Friday,
March 2nd, 2001
HEY LUKE IT'S KIANNA [Bradley]!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SHOW ME THE STUFF BEING SAID ABOUT PHYLLISHA ANNE FROM NAUGHTIA
Luke In Therapy
I have therapy every Friday morning... So like every morning, I arise at 6:30 and take a quick shower...no hot water for the past three months...Then, Daf Yomi from 6:45-7:45AM, followed by morning prayers, wrapping t'fillin...
I pray, instead of praying the words in the book, I pray for what I most want. Energy. Drive. Health. Vigor. Ambition. Success. Achievement. Money. Marriage. Sex. Kids. Then I pray some of the prayer book for love of God, fear of God, love of Torah... Open my heart to Your Torah...
I always pray at the back, against the wall...but I'm always in the rabbi's vision, which scares me...
So I get to therapy 15 minutes early and my therapist is 7 minutes late, which I find very annoying because she was six minutes late last week... So I hum and haw but I am finally able to express my feelings...and let her know that I was peeved that she's late and it puts our therapy session off to a bad start. It was really important that I could express my feelings openly to my therapist, and feel safe doing so, so we really made some progress today.
Then I talked about praying for energy. And therapist and I wondered what psychological clouds may hang over me pulling me down... Then I talked about a Jew porner friend of mine who yelled at me this week because I'd published negative things about his company. So I said the call made me feel insecure. That I had one fewer friend. That the world was a colder and crueler place because I had betrayed this friend and lost a source. Even though it was a good story.
And that I had been through this all my life. Always writing things that alienated me from my friends. I'd lost Russ Hampshire, and Paul Fishbein, and Vivid and most everybody important in the adult biz...
Then I thought about how I've grown up with the vision that one should pursue truth at all cost, no matter how many friends you lose. Even if you are martyred, you should die pursuing the big scoop.
My dad was dismissed from his church's ministry because he pursued theological truth which clashed with official church doctrine. I grew up reading books about martyrs and seeing movies about martyrs and in my unhappy childhood I idolized martyrs and thought they were great and worth emulating... I saw my dad as a martyr. He made this great speech, quoting Martin Luther, "Here I am. I can do no other. So help me God."
How sometimes before I've published stories on my site, I've thought, this story could get me killed. But it is the right thing to do to publish it, so I will publish and perish... But I will die doing the right thing.
My therapist suggested this is not my only option. We talked about my frequent feeling of being "Uninvited." She thought it'd be a good title for my autobiography.
My therapist had me write down these notes in my little therapy book:
Pause before publishing a story that will burn an important source. Impulse control. Think about how life will be a colder, crueler place, with one fewer freind, one fewer place to turn. The myth that has shaped my life is that you follow truth no matter what the consequences. Onward Christian Soldiers. The martyr. My dad lives that way. And any other way seems cowardly. And I disdain cowards.
Goddess writes Luke: Luke, is it true that Jewish people don't engrave a person's name on their tombstone until a year has passed since their death? if so, why do they do this?
Yitzhok EtFrankel says: Jewish graves are not marked with a tombstone until about a year after the person has died. My understanding (and this is based on very shaky memory of things I scarcely paid attention to at the time) is that the reasoning behind this is as follows. When a Jew dies, he is called to account for EVERY sin that he committed in his lifetime, balanced against all the good that he did and the totality of all the circumstances. Most people come out on the negative side, so they go to some form of hell for a while. (What this might be is not really made clear; heaven even less so.) But not too great a while - the reasoning is that by the one year mark, the decedant, no matter how scummy (barring the genuinely evil, of course) is presumed to have paid up and is in heaven, so that it is then safe to mark their death with a tombstone.
(As a consider this some more, I realize that I am attempting to recall something that I heard when I was a kid, doing my best not to pay attention. And the person doing the talking - a lowly paid rabbi-teacher - was not exactly a member of the jewish cognitive elite. Better you ask Marc or your fancy Hollywood rabbi.)
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Spastic Seeks Porn Exploitation
I talked to a 44-year old spastic man with Cerebral Palsy who seeks work in porn films. He's had sex with about two dozen women in his life including a couple of porn stars (Candy Apples and Ashley).
Melvin Spicer, who has cerebral palsy, took part in last year's Candy Apples gangbang. You can reach him at mel_spicer@msn.com.
I spoke to Melvin Friday afternoon. Listen here.
Luke: "What's your disability?"
Melvin: "It is a form of cerebral palsy. I can walk with a cane. I do have a scooter that I can use... I realize that on film the guy isn't seen much. Because of my disability, it is hard to break into the business. So, conferring with a good friend of mine Sharon Mitchell, she suggested that I talk to you about it and maybe do a piece in AVN, say, look, I'm available.
"The issue is exploitating some poor handicapped person. I don't mind it. If I didn't want sex, I wouldn't be working in this industry."
Luke: "Can you get erect on camera?"
Melvin: "Oh absolutely...
"I'm going in to AIM to get an AIDS test today... I first met her [Sharon Mitchell] when we were getting tested for the Candy Apples gangbang."
