7 STATEMENT 9 BITS & BITES
Crazy, Zany & Bizarre
15 RESTRICTED REVIEWS
20 INTERVIEW: JOHNNY HOLMES
Porno Star With A 14-inch Cock by R. Allen Leider
27 ADVICE & CONSENT
33 SEX GUIDE
The Toys of Sex by Paul Brock
37 MARNIE
Homebody
44 CANADIAN PROSITUTION
by Jane Geary
47 MARGOT Golden Girl
56 OLD SEX TALES
by Philip Gifford
59 R.P.M.
64 LATE LAMENTED
by Jane Geary
75 SUPERMARKET SEX
Mail-Order Sex
83 ERIKA
Light My Fire
91 EROTIC ENCOUNTERS
Dental Care by William Mueller
93 STAR WHORES
Spaced-out Space Bunnies by Erik Larsen
PUBLSHER'S STATEMENT
Foolish Censorship
Until recently, we felt that we were the only medium who felt that censorship
was an intrusion into the rights of adults.
Then the Toronto Star, September 19, 1978, printed an editorial which so impressed us that we felt obliged to print it in its entirety, so that the rest of Canada can read and judge for themselves: The recent uproar over the film In Praise of Older Women at the Festival of Festivals is another example of Ontario's haphazard censorship system in action.
As Secretary of State John Roberts said at the festival opening, censors should
not have power to tell adults what they can or can't be allowed to see in pictures or in print.
There is a case to be made for controlling public display of material which may
be offensive to some people and barring impressionable young people from exposure
to it, but authority has no right to go further than this.
Ontario and Saskatchewan were the only provinces to ban Pretty Baby, a much-praised film about a 12-year-old prostitute in New Orleans at the turn of the century. The rest of the world seems to have taken it in stride without suffering moral collapse.
As f or In Praise of Older Women, the censor first demanded that three minutes
of a scene describing the seduction of a teenage youth by an "older woman" be removed from the film. This, curiously, was later reduced to 38 seconds, making one wonder how sure the censor is of his judgment at any time.
Surely, it's time the province grew up and allowed adults see what they want to
see, read what they choose to read, and buy what they prefer to buy.
"But," some people argue, "what about children? And what about
my Aunt Matilda, who despises smut in any form? Why should she have to avert her
eyes from the shameful activities she sees on the screen?"
The answer, of course, is classification. No one wants to expose the young to
sights and sounds for which they may not be emotionally ready. No one wants to
usurp the role of parents in deciding how soon and how much they should know of
life.
That is why a classification system advising parents of the suitability of films
for younger age groups would be helpful. Similarly, a classification system, like
the listing of ingredients on a soup can, would advise Aunt Matilda of the contents of a film.
Hopefully, other newspapers and media will realize that censorship in any form
is an obscenity in itself and a violation of our rights as adults to see, read
and think whatever we desire. The first issue of this magazine was deemed unsuitable for distribution in Ontario, yet it was distributed throughout the rest of Canada without anybody taking offence. We at RUSTLER will not force you to buy this magazine. We only ask that you be allowed to buy this magazine.
