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 Didn't even know there was such stupid ban in the first place. What kind of idiots would want to encourage such a ban in the first place?Never mind.Those who think anything that looks like "the real thing" is more offensive than memebag's reference (that is hilarious). There is just no limit to our dysfunction/issues toward sex than in states like ours... to think we'd encourage people to use a corn cob for crying out loud (because we can't sell you a realistic alternative - that would be too offensive) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 Yup... why they feel they need to be hypocrites is beyond me... I guess they don't want to anger "THE CHURCH!". Would it be okay if someone said something w/ a similar tone and put, HOMOSEXUALS, in a bigger font? Just wondering. I doubt it. ------------------ "I think the courts are finally listening to the people," Williams said Wednesday. "You have 'Sex and the City,' 'Desperate Housewives' and other shows promoting what society is doing. I think the courts have finally opened their eyes and looked around, which is a miracle in the South." Moral relativism. Yep, these shows really promote wholesome living. "Everyone else is doing it." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
memebag Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 Would it be okay if someone said something w/ a similar tone and put, HOMOSEXUALS, in a bigger font? Just wondering. I doubt it.I don't follow the comparison. Christianity isn't a persecuted minority, it's a powerful, almost universally accepted set of institutions.If homosexuals were banning the sale of certain items in Texas, would you object to someone pointing that out (in a big font)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDeb Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 It's more a matter of the breadth of the brush with which one paints, which is what lockmat is getting at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 I wasn't disputing the sales of these items, just the subject and the manner in which he chose to bring it into the discussion.I see nothing illegal about these products and see no reason why they were banned in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicman Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 to think we'd encourage people to use a corn cob for crying out loud (because we can't sell you a realistic alternative - that would be too offensive)it's all about being earth friendly. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west20th Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 Good story in Houston Press from 1999 about how ridiculous this law was. http://www.houstonpress.com/1999-11-04/new...-and-videotape/My favorite part:"Anderson's task comes four years after those items were collected by Houston vice cops. In August 1995 police raided sex-shop owner Gino Barone's temporary warehouse on Telephone Road, arrested the warehouse manager and confiscated 70 boxes of booty. Officers stored it in a HPD warehouse and apparently hoped it would go away, Anderson says. It didn't. When they were moving to a new location, police were clearing out the warehouse and found the stuff. They notified Barone that they were going to destroy it. He wanted it back. This is the second time the HPD vice squad has sat on Barone's d**dos. In November 1993 the Houston Press reported that almost 500 erotic items were seized during raids on two of Barone's Video Hits stores. " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted February 22, 2008 Author Share Posted February 22, 2008 When I lived in Dallas DPD was arresting clerks in adult bookstores for selling these thangs.Here, too. From the Houston Chronicle website:"I've been anticipating this for some time," said Ray Hill, consultant for a number of local adult bookstores. "The same justification has been used to reverse similar laws in other jurisdictions. As recently as last week a store was busted on Telephone Road. They confiscated dozens of items and carried the clerk off to jail."Full articleGuess it's safer and more lucrative than messing with violent offenders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunchtastic Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 wow, Ray Hill. He's been an activist longer than I've been alive--I guess one of his new gigs is 'consultant' to adult book stores. Most young (under 30) gay men and lesbians I know have no idea who he is, but he is due a great amount of gratititude for his activism, (particularly with HIV/AIDs, going way back to the early days) in the community for so long. Porn consultant nothwithstanding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
memebag Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 wow, Ray Hill. He's been an activist longer than I've been alive--I guess one of his new gigs is 'consultant' to adult book stores.Not really "new". I think he was actually at the store when I discovered the ban on realism, and that was 15 years ago or something like that. He seemed to be consulting at the time.Most young (under 30) gay men and lesbians I know have no idea who he is, but he is due a great amount of gratititude for his activism, (particularly with HIV/AIDs, going way back to the early days) in the community for so long.Amen. And don't forget his prisoner rights activism, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VicMan Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 Guess it's safer and more lucrative than messing with violent offenders.I wish there was a way to summon each and every officer who enforced this silly law into an office, one boy one, and proceed to give him (or her) a large smack on the face. They knew better than to enforce that law. With real crime (and, yeah, that includes automobile crimes) some laws should not be enforced or enforced as much.Oh, and the people who insisted on keeping this law need to be hit too. Kudos to the feds for striking it down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunchtastic Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 Amen. And don't forget his prisoner rights activism, too.Does he still do the radio show? It was on KPFT forever ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
memebag Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 Does he still do the radio show? It was on KPFT forever ago.It looks like it: The Prison Show Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark F. Barnes Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 Ray will do that show till the day he dies. Ray Hill has been a crusader for many many years in this area and for many causes. He definitely made a difference on many different levels, many a real pain in the ass to a lot of the local politicians, which is a great thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalparadise Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 ??? Do you wear them down that quickly or something? Gotta buy better quality. We believe you. Really.With all my heart.all 2CM of it...not including the cholesterol part.What? I'm not ashamed of having bought the fist. I was simply making the point that I couldn't really see how it could be considered a sexual device. It didn't seem rigid enough to insert and anyway, it was just a hand. What could possibly be embarrassing or illegal about a rubber hand?Anyway, my creative director at the time thought our idea for the fist trophy was a lame idea, so we kept it around the office for a few weeks until somebody stole it. It did show up on my art director's desk one day all greasy. Maybe someone figured out how to use it, after all. I think, if that were your thing, why not just use your own fist? We paid over $20 for that thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricco67 Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 I think, if that were your thing, why not just use your own fist? We paid over $20 for that thing.I don't even know what to say.....other than....you could always get your significant other to do it.....and far less cheaper than getting a professional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PuroAztlan Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 OK, kids. Let's keep this thread clean and the discussion intelligent or it'll slam closed faster than my prom date's knees at the after party. Crap. Too bad for you MY prom date was looser than a Telephone rd. hooker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark F. Barnes Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 OK, kids. Let's keep this thread clean and the discussion intelligent or it'll slam closed faster than my prom date's knees at the after party.Crap.Hey I knew that girl too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PuroAztlan Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 Hey I knew that girl too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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