Luke: "You took part in that?"
Mel: "Yes I did. Also, I am the person who came up with questions for the video 'Porn 101: How To Get Involved.'"
Luke: "Have you done any other films?"
Mel: "No. I was supposed to do some videos with Extreme but when they changed their format and structure, they decided they didn't need me anymore..."
Luke: "How old were you the first time you had sex?"
Mel: "I was about twelve years old... How many sex partners? Maybe a couple of dozen."
Luke: "Does Cerebral Palsy help you get women into bed?"
Mel: "No. Sometimes they go, 'I'm not hurting you, am I?' And I go, 'No, and if you were, I wouldn't mind.' I don't use it as a sympathy getter. But it doesn't stop me. I've had sex with three different women at a time. And on a number of occasions, two women..."
Luke: "Have you had sex with any porn stars aside from Candy Apples?"
Mel: "Yes. Ashley. But she'd get real pissed off if I were to tell you that."
Melvin writes: "Dear Mr. Ford, Just for the record, aparently, I gave you the wrong "Ashly". It was not Ashly Sage, but another one of about a half a dozen "Ashly's", in the Business. Ashly Sage is a petite blond. The Ashly that I was with was a medium built Brunette. She is, however, a Porn Star."
Is Luke F-rd Out To Destroy Porn?
"Pornography is to the soul what smoking is to the lungs." Luke F-rd
"It is my life's intention to drive it from the world as Jesus ran the moneychangers from the temple." Luke F-rd
>Luke F-rd ask's tough questions
Melody replies: HORSEs---! He asks "tough questions" from his own out-to-destroy-this-business narrow-minded Baptist-boy hyprocritical mindset. The guy makes his living from porn, for heaven's sake. He's run porn sites. He thinks Ashcroft is just biffy.
Alien writes on Netpond: Melody Thats not necessarily true. The Luke F-rd Phenominea is not to destroy the business, his specialty is finding it's weakness's and revealing them. He xposes s--- from video production level's on up to the net. Porn stars have it hard and he exposes it, Consumers get ripped off and he exposes it and reports it in his own way. The man aint got nothin to loose so, basically he dont give a s--- whether it makes em money or not he is a tabloid reporter thats a skeptic. Pay attention to his ranting and you could learn something through all the weird bulls--- he writes about. It's like this board or any other board. There is alot of Bulls--- but sometimes you find a nugget of info that might help.
Director James DiGiorgio writes: "Lukey, How come all these mooks don't get what your all about? One guy thinks you want to bury porn. Another guy thinks you just want to show the smut biz for what it is, good or bad. None of them get it. It's all about you! You sat there one day trying to figure out what you could do to get some attention. You looked around and BING, you find porn. You figured it's a subject that people are repulsed by and at the same time, fascinated with. So you started writing about it. Then, like a moth drawn to the light, you got sucked in. Every once in a while you have to come up for air and spout some s--- about porn being evil, the next day your on a set drooling over some bimbo. But it's all about you , Lukey! And your little dreams to be somebody. You tried being a legit actor and that went nowhere. So you thought if people recognized you for something, maybe you could still be somebody, some kind of celebrity, even if it was because of something sleazy like porn. It's all about you Lukey, and I don't know why these people don't get it, cause I certainly do, and I ain't the sharpest knife in the drawer."
Should Girl Postpone Legal Career To Do Porn?
Kelly writes on RAME: I have a female friend who is thinking about going into porn. She is 5-4, 125, very attractive with "girl next door looks", C-cups (not planning to get implants), and a very nice body from top to bottom. She'll do pretty much anything sexually, loves anal, facials, etc. She will work condomless as long as everyone's tested. She's also very intelligent - in a top 20 law school right now. So - let's say she does porn for five years. She doesn't get "taken" by anyone and doesn't get into drugs. Realistically, how much money could someone like this hope to make? Would it be worth deferring the legal career for five years? Would it be worth deferring the legal career for 10 or 15 years? (She's presently 23 and will be 24 when she graduates). Thanks for your opinions on her possible salary... Where should someone like this start (she currently lives on the East Coast but not against relocating after school).
JimmyMac writes: Tell her to forget it!!.....She's got a million reasons not to do it,and not one reason to do it. This business will eat her up and spit her out like it does to most of the girls...I beg you.. Tell her NO!!!
Jaydee writes: Are you for real? Unless she becomes a real superstar her potential to make a living in law will far outweight her potential in front of the cameras sucking dick. In the shoots of which I've had information on rates beginning girls make a couple hundred dollars to sell away all rights. This is an average. Big name girls may break a thousnad dollars a day. They make more money touring (feature dancing) but few will approach or break the 100K a year figure by my calculations after all revenue is added. Another question is whether the stigmata of having been a porn star can ever be "lived down." Most to whom I have spoken say: "No." This may be a one-way street with no return possible. Not that I wouldn't like to see her in action....always like new girls. If she is looking into this as a business decision compared to a career as a lawyer, however, I'd say stick to law.
