https://mikesouth.com/hiv/some-new-news-on-the-hiv-front-2768/ The institute for the advance study of insensitivity and pornography Sun, 14 Jun 2009 23:09:42 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 https://mikesouth.com/hiv/some-new-news-on-the-hiv-front-2768/#comment-1550 Sun, 14 Jun 2009 23:09:42 +0000 http://www.mikesouth.com/hiv/some-new-news-on-the-hiv-front-2768/#comment-1550 I think you are dead on the money there.

]]> https://mikesouth.com/hiv/some-new-news-on-the-hiv-front-2768/#comment-1549 Sun, 14 Jun 2009 20:32:47 +0000 http://www.mikesouth.com/hiv/some-new-news-on-the-hiv-front-2768/#comment-1549 I was just reading one of the industry chats, and there was a lot of talk that given the current state of California’s finances, does anyone seriously think regulating porn will be high on their list? The answer is that’s exactly why it will be high on their list: It’s a potential new source of revenue, another sin tax. You think California is going to do it for free? They can charge the performers/directors/production companies for every test and make it a profit center, just like they charge for things like elevator inspections. And, they can probably charge a lot – isn’t the industry always bragging about how much money there is lying around to produce porn? And where’s the industry gonna go? You think Nevada or Florida is going to roll out the red carpet and say: Come to our state and spread AIDS? We won’t charge you like California? I maintain that porn has more to fear from the health inspector than the federal obscenity trials.

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