CompuServe Messages

While I agree that seeing this type of product being displayed at Comdex/windows world was quite a shock, especially at the open graphic demos of the content. I also feel that this is a part of the whole computer industry and was represented in proper proportion. As far as the male/female thing is concerned I disagree with you totally for this reason. I believe that if it were men exploiting women then you'd be right but in the cases of these vendors they were being run, managed and entrepreneured by women, not men. If anything this was a case of women denegrating men and women as both sexes were represented in the collection of CDs displayed. My own opinion is that I find nothing wrong with the product, the business (in theory), nor the people that wish to be involved in this aspect of the industry. I do find the display of the product in open public in poor taste at the Comdex show and blame the Comdex for the way it was displayed. I've recently taken on some editing jobs for adult content video with the understanding that these products are only to be shown to those that want to see them. I, too, would be very vocal and protest if these products were openly displayed in public as the Comdex event even though they are far less risque than most of what we see on even network TV today. I'm a firm believer in free market but one should not have embarrassing products shoved in his face unless he asked for it.