Myxo writes on RAME: Wouldn't a porn career be the Kiss of Death for someone planning to practise law? Why would she want to take the risk of cutting off so many options? She would be throwing away any chance of working in large respectable firms, in conservative small towns, for political candidates or for any of the other employers who would regard a publicly available porno tape of their legal counsel as an embarrassment.
Mike South writes: I would have to talk to the girl here but my gut is if she is bright enough to be in a top 20 law school she is bright enough to handle a porn career. If she is smart, manages her money well and doesn't make mistakes she can do very well in porn, and then practise law when she is done with porn. If you are serious, have her contact me, let me interview her and get a feel for what she is interested in and I can guide her correctly.
Prayers Needed For Tabetha Yang
Ron Berry writes about his business partner Tabetha Yang, talent manager of such porn stars as Zoe, Kendra Jade and others: Gentlemen, It is my saddest duty to tell you all that last evening 3/1/2001 at 6:30 PM Tabetha Yang one of the most loved women in our industry was rushed to Cedars Sinai Hospital, by Los Angeles Paramedics after collapsing in her home. She was admitted to Cedars semi-conscious, where they began the process of trying to determine the cause and treatment. At this time the doctors have not been able to find the cause and are continuing to try to determine what has caused Tabetha to be stricken down without warning. All our prayers are with her and her family. We look forward to her recovery and return as soon as possible.
Yitzhok EtFrankel writes: I am still mulling it over. Would it not be a sin to share such opinions? On the other hand, would it do Samantha-Person any good to hear this? Might it help some insecure Christian maidele avoid falling for the smooth guinea charms of the Jimmy D's and Mike Souths of the world? What say you, Rabbi Luke?
You know, I felt a bit soiled last night. I happen to like Mike South, as porners go. But after listening to him talk to that very young and very self-deluded Samantha person, I came to feel that I was listening in on a pimp attempting to add a new ho' to his stable. (Is that what it was like for Lynne when she entered the business, or rather, it entered her? It has always struck me as a tragedy that someone of her obvious natural intelligence ended up doing so little with her life.) And that is what all your male "friends" in the business are - pimps. Some more charming than others (and aren't ALL pimps charming to a degree?), but all pimps nonetheless. I cannot see how any intelligent, mentally stable woman would knowingly associate with a man (uh, YOU) who counts pimps among his circle of friends.
(I sort of feel the way the "friends of Bill Clinton" who know better must feel about having supported him over the years.)
Mike South replies: Hey luke tell Yitzhok, I was not trying to add Samantha to my stable, I was playing to the audience....Actually I wouldn't shoot Samantha because she has done too much work in the biz. I only shoot very fresh talent and mostly girls who dont want to be pornstars but want to it it a time or two for fun. My interview process is very thorough, If I think the girl is doing it for the wrong reasons I don't care how pretty she is I won't shoot her. It isn't worth f---ing up someones life, besides I have LOTS of girls who want to do it for the right reasons.
Luke Lacks Journalistic Integrity
Black male performer Mandingo (m_ndingo@yahoo.com) writes: I REALLY KNOW THIS ISN'T GOING TO GET POSTED.
LUKE, I HAD SOME LEVEL OF RESPECT FOR YOU EARLIER, DIDN'T WANT TO EQUATE YOU TO THE NATIONAL ENQUIRER.
BUT NOW I SEE THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT.
WE SPOKE THIS MORNING, AND YOU "CLAIMED" YOU'RE UNBIASED AND IN THE MIDDLE. ALL YOU DO IS POST INFORMATION, REGARDLESS IF THE SOURCES IS VALID. YOU SAY YOU COULD CARE LESS EITHER WAY.
THEN WHY DID YOU CHANGE MY WORDS IN MY 4 PAGE DISSERTATION OF MYSELF.
TO SET THE RECORDS STRAIGHT. LUKE CHANGED "BA IN COMMUNICATIONS" TO "BA IN BITCH".
YOU'RE BIASED ALL RIGHT. EVEN IF THIS EXACT EMAIL WILL NOT BE POSTED.
YOU CLAIM YOU POSTED THE EMAIL IN ITS ENTIRETY, WITHOUT ANY CHANGES.
LUKE, YOU'RE A BOLD FACE LIER.
THE REAL MANDINGO
Aghast writes: Luke, beware Mandingo's wrath.
Give A Hoot, Read A Book
Goddess writes: Don't FORGET...today is National Read Across America Day. Because I interviewed Luke in-depth, I happen to know the one quote that changed Luke's whole life and I'd like to share it with all of you:
"Sam I am, I'm Jewish. I do not like green eggs and G-d forbid I should eat ham! Oy, you goyim."
Quasarman Has A Kind Word For Jeremy Steele
Quasarman writes Luke: A word about Jeremy Steele whose non-sensical ramblings you frequently post in your haste to fill space. I don't believe he has actually been employed in an adult video since 1995 when I first became aware of him. I remember him as a troubled, brooding individual (not unlike yourself Luke) who struck me as someone that I would one day read about in the newspaper being responsible for a horrifying campaign of murder and terror (not unlike yourself Luke). I moseyed on over to MP3.com and listened to some of his "music". I now see that my initial instincts were correct except that he is inflicting pain on the world through song instead of violence.
