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people with concern about death, movies depicting wanton killing. People with sexual hang-ups are surely the least able to control the fantasies depicted by pornographic videos.
It has also been suggested that a ban on the videos will drive them underground - indeed, six feet underground. The key here, and as a promoter I know, is that if you cannot advertise a product, the product does not sell. If the 20 pages of advertising of pornographic videos, all with ACT addresses, are not allowed in People magazine, no-one will be able to order one single video from there. If Truth newspaper alike is not allowed to do that, no-one will be able to order the pornographic videos.
Equally, no-one suggests that pornographic videos would be entirely done away with. There will always be people who break the law and trade in these mechanical demonstrations of sex. But the difference would be vast. There would be very little trade in the videos compared to the current trade - which is increasing, and which I believe is far higher than is claimed by the people who trade in the pornography.
They have suggested that if they are banned in the Australian Capital Territory they will move to the Northern Territory. Well, there are two problems with that. Firstly, the Northern Territory, apparently, is not a good spot for film and pornographic videos. But secondly, and more importantly, the Northern Territory Government has stated that if there was a Federal ban, if the Federal Government ceased to classify X-rated videos the Northern Territory Government would not seek to establish a central censorship board.
I suggest that if the ACT got in line with the rest of Australia the Northern Territory, by that statement, would not go it alone. The videos cannot go to Jervis Bay. Jervis Bay comes directly under ACT law.
Mrs Grassby: It does not.
MR STEVENSON: If you check on the details you will find that it does. The situation in the ACT - - -
Mrs Grassby: It does not. More misrepresentation; it does not.
MR STEVENSON: Time will tell when you check your facts.
Mrs Grassby: We have checked them; we know them.
MR SPEAKER: Order!
MR STEVENSON: This People magazine of 12 December 1989 advertises the classic Deep Throat video with Linda Lovelace. Linda Lovelace sent you a message to be read here today. Linda Lovelace would, of course, be the best known porn
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