Originally posted by Dawgy
damn emporer, you love tearing into me dont you? your entire post is mocking me and i think its incredibly unprofessional. i was merely describing a problem i had with the way avn & klixx send out their magazines unsolicited, and the problems it created for me. you tore into me as if i am some bitter fag who blames the magazines for the way the world thinks. i dont, the magazines have a business to run & thats great.

i simply stated that i thought it was wrong for them to mail me porn magazines without my authorization.

as for the mail guy.... he happened to be the head of the organization i volunteered with. while i agree he is a closed minded jesus freak, he did nothing illegal. and yes, it sucks that people are so closed minded, but thats life. im not ashamed of who i am or what i do, but i dont really see how its anyones business. should i go run tell the little league soccer team i help coach that i sell gay porn? why dont you explain that to the 8 year olds for me since you dont seem to think its a big deal.

as for your last paragraph, now youre just being an asshole taking cheap shots and mocking me even more.
Well, I agree I did take it to extreme. More to make the point than have it directly "AT You" as it were......

Kind of like "see how silly this sounds?" So what you took for mocking, was actually me juxtaposing the current "no-no" with what appears to be a silly "no-no" now, years after it's been accepted.

But you didn't simply say you didn't like them sending them....what you specifically said was:

Originally posted by Dawgy
as far as im concerned theyre both just a waste of paper with nothing but ads, and they have no respect for people's privacy.
Now THAT I took personal, as I'm one of the guy that writes the words they put in between the ads. And I think you'll find the mail guy did violate the rules of conduct of the US Postal system. In fact, if the postal inspectors knew about it, he would be canned without question. What he did is open the USPS up to liability, in that you could sue for invasion of privacy/defamation. Content of mail IS protected. I'm sure it would be splitting hairs, but I'm just as sure he would get fired for something like that.

However if you are looking for offense, I can tell you I have contempt for people that are afraid to be who they are for fear of society's prejudice. I get even angrier when that person then blames a third party because they didn't know they were supposed to hide for him.

I'll bet you DID give them permission to send you the magazine though. Did you READ the agreement you signed upon entry to the show? Not only that, but you paid for entry, and they felt they were giving you value for your money.
As for Klixxx, as I said, that magazine could never be confused for porn from the envelope. And I think not from most covers either. In any event, try to remember when you insult an organization, any organization, that the organization is made up of people, and people take offense when they are called "a waste of paper." And no one is saying walk around with a banner that says "gay porn purveyor."
When you open a business to the public, by default it becomes "everyone's business." You hung a shingle out that says "open for business." Can't have your cake and eat it too.