It has nothing to do with whether I agree it has everything to do with does anyone else want to have to muddle through it…I told you take it private unless it has appeal for the readers at large

@mike: deleting my comments you don’t agree with now? I can see you deleting TRPWL article on Harris but deleting my comment agreeing with the British ban? A lot of people in the public agree with what I said.. I mean let’s not hurt anyone feelings by being honest or anything…. Something most people who comment on here don’t appear to be… And you And the others on here don’t have an agenda? I rest my case…

I did not know Den face to face (I think I responded to a couple of posts of his on ADT) but I have read some of his writings and reviews, from those and what others have said I tend to agree (mostly) that he would not have relented on his choking stance but cannot say for sure (no one can). However, it would have been interesting to hear what he would have said about today’s rougher porn — not just the choking but the rough language and BDSM content in general — whether he would have decided to relent on his stance of not reviewing choking movies (and probably BDSM in general although I don’t recall him making such a comment directly).

Let me also state (since I brought the subject up) that I participate in BDSM (and get off on it) in my private life, I am not advocating for its demise even though I think specifically that choking during sex play is a dicey practice at best and abhorrent at worst depending on whether the top knows what the fuck he is doing (and how to reduce the risk of injury from choking) or not. i state this to new and less frequent posters commenting here so they know that I am not advocating the elimination of the practice in adult film.

For the record I hold performer safety in high regard as well. However, IMO that must be tempered with free will and freedom for performers to make their own decisions on what scenes to do (including choking and BDSM) and whether to use a condom in them or not without government interference. A girl should have the right IMO to decide for herself. However, a guy should have that same right (for example in my personal life I don’t choke the girls I fuck even though I will fight for a couple’s right to participate in such play) and the “safest” and most conservative of the two decisions should rule the day. A producer also should not attempt to push a person into doing what he/she is not comfortable with after their arrival on set, scene parameters should be set before a person agrees to a scene in the first place and a performer should be able to either accept or reject a scene based on what is said to him/her when the scene is offered to him/her.

I will say it again, please rest in peace Den. You are missed in the adult film industry.

One thing that has not come up here yet are the ramifications for non-UK porn. ATVOD, the agency that enforces these regulations, has the authority to require UK Internet providers to block non-UK sites that are in violation. That’s a whole ‘nother can-of-worms.