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Sex Police Worry

Congratulations on your excellent article Sex Confab! [February 2003]. It managed to be funny, fair, thoughtful and intelligent all at once. And, without wishing to sound patronizing, it was extremely well written. Do I also detect your hand behind the same issue's editorial Sex Abuse Abuse?

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You raise worrying issues that should concern us all. I'm sure you are already familiar with them, but, if not, I have included the URLs for a couple of related articles you might find interesting from Reason and the Village Voice, respectively discussing the Pete Townshend affair and the plight of Pee Wee Herman: www.reason.com/links/links011503.shtml and www.villagevoice.com/issues/0303/goldstein.php

a reader in Toronto

Thanks for the kind words. The editorial was written by editor French Wall. Let's hope we all make it to a future time wherein today's hysterical anti-sex attitudes will be recognized as the insanity they are.

Shame in Texas

There is a slight error in your editorial regarding the Texas sodomy case Texas Injustice [January 2003]. You imply that the cops didn't investigate who was turning in false tips (to get the cops to raid the guys' apartment). My understanding from published reports is that the malicious tipster was in fact prosecuted and convicted for filing a false police report. I have some impression that I read also that he served jail time for it, though I'm not sure. None of which changes the disgraceful nature of the law and the shame that any sensible cop or judge ought to feel for enforcing such a thing. The Supreme Court decision will be very interesting.

J.H.
Los Angeles, California

Indeed, you are right. The Flint Hills Observer reports that man who called police, Roger David Nance, pleaded no contest to filing a false report and served 15 days in jail.

Russian Extornionist?

I received the enclosed letter from one of your MaleBox advertisers; you may not wish to accept any more personal ads from this person. [The letter reads: "Mr. X, You wrote me your steamy letters repeatedly some time ago breaking my privacy. If you do not send me $5000 I'll call the police and accsue you of harassment and out you at your job. I have your letters as proof. The funds should be transfered to my account (includes bank information). They should be noted 'for the expenses of M.K.' as the purpose of the transmittance. If I do not receive the funds in five days after you receive this letter, I'll call the police. Regards, M.K., Moscow, Russia."]

J.W.
Los Angeles, California

Yikes! What a weasel. We wrote M.K. immediately: "Hey, MK: Have you been naughty? A reader sent us a copy of a letter that appears to be from you; the letter demands money in exchange for avoiding harassment. Comrade, such a letter constitutes extortion-- criminally punishable both in the US and Russia. Should anyone here care to, they could be in touch with your bank and landlord to lodge complaints. We have suspended your ad and mail forwarding; if you feel we are being unfair or have misunderstood the facts, please be in touch. If, however, you are the lowlife dirtbag extortionist it appears, please knock it off; your hamhanded threats create bad karma for you and annoy our readers."

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I don't save back issues-- do you archive your magazine?

J.W.
Atlanta, Georgia

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