Ben Dover is scum
Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2005 11:10 am
'Mr Caldecott pointed out that there are special reasons for reducing the risk of this material being
shown to children and as a matter of common sense children would be harmed by it. The sex
portrayed is explicit and mechanistic, it is unremitting, there is no story and no message in any of the
video works. We think there is a message in some of these video works. The message seems to be
that sex in any context is normal, that casual sex between people who have just met is normal. We
were very concerned at the predatory nature of the Ben Dover video work and that all the videos seem
to be de-humanising sexual activity.
We would go further. In few of the heterosexual and homosexual acts is the sex protected, it is
generally speaking casual, unprotected sex between strangers. Not only is it unremitting, it is cold
and unremitting and except in the homosexual video the sexual acts are unemotional. Using our
collective wisdom and experience, we believe that this material would be harmful to children and
vulnerable adults. It may be that children in a secure and loving home would recover more quickly
than those in dysfunctional families where the parents may not take the trouble to explain the video
works, especially in relation to the ability to distinguish between consent or lack of it. A child might
mistake passion for punishment.'
found in VAC appeal
shown to children and as a matter of common sense children would be harmed by it. The sex
portrayed is explicit and mechanistic, it is unremitting, there is no story and no message in any of the
video works. We think there is a message in some of these video works. The message seems to be
that sex in any context is normal, that casual sex between people who have just met is normal. We
were very concerned at the predatory nature of the Ben Dover video work and that all the videos seem
to be de-humanising sexual activity.
We would go further. In few of the heterosexual and homosexual acts is the sex protected, it is
generally speaking casual, unprotected sex between strangers. Not only is it unremitting, it is cold
and unremitting and except in the homosexual video the sexual acts are unemotional. Using our
collective wisdom and experience, we believe that this material would be harmful to children and
vulnerable adults. It may be that children in a secure and loving home would recover more quickly
than those in dysfunctional families where the parents may not take the trouble to explain the video
works, especially in relation to the ability to distinguish between consent or lack of it. A child might
mistake passion for punishment.'
found in VAC appeal
