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| 12-20-13 09:54am - 4020 days | Original Post - #1 | |
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Khan (0)
Suspended  Posts: 1,737 Registered: Jan 05, '07 Location: USA |
Al Goldstein Dead at 77 Al Goldstein, a pioneer of the adult industry and former publisher of Screw magazine, has died at age 77.  R.I.P. Mr Goldstein The adult industry appreciates the battles you fought so that all of us could enjoy our porn. Former PornUsers Senior Administrator Now at: MyPorn.com "To get your ideas across use small words, big ideas, and short sentences."-John Henry Patterson | |
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| 12-20-13 07:11pm - 4019 days | #2 | |
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Tree Rodent (0)
Active User  Posts: 708 Registered: Oct 29, '08 Location: UK |
He went bankrupt some time ago, and appeared to live a rather miserable life. I can remember him taking part in, I think, an early Buttman movie. He was loud and opinionated, but came over as rather sad to me. I suppose hardcore becoming the norm was part of the problem. Strange that someone who made such inroads into censorship, (obviously for his own pocket, but it was good for all of us) and made so much money out of a highly lucrative business, didn't end up wealthy himself (or happy for that matter). Yep R.I.P. mainly because he helped deliver porn to a mass audience, and struck me as someone who didn't take or believe in a lot of bullshit. | |
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| 12-20-13 11:13pm - 4019 days | #3 | |
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turboshaft (0)
Active User Posts: 1,958 Registered: Apr 01, '08 |
I think it's people like Al Goldstein who have done way more for free speech and the 1st Amendment, and who have certainly suffered more, than so many of today's "victims" claiming censorship when they're essentially disagreeing with the rules and values of an employer. Compare Goldstein being arrested for obscenity--i.e., being coerced by the state--to, say, the rather unsurprisingly homophobic opinions of a reality show star and the resulting news media kerfuffle regimen. Sadly, there are people so fucked up they seem to believe the "dirty" speech of Goldstein should not be protected, while somehow intervening in the private censorship of an individual would be perfectly fine.  "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hardcore Commie works." - Gen. Jack D. Rippper, Dr. Stranglove | |
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| 12-21-13 03:52am - 4019 days | #4 | |
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graymane (0)
Suspended  Posts: 1,411 Registered: Feb 20, '10 Location: Virginia |
Shades of Lenny Bruce. | |
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| 12-23-13 12:17pm - 4017 days | #5 | |
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Wittyguy (0)
Active User  Posts: 1,138 Registered: Feb 04, '08 Location: Left Coast, USA |
He was already obsolete when I started watching porn decades ago. However, he definitely was an influence on the way we see our smut today. Not a nice guy but back then being nice was not going to cut it in the porn world. | |
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