7 BITS & BITES
Crazy, Zany & Bizarre
11 RESTRICTED REVIEWS
15 SEXOTICA
17 ADVICE & CONSENT
21 SEX GUIDE
Hung Like a Horse by Paul Brock
24 RUSTY
The Lady Loves to Lay
35 FLASHBACK
39 ANOTHER LESBO SET
45 SEX JUNKIE
The Neglected, Rejected Nympho by James Williams
47 PIGSKIN PIGLET
Sandy Likes it Hard and Fast
54 GETTING OFF ON THE BUS
A One-Way Ticket to Ecstasy by Gary Fox
58 RUSTLER HUMOR
59 Sally Struthers
71 THE LAST FLOWER CHILD
83 EROTIC ENCOUNTERS
Hard Hat Honey by Phillip Bodnar
87 THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF STAR WHORES
92 TIMID TERRY
PUBLISHER'S STATEMENT
BULLSHIT!
The City of Hamilton has an anti-porn bylaw. As of May, 1978, all magazines that,
"appeal, or are designed to appeal, to erotic or sexual appetites" have
to be covered in opaque plastic wrappers and must be kept at least five and a
half feet from the floor. Furthermore, any store owner or operator selling such
material in Hamilton must apply for a license to run an adult entertainment parlor,
at a cost of $15.
Now that bylaw is currently being disputed in the courts and Morris Perozak, a
lawyer representing 16 of Hamilton's 250 variety stores, asked Mr. Justice Anthony
Maloney of the Supreme Court to issue a restraining order. Keep the City of Hamilton
from laying any further charges while the law is before the courts.
That's a reasonable request, one that is routinely made in this situation. The
judge seemed to think so, too, but listen to his reply. He would not issue the
restraining order because the bylaw affects too many stores, but, "I would
be disillusioned if a responsible corporate entity like the City of Hamilton prosecuted
someone if the enabling legislation was under attack."
Somebody ought to wise up the judge. At least, I hope he needs wising up. I'd
hate to think he made that statement in a spirit of total cynicism.
You see, there's an attitude behind that statement, the attitude that the law
is a thing to be respected in the spirit as well as the letter. It's the attitude
that says the law is above greed and partisanship and petty politics and that
a "responsible corporate entity like the City of Hamilton" obeys the
law and enforces it in a spirit of pure, evenhanded justice.
It's bullshit! The law, whether you know it or not, is a tool. It can be, and
routinely is, used to get at people, to do people favours, to line pockets and
to further careers.
And this isn't an accident. It isn't misuse of the law by unscrupulous governments
and cops. It's built right into the system.
Talk to somebody in the restaurant business. Those people operate under federal,
provincial and municipal regulations and often with more than one department at
any of those levels. They're faced with a situation where they're always in violation
of something. They have to be, because if they comply with the federal rule, they're
automatically in violation of the local one. If ever the cops or the politicos
want to shut down a particular restaurant, there's always something they can get
them on.
Here's a case in point: The Roxy Theatre, here in Toronto, runs a movie called
The Rocky Horror Picture Show every Friday and Saturday midnight. Its big with
teens; some have seen it dozens of times. But there's a lot of funny sex in it
and it's Restricted. Now, the Roxy tries to keep out the under-agers, but that's
an impossible chore, so what happens? The Theatres Board sends around its inspectors.
If they can't find any under-age kids, they hassle about the fire exits, the washrooms,
the projection booth and anything else they can find. They slap a wrist or two
and maybe slap on a fine. Then they split, only to return again next week. Result:
The Roxy may have to give up the most profitable picture they've ever booked and
the teens are prevented from hanging out in a big group.
That's law used by those in power to accomplish their own ends and, if you still
don't follow me, here, from the Hamilton city solicitor's office, is David Vickers
comment on the judge's ruling: "Off the record we just may lay further charges."
