Adult Video Store Clerk Could Face Jail For Selling Sex Toys

[matcom]

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HOUSTON -- A Houston store clerk could face up to a year in prison because of the provocative items being sold on a north Houston store's shelves.

Houston police charged Jose Escalante with obscenity because he was in possession of adult toys with the intent to promote and sell them. If convicted, Escalante could face up to a year in prison and a $4,000 fine.

Escalante is an employee of the Adult Video Megaplex location on Interstate 45 in north Houston. The store sells items that are considered obscene because they are designed to be used in a sexual act.

On June 9, vice officers with the Houston Police Department arrested Escalante at the store and seized some of the toys.

Richard Kuniansky, Escalante's attorney, said thinks the case is ridiculous.

"He's simply a clerk at the store, and the vice squad went in and arrested a clerk for possession with intent to distribute obscene devices. It's absurd," Kuniansky said.

The defense asked an officer who testified Tuesday to define what makes an adult toy obscene since there were numerous items being sold at the store that were not confiscated.

The officer said an adult toy is obscene if it is contained in a package with a label that indicates the toy is designed to be used in a sexual act.

Many of the adult toys not confiscated from the store are advertised as massagers.

http://www.wftv.com/irresistible/5090416/detail.html

[bridgit]

1. feh, better to drop this into 'that other thread'...

:hide: i've already done my part :rofl:

[pinniped]

2. I knew it was TX.

Off to the fiery stake.

[William Bloode]

3. God forbid folks have a little pleasure in their lives.

This is sooooooo repressive i can not even begin to fathom it! Not a new thing though, i don't think Was there not a similar case in Miss. a yr or so ago?

And why the damned clerk? Poor feller/lady, was just doing the job they were paid to do.

Thats one reason i won't touch Texas with a 10' pole. Hell going to Arizona to visit my friend i drive around Texas. I also have a friend who lives in Dallas who i won't go see.

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[matcom]

8. get that fucking link out of your post

folks DO NOT CLICK ON THAT :grr:

[bridgit]

10. wuba wuba...

[StopTheMorans]

11. wtf did you put that up for?

[matcom]

12. my guess is to get a bunch of hits from DU

methinks we found one

[StopTheMorans]

14. well, there are jokes, and then there is posting shit that is bordering on

illegal. nice trolling while it lasted, hey bridgit?

[matcom]

15. yup

my thoughts exactly.

[William Bloode]

17. What happened?

Did someone molest my post?

[bridgit]

18. what happened was your post...

[William Bloode]

21. Well thanks,

That sure explains a lot. :shrug:

[bridgit]

23. "yup" nothing, i had a guy ham handedly ask me yesterday...

if i owned a vibrator. i've had a belly full of you little boys with your sex stuff but i don't hit 'alert', in lieu if that i understand how complex humanity is; when are you guys going to stand up for the gals around here who are already offended before you walk into the room :shrug:

[matcom]

24. never

you are offended BEFORE. therefore you cannot be helped.

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[bridgit]

19. hey bridgit what?

[StopTheMorans]

29. hey bridgit way to go posting kiddie porn on DU

:thumbsup:

[bridgit]

16. it's more simple than either one of you can imagine...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=4144912&mesg_id=4144958

we all traipse into these subjects with phony sense' of what a liberal response to human expression truly is; yet it is clear without doubt that there are indeed limits to what is considered acceptable.

so why DON'T WE ALL OF US STOP this superfluous nonsensical bullshit and realize that very fact.

these things are real. you cannot nuance your way through them as detached subject lines and pseudo hip posts without offending even me yet i am deleted = perfect...

[matcom]

20. yup. YOU are deleted

perfect

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[StopTheMorans]

22. we realize that fact; you don't have to resort to tactics like that

to make a point. yes, we all know that there are limits to what is considered acceptable; does that mean that i need to post something that would meet those qualifications to make people realize it? good fucking god some people are a waste of time...

[bridgit]

28. i have no idea, you tell me...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/forums/rules.html

[StopTheMorans]

30. anyone who makes a post like that deserves no respect, here or otherwise

way to try and hide behind the rules after that abomination you posted :thumbsdown:

[bridgit]

31. you're off the map where the monsters are...

[Kellanved]

5. Interesting question for Creationists and ID followers:

"...are considered obscene because they are designed to be used in a sexual act."

So the god/Designer/FSM's work is obscene as well because he/she/it designed things like they are?

[bridgit]

9. conceptually, i find human genitalia, potentially, one of the best...

most intelligent designs ever :thumbsup:

[StopTheMorans]

13. couldn't all sorts of things be considered obscene then?

how about vegetables? :evilgrin:

[Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel]

6. Another poll

Melonhawg

[Fox Mulder]

7. So...whatever happened to peoples rights?

Do they exist anymore?

And why is that clerk getting in trouble? Clearly he's just doing his job.

[bridgit]

26. what happened to mine...

:cry:

[BigMcLargehuge]

32. locked

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