Eigenaar pornosite nuanceert bloedlust

Ondermeer GeenStijl bracht onlangs het bericht dat een in Amsterdam gevestigde pornosite Amerikaanse militairen gratis toegang gaf tot de, eh, 'fijne vleeswaren'. Als de soldaten in ruil daarvoor tenminste een foto instuurden waarop het nodige bloedige oorlogsgeweld stond. GeenStijl baseerde zich op de Belgische krant De Standaard, die het op zijn beurt weer van een Italiaans blog had. Journalist Sherrie Gossett zocht echter contact met de Amerikaanse eigenaar van de site, en die had een iets genuanceerder verhaal te vertellen:

I have a lot of users of my forum stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan and they were having trouble paying for access. They don’t have a normal billing address etc. So I decided that I would give FREE access to any member or the armed services that could prove they were stationed in a combat area. They had to provide a picture of them or something over there to prove to me they were there and not just someone else looking for free access. A lot of the members decided to post the gory pics for their free access. That was fine with me I like to see them as it shows what the mainstream media won’t.

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[cecile]

On this Jordan blog the case is discussed:
http://sabbah.biz/mt/archives/2005/08/22/tit-for-tat-cooked-iraqi-for-free-pornography/

[Sherrie Gossett]

I changed my blog URL. (See above.)

You can now find the posting mentioned @ http://digital-dope.blogspot.com/2005/08/free-porn-for-war-gore.html

(Note: The previous URL www.parallaxis2.blogspot.com and the postings therein were not cached on the web, when I gave up the URL. That domain now belongs to another blogger)