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Rumpled Foreskin
Member

310 Posts
5/05
Posted - May 31 2005 : 12:19PM
I only found ADT within the last month and truly appreciate the news & views expressed here, so if this topic was addressed months ago, I apologize.

At the time of the outbreak I got all my news of it from AVN (the mainstream press -- if they did any reporting at all -- mostly quoted AVN) Before they let the matter drop (can't blame them, they're an industry trade publication) they reported that Brazilian authorities were trying to track down the woman who infected Darren James (authorties were speculating that she had a forged health certificate). Does anyone know if they did find her? And, if so, what the outcome was?

Also, the AVN reported that there was a movement to "organize" (I won't say "unionize" -- that's a dirty word these days) male and female talent. Obviously, that didn't happen. But I wonder if it's still talked about. Would love it if some of the talent who post here would put their 2 cents in.

ALSO (lastly!) are there other sites I could go for adult industry news (Mmmm, I had one bookmarked but it was nothing more than gloried press releases so I trashed it.)?

Sorry this was so long...

Zartyr
Member

700 Posts
7/04
Posted - May 31 2005 : 1:08PM
Rumpled Foreskin
Member

310 Posts
5/05
Posted - May 31 2005 : 2:46PM
Zartyr,

Um, I am incredibly dumb and I admit it. I didn't search the forum because I didn't think there'd be anything on it from that long ago.

So I sheepishly typed in the likely searchwords "HIV" and "Darren James" I wish I hadn't.

Um, what I found wasn't useful and some of it was downright hateful. I'm not into that.

I felt bad for James. If what I read about him is true (I only know what I read on AVN) he was meticulous about his testing and he was good to his female talent.

I'd like to think something came from all that shit.

juha
Senior Member

2752 Posts
3/05
Posted - May 31 2005 : 3:12PM
Rumpled Foreskin,
this thread has a lot of the information you're looking for
Jessicadee
Rumpled Foreskin
Member

310 Posts
5/05
Posted - May 31 2005 : 4:06PM
Thank you, Juha. There are no black and whites, only shades of grey.
 
dac
David Aaron Clark

Just another WKW wannabe
574 Posts
2/04
Posted - May 31 2005 : 7:35PM
HIV outbreak? What HIV outbreak?
skronker
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Scopophiliac
9780 Posts
9/02
Posted - May 31 2005 : 8:28PM
There is?
mrdngm
Member

754 Posts
11/04
Posted - Jun 1 2005 : 2:09AM
I remember when this outbreak was reported but I've lost track of the follow-up. I am very sorry for all the performers who were affected by this. I was in particular a fan of Meriesa Arroyo and I was very saddened to hear her name mentioned early on. Is there any news on her condition?
Mienhagen
aka Shameless deactivated again

Europe
696 Posts
6/04
Posted - Jun 1 2005 : 2:48AM
Exactly!!! Most already forgot about. Why? Because it was very limited and handled really fast and good by the industry. Of course it is sad for the very very few individuals affected, but luckily it did not affect the industry as a whole.

Finally, I am glad its over. So I hope are the discussions about the so-called outbreak.

Edited by - Mienhagen on 6/1/2005 2:52:23 AM

Lee O
Forearm Trainer

mmmmmmm........ after-birth
1193 Posts
8/03
Posted - Jun 1 2005 : 3:17AM
It's funny seeing all the fanboys spunking over a possible Aurora Snow comeback while hating on Jay Ashley . I guess having a pussy instead of a cock absolves someone of responsability .

Dommers for all !

STEMCELL
Senior Member

Russia+China are Terror states
1540 Posts
8/04
Posted - Jun 1 2005 : 3:31AM
After the war is before the war
juha
Senior Member

2752 Posts
3/05
Posted - Jun 1 2005 : 5:51AM
Are you earning your money with porn?

Why are you playing down the problem?

I'm sure we were only reported the peak of the iceberg.
Darren James and Jessica Dee are well known.
But I'm sure there has been a lot more people infected,
nameless newcummers nobody gives a damn.

Rumpled Foreskin
Member

310 Posts
5/05
Posted - Jun 1 2005 : 9:49AM
One of the things that keep me from being completely naive about the altruism of the industry are the "little snippets" of truth that leak out. A month or so ago I was reading the "Fresh Off the Bus" feature at AVN and one of the starlets -- can't remember who -- said she started in the biz and worked thru the "moratorium." Needless to say, the interviwer didn't press the obvious follow-up question.

That surprised me. I really believed that the industry -- in Porn Valley anyway -- were in lock step on this. If only from the fear of government involvement.

Kperv
The Cuddler

*struck
(She slipped)

1818 Posts
1/04
Posted - Jun 1 2005 : 11:34AM
I have to agree on that one.

Aurora will forever be tainted goods for me because of her involvement in that sordid affair.
Kperv, the equal opportunity hater.

Zartyr
Member

700 Posts
7/04
Posted - Jun 1 2005 : 11:51AM
Until the next so-called outbreak, which is not a matter of "if" but "when".

Then the caring fans will be shedding crocodile tears again, and fear that the f*ucking government will impose regulations which could make it impossible to make the next duodenal creampie using a regiment-sized number of parolees happen; praising the industry for its responsibility to shut down the industry for a quarantine period, while happily buying the product of quarantine breakers; performers are worthless whores anyway, aren't they?

Sometimes one is attempted to buy the stereotype of the dyslexic scum in sports-trousers jerking off in the basement of mummy's and daddy's house to pr0n, because they cannot get in the vicinity of a real woman.

Edited by - Zartyr on 6/1/2005 12:06:19 PM

 
Mienhagen
aka Shameless deactivated again

Europe
696 Posts
6/04
Posted - Jun 1 2005 : 2:00PM
True, but we have already had a fairly long period of peace, and the last one was even much longer.

Besides, juha, I dont think I am playing down the problem, rather I do think some people play it up and make it big. Maybe because they somehow deep inside feel bad about their porn consume or porn involvement. Despite some irresponsible quarentain breakers all in all the industry managed the problem really well. Find another industry with that little casualities in such a long time!

Asmodeus
Lord of Lust

az-mo-day-us
6338 Posts
10/01
Posted - Jun 1 2005 : 2:17PM
Let's not forget the first HIV crisis from a few years ago, this one initiated by Marc Wallace. His victims still have to live with the realization that he forever altered their lives for whatever unthinkable reason he had to keep on working knowing he was infected with this deadly disease.
Rumpled Foreskin
Member

310 Posts
5/05
Posted - Jun 1 2005 : 4:59PM
Ah, so that's who Marc Wallace is. Excuse my ignorance, all, but whenever the HIV outbreak in the 90's is mentioned, no names are attached to it. And now I understand some of those "hateful" remarks I saw in those old threads.



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