Alan Miles writes: Luke: That was a great post by Jeremy Steele. Powerful stuff, I like that guy.
Jeremy Steele Responds To Lynne L-patin
Jeremy Steele writes: I'm troubled by Lynn L-patin's despair. She seems suicidal. It seems whoever f---ed and forgot her left her in a state worse than she started; perhaps brought higher, to only fall and land and go Ouch! And especially if one is fragile or bruises easily.. Here is a suggestion to her: I suggest you cherish the memory of your one-night stand, or whatever it was. Forgive the "idiot", because he was probably just horny and just wanted to empty his load.
We all come to suffer in life, at different times. We all get, old and die. We are born alone, we die alone, and we live alone.. Even when we are occupied with someone's company. When someone "loves", it ultimately is just a reaching out then back into to one's self again, anyway. Perhaps one of the lessons of this world, is to not hold onto too tightly to the illusion which we call "reality".. There is always some woman or girl more "beautiful", always some guy stronger, more handsome or with a bigger banana, but in the end, we all lose what we once called "ours".
John Lennon once sang "A pretty face may last a year or two, but pretty soon they'll see what you can do." I suggest a spiritual journey into nature, hiking, meditation, do something creative, whether writing, painting, do some primal scream in the desert and release it all. This world is invariably cruel, even when you got what everyone else wants. We're here to f---ing evolve so to find our inner selves, the only real selves that exist. If you want sex, I think it's easy for women, even if you're not terribly attractive.. I guarantee if you go up to any five guys in a bar and tell them you want to f---, you'll get at least one.. and that's if you look like janet reno. Just be careful who you go home with. Then go to some huggers group, or something. You can probably find something like that in one of those esoteric angel worshippers magazines. Then you'll cover all your bases. Just be glad your not an experimental monkey in a cage being tortured, or a little pig in a pen squished in with others, waiting to be mercifully slaughtered.
Mr Marcus: Gifted With The Wisdom Of Solomon And The Cock Of A Horse
From mrmarcus.com: "These are my thoughts for March 1, 2001: To judge a persons color is to allow for prejudice No drugs and no alcohol provide clarity, unwanted People will talk about you it's whether you care or not that makes the difference Doggy-style the only true way to appreciate a great ass Worst than me, but not better than me A few good quotes can be found in a dictionary Sweet Presence My truth is your lie Sexual relief by any means necessary In life there is no finale, even in death, life continues Being lonely allows contempt, find someone The joy of being happy introduced by a great song Words are everything The creative mind allows for no excuse, none"
Just A Porno Star
Jeremy Steele sings:
Wanna tell ya 'bout a job that's fun
Let me tell ya before the job is done
I'm gonna get me some
We're gonna get us some
And then the work is done
And suddenly she's gone
Though, sometimes, she'll stay
For one more lay
-CHORUS-
I'm dreaming of
I f--- a girl I actually love
I'm a demon of
A right-wing, f---ed-up world
I'm just a porno star (3x)
Doin' my job
I'm getting paid
I'm getting laid
It's the easy life, they say
Well, sometimes
Well, my dick is happy it seems
My mind and body are numb
Benching her up and down,
Up and down, with my right arm
-CHORUS-
I'm dreaming of
I love a girl I actually love
I'm a demon of
A right-wing, f---ed-up world
(Me and bar crowd singing:) LA- LA LA- LA LA- LA LA LA- LA LA LA
This is what I risk my life for
This is what I expose myself,
In every way, for
Now, I'm on line,
From a shopping spree,
At the 99 cents store
-CHORUS-
Does your heart bleed?
Can I get some sympathy?
I'M JUST A PORNO STAR! (3x)
I'm dreaming of a girl that I love
One day, maybe, one day
I'm dreaming of a girl that I love
Some day, maybe, some day.
Reflecting On Mike South's Quote
Ian writes: Hi Luke. Mike South said: "Everybody who is insecure needs somebody to look down on."
I was struck by that quote because I have long been impressed by the fact that people whom I would regard as bad (from society's viewpoint) - for instance, violent men in prison - typically regard themselves superior to other groups of offenders, such as rapists and child molesters, and to 'respectable' society in general, which they regard, with some justification, as being riddled with hypocrisy and secret sinning.
On reflection, I don't believe they look down on these groups because of feelings of insecurity, but because they are ignorant and stupid (not the same thing). I suppose 'insecure' can mean different things, but it seems to be that it could be a sign of intelligence. After all, this is a very insecure world. Everyone knows people who have met with accidents, or have become terminally ill, or suffered some kind of disaster right out of the blue, through no fault of their own. Everyone lives on a knife edge between 'normal life' and possible catastrophe, between life and death.
