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Friday, September 1st, 2000

Sex scandal rocks Palestinian state.

Luke F-rd Live

Professor Jay Gertzman writes: Luke: thanks again for including me in your program (Luke F-rd Live). Your question about whether people who published/sold erotica were happy took me aback, so I did not know how to answer it, really. It's certainly interesting. I suppose one can be happy and not at all honorable. It all depends on what one wishes to recognize. Do you watch The Sopranos. Tony certainly isn't happy, but he usually convinces himself he is a good guy. Interestingly, his wife Carmella might well describe herself as both happy and devout. She has a fine family (except for Tony, who is a good provider), she is very dedicated to the happiness of her husband and children, has a lot of love for people in her circle, and does not seem to acknowledge the extent of predatation on the part of her husband which has made it possible for her to wear nice clothes, send her kids to good schools, and have the Church grateful to have her as a parishoner. But she knows what he does. Of course, this isn't a good analogy b/c the whole question of obscenity and erotica is very complex and muddy regarding the possible harm it may or may not do.

If I were to judge erotica dealers today who are, if not happy, able to defend their careers with a realistic sense of self-respect and accomplishment, I would list Barney Rosset, Lyle Stuart, Al Goldstein, and Larry Flynt. I believe these people have, to some degree, "their heads screwed on right," and can, after many years in a hard nosed capitalist enterprize, look with some degree of detachment at what they have done. They may have made many compromises, some with criminal types who were willing to distribute their products, but they have helped liberalize both obscenity laws and our sexual mores.

Luke Gets Mail

Brad writes: I've been visiting your site for about two months. I have the same conflict as many men of wanting to watch porn, but of being put off by the reality of the performers' lifestyles. How could they do this? Regardless, that's a different discussion. I've long thought Keisha was the most beautiful woman I've ever seen, but I've begun to wonder if she's had any augmentation done, specifically a breast-job. Please use your sources to either rebuke this, or crush this fan-boy's dreams by verifying it.

Luke: Yes, she had a boob job.

Rob writes: The only thing uglier than the "Johns" in Minnesota are the Hookers. Click here: This Week's Prostitution Photos -- Saint Paul Police

Helpful writes: Ladies, are you tired of bumping your head on the corporate glass ceiling? Tired of making 65 cents to a man's dollar for equal work? Are you a "people person"? Do you have strong "interpersonal skills"? Are you looking for not just a job, but a career that you can really be proud of? Well, read on. You are sitting on a gold mine. Literally. Click here: Prostitution is more than a job

Fink writes: Pornography is now seeping into the world of amateur athleticism. Olympic athletes are now posing nude in major publications. What would Mark Spitz, world's greatest (only?) Jewish athlete say? Click here: The Village Voice: Sports: Objects of the Game

American Bukkake

Snowman writes on RAME about American Bukkake #1 by Jim Powers: Bukkake is something new to American porn that is borrowed from Japan. In Japanese, "Bukkake" means "splash", as in splashes of cum. The proper pronunciation is "boo-cock-e". A "Bukkake girl" is a girl who lets a whole bunch of guys jack off on her face one after another until her whole face is glazed over in cum. I read somewhere that a long time ago, this was a punishment in Japan for a wife that committed adultery. The idea was to publicly humiliate the wife for her indiscretions by forcing her to become a Bukkake girl in the town square. Her male neighbors would be the participants in the ritual.

[Pat Riley: Indeed you did read it somewhere: the back of an American Bukkake box. It's just Jim Powers fervid imagination run amok again. Utter bulls---!]

That was the past. Today, Bukkake is alive and well, but it is no longer a punishment, rather it has morphed into a form of entertainment for raincoaters! Until recently, it appears that only Japanese adult producers marketed Bukkake movies, but last year J.M. Productions brought it to the United States for the first time. The new series would be called "American Bukkake" and from the looks of things, it is quite successful. At the time this review was written, the series was already nine titles strong, although only volumes one and two are currently available on DVD.

Pat Riley replies: Yeah and I rate it as BAD. No redeeming social value whatsoever. (It amazes me that someone can write 446 lines about a video that has no plot and the same action repeated three times. Jeez, a review of a reasonable plotted movie like Baby Face would take a book!)

Ribald Poet replies on RAME: 1) Flawed thinking here, imo. Porn needn't have ANY "redeeming social value" to be considered either good or bad (for that's *not* the criterion one should judge pornography by ---good/bad --- and if a critic uses this criterion to conclude if a particular skinflick is good/bad, then they have seriously misguided the porn-watching public and are in dereliction of their porn critic duties, imo. Pray tell, please present to us (RAMER's) the reasoned argument why "redeeming social value" should be considered in any determination if a particular skinflick is good or bad (*please note, I'm being VERY SPECIFIC here; I'm not asking for reasons why "redeeming social value" would enhance porn's image in the public-at-large's perception, etc. etc... I'm asking you to explain, *specifically*, why the criterion of "redeeming social value" should be considered when determining if a skinflick is either good or bad, ok?)

2) Please list 3 porn movies that have "redeeming social value" and please explain your reasoning as to why they do.

Bella Donna

Johnny Temptation writes on RAME: Anouther is Bella Donna. Which incase you didn't know is the name of a plant that if eatin makes you have a trip similar to LSD or Acid. I wonder if she choose the name because of this or if she is a user of the plant/drug. Not sure.

Pat Riley replies: Hmmm, why don't you go ahead and eat some and tell us how it feels. Belladonna is Deadly Nightshade, a poisonous plant (Atropa belladonna) from which we derive Atropine which IIRC is used pharmaceutically to stop the heart. At one point it was used in cosmetics for dilating the eye but I believe that, like the cosmetic use of Arsenic, that's now considered a no-no.

I think it's reading a little too much into a choice of name. More likely the alternative meaning of "Beautiful Woman" was the reason.

I really l-o-v-e that tattoo right across her left tit and her piranha teeth (TM-Torris) and with the front tooth gap you could get a BJ without her opening her mouth.

Jack Chick Exposes The Architects Of The Holocaust

Readers of l-keford.com know Jack Chick as an inspirational Christian comic artist, but today we see him as an expert investigative historian. His comic titled "The Holocaust" exposes the Anti-Semitic influence of the Jesuits, the Council of Trent, Pope Pius XII and the Vatican over their puppet Adolph Hitler. Sit down and read as Jack Chick shines the Holy light of truth on the Third Reich. Click here: Holocaust

Net Gossip

Globiz writes on Netpond: And I have to confess...if RJB were THAT worried about this guy and his $700 that they had to "steal" it from him, we'd probably have heard that the Botto family had moved to Antigua with the Rhino Bros. and Dragon King..heh heh...or at the very least Luke F-rd would have had it up as a banner headline. I only believe stuff once Luke has published it as should any other right-thinking people.