Saturday, September 01, 2007

A Poll: Deaf Owned P0rn Company be Allowed at Deaf Expo?

Here's the question: Should a Deaf owned Deaf p0rn company be allowed at Deaf Expo as long as nudity and offensive language are not used? Yesterday, I ran a blog piece about my discovery of a Deaf owned p0rn company that I accidentally came across on YouTube after I punched in the key search word "deaf". And because of my blog piece I was recently informed via email about how a different Deaf owed p0rn company called "Polecat Pictures" was promptly thrown out of the Deaf Expo despite, from what I could read in the old Deaf Weekly newsletter, the agreement they had with Deaf Expo officials that no nudity and language were to be used at the Deaf Expo booth. Although this happened about three years ago.

The exhibit booth of a deaf-owned company promoting its new porn flick "Sexy Sign Language" was shut down by Deaf Expo officials last Saturday. PoleCat Pictures said in a press release that it paid its booth fee and had been welcomed for its diversity to the Nov. 12-13 event in Anaheim, Calif. The company agreed in advance to exclude nudity and profanity from its booth, yet show officials ordered the removal of all flyers and signs in the booth, and finally told PoleCat to "pack up and leave" at noon Saturday, the press release claims. Deaf Expo director David Rosenbaum told Deafweekly he worked hard with PoleCat reps to address the "unfavorable comments and grave concerns" of attendees, exhibitors and sponsors, but was not successful. "As a result and by mutual agreement, the exhibitor vacated his exhibit," he said.

Interesting story. The agreement was made on no language and nudity (I'm guessing for the sake of minors who would be among the attendees at Deaf Expo), the booth already paid for but it was the people who attended the Deaf Expo had these "concerns" which prompted officials to ask this porn vendor to leave. I wonder, did the porn vendor get his/her money back?

And so this leaves me thinking by setting this poll up.


Should a Deaf owned Deaf p0rn company be allowed at Deaf Expos or conventions as long as nudity and offensive language are not used?
Yes!
No!
Yes but with more restrictions.
I am not sure right now.
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If yes but with restrictions you choose, what would those restrictions be? Being the only adult (ie p0rn) vendor in a mostly family-oriented (ie kids are there, too) type Deaf Expo, how would this "diversity" of Deaf owned companies be allowed to show their wares and services to the deaf and hard of hearing public? Would this be any different from religious "zealots" (for a lack of a better word) at these booths who are hocking their wares or information that some/many attendees would find such a booth a bit offensive, too?

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