Moreover, a moment's thought makes one realize how insignificantly unimportant an individual is. People who think about such issues are likely to feel less self-important, and more insecure than the stupid unaware, who regard life as a bowl of cherries, and themselves as heroic figures, or whatever. It isn't surprising that those whom society thinks of as bad people don't think of themselves as bad. Whatever the behaviour of such people, they are likely to find justification for it from their own moral code, which they have absorbed from their parents, their schools and their peer groups. People who have suffered the misfortune of being brought up in poverty by parents with morals uninformed by thought or a decent education are likely to have very different morals from the average, but those morals are likely to be strongly held, including things like never sneaking to the cops, always taking revenge for slights, loyalty to family and friends, hatred of foreigners (even of people from the next street), hatred of respectable society which keeps poor people down - that sort of thing.
Ignorance is also relatively likely (at least in my opinion) to result in a shortage of empathy - ie of an ability to put oneself in other people's shoes. Though religion can give people very clear ideas of right and wrong (different religions giving their members different ideas on such matters), I suspect that religion is not specially likely to lead to its adherents looking down on other groups of people, which remains a matter of ignorance and lack of empathy. For instance, for all your obviously genuine belief, Luke, which leads you to regard pornography as immoral, I doubt very much that you consider yourself to be superior to those who participate in the industry or to those, like me, who take pleasure from it.
Unimpressed By Samantha Sterlyng
RangerRick writes: I have been reading your site for 3 years and I have to say lately I am a little unimpressed. Why you choose to constantly discuss and post comments by Samantha Sterlyng is bizzare. She is a little piece of trailer park trash and I am sick and tired of reading about her WHO GIVES A f--- implants. SHe is one of the ugliest porn girls in the business and may rank in the ugliest ever category and her personal attitude just sucks all around. She is a twat on set as I have seen numerous times and it is just plain boring to be honest with you. I would rather read old news clippings about the hunger in Ethiopa ( which Samantha Looks liek she was a part of ) then read about her f---in implants or her phone prank calls . LEts at leats hear why she hid her porn career doing dudes from her asshole husband. Forget the f---in implants please!!!!!!!!
LT writes: Samantha...sorry, but I *do* know the facts. Certificates on the wall are nice, but how deeply did you investigate? Did you know Dr. Fisher got in trouble once before for doing EXACTLY what he is continuing to do, which no matter how much you want to claim, is circumventing the law...therefore illegal. You are sharp enough to understand that there are laws, rules and regulations. The California Medical Board has ultimate say in these things. It's not what you think, it's not what I think. And those are THE facts.
Do you honestly think he (or any other crooked doctor) is going to TELL you what he's doing is illegal? Now that's hysterical. Qualifications are not the same as ethics. And just because someone has done "all the pornstars, Pets and Playmates" is not a recommendation. Did you ever think about the number of women who go to him simply because they know he can work it so they can get silicone? Ever ask yourself why reputable doctors won't use silicone, no matter the demand or money they could get for doing so?
FACT: Dr. Fisher ranted on television how "Silicone is safe and I'm going to continue to use it, no matter what the FDA says." Then he's used tabloid television and deals to continue to promote the use of silicone. He continued to and it's caught up with him once before. The next time, it's his license. It is true that the FDA allows silicone is some cases, but Dr. Fisher bends those rules.
Misha writes: A few words for Mrs. Sterlyng: My apologies for not addressing you as "Mrs." Sterlyng in the previous E-mail for I did not see nor know that you are married. You are right, I did not find your response regarding your mother humorous. Rather, I find that sort of response about as low as one can go just short of making "jokes" about genocide. I have a sense of humor but it doesn't include the kind of nasty "jokes" you made about your own mother. Not everyone has the same sense of honor and respect for their parents as you demonstrated so well.
Sergio writes: Hey Miss Sterlyng, the problems with silicone implants appears in the long run. You better make annual check-ups to keep your new bionic gonzagas in shape.
Samantha says: Thanks for the heads up Sergio, I massage them everyday and I will watch them VERY carefully. I go in every 6 months for checkups and such.
Luke this is my last email on this because I am getting tons of calls about work so my response to Ranger Buttf--- Rick is BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAHBLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAHBLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAHBLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAHBLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAHBLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH Oh yeah and that goes for everyone else who gives a f---. I love your site Luke and you can call me anytime for an interview or so but this I think will be my last email :)
Luke Gets Mail
Aghast warns: f--- with the Pope and you risk raising the ire of putative Catholic Lee Noga! Danger!
Rumdar responds: I understand Lee worships at a very progressive church, Our Lady of Melissa Etheridge. So, I am not worried. I am much more concerned about putative Catholic Jimmy D and of course any devout Christian members of The Australian Porn Mafia.
Thailand next Thurs. Dr. Al went to Costa Rica so I am going it alone. Should be good.
Lex writes: I'd like to know what ever happened to Buffy Davis a busty redhead porn star in the 80s. She like anal sex. A lot of people get her confused with Lisa De Leeuw another hot redhead that workded in the 80s. I know Lisa De Leeuw is dead but what happened to Buffy Davis?
