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Originally Posted by Robbie
I know it sounds crazy. But you guys in Europe are far more cultural and advanced than the majority of places in the U.S.
That's the thing you always miss when you try to have this argument.
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Aside from this, Paul's from a country where 'real' porn was not even legal till about a decade ago. The magazines he's talking about were very soft core.
And while there were probably many smelly, sticky sex shops in London selling nasty shit under the counter, the situation in the UK was probably worse than the US. No adult bookstores of any kind outside of cities, and even in cities they sold hardcore porn with all the porn censored or cut.
I believe some guy in the UK actually took a sex shop to court over false advertising. They scammed customers by promising hardcore porn, presumably on the basis that people would be too ashamed to complain about being ripped off.
The only way people saw real porn was though Nth generation copies from friends - free 'pirated' porn - because it was not legal in the UK to show even a hard on or any kind of penetration, let alone anything more.
To exploit this ban, companies like Your Choice appeared; based in Holland but (illegally) duplicating and mailing porn from within the UK to avoid the British customs. AFAIK Your Choice licensed the porn they sold, but it's extremely unlikely that all the copycat rivals did. More porn piracy. All before the internet.