Goddess writes: Pssssttttt, Luke! Word from the guys is that they've been holding secret meetings behind your back--hence the removal of your name from the CC line--and they are planning a mutiny, forcing one Luke F-rd to walk the plank. They think they can do a MUCHO better job copy and pasting emails than you do. Personally, I think NOBODY can copy and paste like Luke F-rd. Kiss, kiss. (unless, of course, the guys are successful ousting you from Casa da Ford, then SCREW YOU! They rule!!) I hear the mutiny will take place on or about April 1st...
XXX writes: Dear Luke, In reply to Mohican Mike's question,one can only give the most simple and obvious answer.THESE GIRLS DO IT FOR THE MONEY.In spite of what idealised notions Mohican Mike might have about womanhood, largely engendered by the false "Christian morality" imposed on society, prostitution is a natural estate for women possibly evolutionaryily hard-wired into the female brain by hundreds of thousands of years of hard struggle,in short it is a natural survival stategy, that no law of man will ever erase.You might find this unpleasant and unacceptable to your refined civilised tastes- but that's life.
Lynne L-patin: so this weekend, instead of just putting on the ritual regalia and checking out chicks and reading secular books under your prayer book....assuming you are serious about the spiritual, and not just playing a game with the world and with me....being that it is your strength that gets me through right now...ask for what you need to be of service to those who love you and who have lost their way.
Australia Takes Massive Psychological Edge Over India By Winning First Cricket Test
MUMBAI: Australia have taken a massive psychological advantage over India as they chase their goal of winning a series here for the first time in three decades, according to captain Steve Waugh.
Australia beat India by 10 wickets inside three days in the first Test here yesterday, and did so after telling the Indians exactly how it would turn out.
In the pre-match hype, Waugh specified how he would bowl first if he won the toss and would try to blast India out of the match - and the series - in the first session.
More Cricket, Less Porn
Kogarah Lorax writes Luke: It's good to see you praising the exploits of the worldbeating Australian XI on LF.com. I'd like to encourage you to put more cricket & less porn flunkey musings on your site. Your book 'A History of X' is a great achievement in doing something well that had never been done before, and I think it is time for you to stand up to another challenge along the same lines: the book or the film that educates the ignorant American public about the sublime attractions of cricket. There are some meaty themes therein:
* would Warney make a good captain?
* do you look back on the Underarm Incident with shame, on Bodyline with outrage?
* did World Series Cricket kill or resurrect the noble game?
Lillee, Chappell and Marsh are the Lovelace, Holmes and Savannah of an undiscovered subculture that's ripe for some mainstream exposure Stateside. The passing of Sir Donald Bradman went by unremarked on your site this week. Surely your life was touched by this outstanding Australian, the Greatest Natural Sportsman of his time. It's not too late to say you care. But perhaps you're not a son of the Southern Cross, after all.
Speaking about yawning gaps in coverage, you're so very quick to ask these porners how their folks feel about them getting bucks for f---s, but we never learn how highly your parents esteem the content of your website and your religious stance. What's the real quality of your relationship with dadd-i-o these days and what would he say about LF.com?
Hallowed be the names of Bradman, Border and Benaud!
Yours in Cricket,
Kogarah Lorax
Luke says: My heart is indeed grieving over the passing of Sir Donald Bradman, the greatest athlete ever. I do not think that spin bowler Shane Warne has the type of character needed to captain Australia. I look back on the Underarm Incident with shame, when Ian Chappel bowled underarm to New Zealand, insuring Australia's victory in the one dayer. I look back on Bodyline with ambivalence. I think World Series Cricket resurrected the noble game.
The Greatest Athlete Ever
Michael Raven's City Of Sin
Misha writes: Mr. Raven, if you wish to psychologize away and "spin" my meaning and ,well, you are welcome to do so at your pleasure. You mention Jesus and the adulteress as an example of compassion. He (and so too the Apostles as well as Church Fathers) spoke with compassion but also spoke harshly to the haughty minded and destructive forces of the times. Sometimes hard head need hard measures to protect the innocent from men like yourself.
If you are the exegete you say you are then why is your exegesis so one sided? It seems as if it is to serve your evil interests. Further, you play the passive/aggressive role to the hilt. Sometimes you, so to speak, (pridefully?) beat your chest telling me that you are willing to debate on any theological subject I choose and sometimes you offer a faux "mild-mannered" one-dimensional critique of how I should treat cynical destroyers of female virtue (like yourself). Don't confuse "civility" with virtue as you do any sexual activity with a higher good like the virtues found in proper Christian marriage. There are lots of seemingly "nice" people out there doing some very immoral and destructive things: I would include you as one of the "big fish" in the world of porn as just such a destructive force.
So, Mr. Raven, not everything that feels "good" is good. You confuse immoral titillation with the Summum Bonum. What you do for a living is sick, immoral and depraved. You are in league with pimps and a Christian apostate. Your "fruits" show the world what you are. You use women in sexual situations to make money. So, at least be honest enough not to run from what you have done and try to couch it as something noble. Why, even your company is called SINCITY so don't try to couch your work as something other than it is: Sin.
Michael Raven's No Cunning Linguist
Misha writes: Mr. Raven, Typical of pornsters you leave out the parts of a story that do not serve your immoral interests. You tried to tell the readers about a definition for the "F" word while simultaneously attemtpting to dismiss my own. So, go and read http://www.ageofconsent.com/definitions.htm and go to the heading in bold letters which uses the "F" word as an acronym. Seems you are wrong again. The "F" word has been used as an acronym (no urban myth here). Porners, they try so hard to appear sincere and even --as in Mr. Raven's case -- attempt to appear smart but, as usual, are so wrong.
Michael Raven writes: Well if that isnšt the pot calling the kettle black. One-sided? I can accept that I donšt have all the answers can you? Your position is one typical of those poor souls addicted to the deadlist drug of all, faith. You believe something because an external authority decrees it to be so. My belief system has developed from experience. I too once thought as you do, but when confronted with the endless barrage of irrational thought that Christianity creates, I consciously choose to step back and analyze my beliefs. How often do you question your own beliefs? How often have you considered that perhaps there might be more truth out there than your narrow, archaic philosophies? It is you that have made the assertions that adult entertainment is immoral and destructive. As of yet, you have provided no proof?
Your opinions do not constitute fact unless backed up with fact. I agree that there are a lot of "good" people doing destructive and immoral things, but I imagine that our definitions of immorality differ somewhat. I also agree that not everything that feels "good" is good. I never made that statement to begin with. There are a lot of destructive behaviors that might provide temporary emotional highs (drug use, alcohol, etc.) and I avoid such activities as a rule. I ask you, where is the proof that sexual activity between consenting adults is destructive?
As to the origins of the word f---, I checked the link you provided. If you had read three paragraphs further you have come across this: My Concise OED says, 16th century, origin unknown; my old American Heritage Dictionary says:Middle English _f---en_: a Germanic verb originally meaning "to strike, move quickly penetrate" (akin to or perhaps borrowed from Middle Dutch fokken_, to strike, copulate with); Once again it appears that you are guilty of the very thing you have accused me of, "leave out the parts that do not serve your immoral interests"
If you were not so one-sided and narrow-minded in your beliefs then perhaps you could see your way clear to give all the facts, not just the ones that suit you. If you wish to engage in debate or argument do yourself a favor. Check your facts before opening your mouth. That will go along way to toward perhaps giving you some credibility.
Misha replies: Answers: a) if a man has consenting sex with a prostitute and his wife finds out and she disapproves (one would hope) then trust is often destroyed and, by extension, the marriage; b) if the man catches an HIV then his life can be destroyed as well as his and his families finances do to the cost of treatment c) and to take a curious turn,I understand there was a male porn performer who is alleged to have engaged in sex while while having HIV (I believe this has been reported on l-keford.com) Now, if he consentingly had sex with a woman who likewise consented and she caught HIV then his "career" as well as her "career" is destroyed. He is no longer able to participate in the porn industry.
Misha Says - Make Poetry, Not Porn
Misha writes: Dear Mr. Ford and Fred, I am going to write this s-l-o-w-l-y so even Fred can understand (I'm kidding Fred.). I'm not enraged, nor frantic, nor even just a little bit mad at anyone. I have already said that I am writing so to help that one unknown person -- if they exist -- who may be trying to be free of porn or avoid going into the porn industry. And, of course, out of the many philosophical and religious systems available on the "metaphysical market"I really think that the best answers are provided in Christianity. I actually think that what C.S. Lewis calls "Mere Christianity" is true.
As for the tone of my E-mail, well, it's a little difficult to really get a good take on tone. So, you are welcome to take what I have told you as it is. Sorry to disappoint. And Fred, as you know, I am not much of a poet but I will write the occasional verse. Sometimes writing a poem can help clarify the gist of one's thought or, even, have a cathartic effect. In fact, here's a suggestion: You should try writing poems instead of watching porn. Now, if you really must try to figure me out, well, get some help from the readers. Have a contest. First prize? l-keford.com provides the winner a free Bible.
Fred writes: One of the gang comments--engaging in this debate and finding out Misha is really Chaim is sorta like engaging in cybersex and discovering that it's your sister on the other end of the line. Now, if you'll pardon me, I have to take a few showers.
Jack Chick - Porn Pro or Porn No?
Misha writes: Dear Mr. Ford, Porn Pro refuses to allow a distinction between those people who called themselves Christians and those people who were and acted like Christians and had nothing to do with the death of millions of Jews. To Porn Pro -- What a moniker! Does one get a professional degree in porn at some diploma mill to become a Porn Pro? -- everyone who calls themself a Christian is a Christian in fact. That is like everyone who claims to be an opera singer is in fact an opera singer even though they have never sang any lyrics from any opera. Doesn't make sense. And Porn Pro: Christianity got started by Jews and for Jews and, later, Gentiles. What are you complaining about then? It's not as if some Jews have not participated in atrocities themselves now is it? What's the real issue here for you? Do you simply want more of your daily ration of porn and it gets to you that you might have to wade through something better to get at it?
MrHollywoodJew - The Anti-Rav
Misha writes: At the Neveh Zion homepage at http://www.neveh.org/default.html A book is cited. It's title is _If Only I Understood Why_. Within the book in chapter two one finds the following:
"Thus, so far the Talmud's point of view is that righteous people suffer because of mistakes they have made, whether we can notice them or not. Indeed, elsewhere the Talmud states that suffering, and ultimately death itself, can only occur as a result of immoral behavior: In a certain place, a lizard used to injure people. The students of Rebi Chanina, the son of Dosa, came and told him. He said to them, "Show me its hole." He put his heel over the hole, and the lizard came out and bit him, and it died. He put it on his shoulder and brought it to the study hall and said to them, "See! It is not the lizard that kills; it is sin that kills!" (Talmud Brochos 33a)
Now, the anti-Rav, and secularly minded, "Mr. Hollywood Jew" wrote:"...he [Misha] will never understand that the concept of "sin" and that of "hell" simply are not valid in our faith. In other words, both are foreign to Judaism. They are false doctrine, if you will (to use a fave fundamentalist catch phrase). There is simply no such thing as sin." I think it is clear that MHJ doesn't know much about Judaism and sin. Which is why he does what he does and thinks (and that's being awfully gracious to call it such) as he thinks. Go and study the Talmud before you make ridiculous claims about Judaism.
MrHollywoodJew writes: Just as there is more than one sect (denomination) in Christianity, there is more than one in Judaism. I am a Reform Jew, a follower of the liberal wing of Judaism (as are the vast majority of American Jews). The Talmud is NOT holy writ. The ultra-Orthodox (the smallest minority in Judaism) are the only ones who view it as such. I do not regard the Talmud as being of divine inspiration nor do most Jews (rabbis included) in the world -- especially America -- today. It is a collection of early first millennium rabbinnical commentaries. It is not on a par with the Torah or Tanakh (what you, Misha, would call the "Old Testament'). The Talmud is similar in Judaism to what the Apocrypha is to Christianity: a few consider it divinely inspired, most do not. An outsider telling me I don't know much about my OWN religion because I am not versed in Talmud is analagous to my telling you you know little about Christinaity because you are unfamiliar with, the Apocrypha. When you convert and become a rabbi, Misha, THEN and ONLY THEN can you claim superiority to me in your knowledge of MY faith.
Among the non-Orthodox majority, Jews who quote Talmud are similar to Christians who quote the book of Revelation: one wants to steer clear of them. These types tend to be disturbed people. I've never heard ANYONE except the ultra-Orthodox Yashiva-boker types and (interestingly) white supremecist neo-Nazi fundamentalist types quote that stuff. Misha strikes me as being of the latter type. He is doubtless an afficionado of Dr. Pierce, the fascist Luke sometimes posts on this site. I grew up in a major Southern city but a city in the Deep South nonetheless. We had a lot of Jews there but we were far outnumbered by non-Jews. Most were Catholics, which was fine but the rest were brain-damaged fundamentalist Pentacostal types (Jimmy Swaggart was just a hundred miles up the freeway from us). Misha sounds a lot like them. These people do not have an original idea in their heads. They do not think for themselves. They follow their imaginary leader and their charlatan preachers from the time of whatever personal disaster pushed them over the mental edge until the time they die. In the mean-time, they waste their lives trying to get others to go and do likewise. Misha probably believes in "the rapture," that proverbial mythological event of the end-time so beloved by the lunatic fringe of the fundamentalist hillbillies. In the doctrine of the rapture, all the "elect" (read "lunatic fringe hillbillies") will be simultaneously and bodily whicked away into heaven, leaving the unsaved and sinners (read "intelligent people") behind. As an internationally prominent journalist from my home town said once: "I wish there were truth to the doctrine of the rapture. That way we'd get rid of all these lunatics in one fell swoop." Oh Rapture, where art thou? Come and take Misha, please!
Alienx@SinCityFilms.com writes: Misha- Hey maybe you could use a copy of Underworld or Limbo... What were you talking about? GOd, Theology, ehh f--- it, let's just see now what drives religeon's. Destruction. Ya know whats goin on in Afganistan right now? Here take a look. If Luke would be so kind to show my attached file. Right now, today at this very moment, incredible human achievements are being destroyed. Monuments thousands of years old will be shot to peices with Artillery, and rocket fire. Art being wrecked by religeous zeolot's and if it were not the Taliban doin it, it would be the Catholics or Christians or some other weird fruit brained sect for some reason or another. There is no excuse for brain washed wacko religeous peoples to lead others to self destruction and erase parts of our civilization... Your a disease go away... Or just keep arguing with Michael, he is probably to busy cuttin up a f--- scene right now instead of reading a book thinking of ways to control people like your self...