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By TChris, Section Crime in the News
Posted on Sat Feb 25, 2006 at 09:04:10 AM EST
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by TChris

Don't ask, don't tell, and don't star in porn videos that are released to the internet.

The Army has charged seven paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division with engaging in sex acts in videos shown on a gay pornography website. Three of the soldiers face courts-martial on charges of sodomy, pandering and engaging in sex acts for money, according to a statement released by the military Friday.

The website is described as "military-themed."

Steve Ralls, spokesman for Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, a legal group that helps gays and lesbians in the military, said the charges indicated the soldiers' behavior was "a much more serious matter than just their sexual orientation."

Ralls said, "I'm not going to make excuses for service members who are taking part in sexual conduct for money. It would be absolutely criminal regardless of whether they were heterosexual or gay."

Criminal, true, but commercial porn is a thriving business and its actors are rarely prosecuted. Discharges would be a sufficient response.

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    Paratrooper Porn | 18 comments (18 topical)
    Re: Paratrooper Porn (none / 0) (#1)
    by squeaky on Sat Feb 25, 2006 at 09:27:53 AM EST
    In fact some military oriented web entrepreneurs are considered such assets that they are hired by the WH. Double duty whore Gannon/Guckert = WH Press/ er... masseuse.

    Re: Paratrooper Porn (none / 0) (#2)
    by MikeDitto on Sat Feb 25, 2006 at 09:31:30 AM EST
    And the fact that the administration hasn't gone after soldiers who trade pictures of dead Iraqi women and children for porn and post their own amateur porn in exchange for money and access to other porn sites, all in violation of the Geneva Convention, and instead chooses to go after these guys is telling.

    Re: Paratrooper Porn (none / 0) (#3)
    by Sailor on Sat Feb 25, 2006 at 10:16:04 AM EST
    This was just a stroke of bad luck. I'm sure it was part of rumsfeld's PR plan to extend marine's reach around the world. It is however embarrasing, and in order to make their ,glory whole the marines need to take matters in hand, firmly grasp the shaft of righteousness, and bend over backwards to improve their image;-)

    Re: Paratrooper Porn (none / 0) (#4)
    by squeaky on Sat Feb 25, 2006 at 10:26:03 AM EST
    Sailor- I never had realized how much smut is out there all the time, hiding in plain english. Sounds like we need to get Ed Meese back on the job. Only someone with a nose (or other sense organ) like his can ferret out all the seemingly ordinary and ubiquitous language that will bring us to ruin.

    Re: Paratrooper Porn (none / 0) (#5)
    by roy on Sat Feb 25, 2006 at 10:45:58 AM EST
    Sailor, The pornotroopers are Army, not USMC.

    Re: Paratrooper Porn (none / 0) (#6)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Feb 25, 2006 at 12:39:57 PM EST
    Sailor: With a moniker on Sailor, you should know the difference between Army and Marines.

    Re: Paratrooper Porn (none / 0) (#7)
    by scarshapedstar on Sat Feb 25, 2006 at 01:22:40 PM EST
    At least we have our priorities in order.

    Re: Paratrooper Porn (none / 0) (#8)
    by Sailor on Sat Feb 25, 2006 at 01:22:49 PM EST
    You're right of course, but I was just riffing on a theme, not going for anything serious. I swear no soldiers or marines were harmed in the making of this joke. I'll try to do better next time.

    Re: Paratrooper Porn (none / 0) (#9)
    by jondee on Sat Feb 25, 2006 at 01:41:10 PM EST
    Maybe if some of the Pioneers could hold off on the ten million dollar Bar Mitzvahs and investing thier windfall in the Axis of goodness and cheap labor and kick something back to the soldiers who have made life easier for them, some of these guys wouldnt be driven to these obvious acts of desperation.

    Re: Paratrooper Porn (none / 0) (#10)
    by Sailor on Sat Feb 25, 2006 at 02:48:34 PM EST
    Roy and Wylie, if you truly have a complaint, I suggest you take it up with my attorneys; Deecks, Orr, Handy, Forre, Rubbin, Lipswitz and Cumin;-)

    Re: Paratrooper Porn (none / 0) (#11)
    by squeaky on Sat Feb 25, 2006 at 03:18:21 PM EST
    Sailor-A cunning linguist seamen are. Those lawyers must have spent too much time courting suers as their cases are full of sorted briefs.

    Re: Paratrooper Porn (none / 0) (#12)
    by Sailor on Sat Feb 25, 2006 at 04:05:12 PM EST
    Squeaky, good post! When I was in the Navy I did learn that sub-marines are long and hard and full of seamen.

    Re: Paratrooper Porn (none / 0) (#13)
    by roy on Sat Feb 25, 2006 at 04:34:21 PM EST
    I've had friends & family in the Army, none in the Marines. Mis-state away, you'll get no more complaints from me. Mostly I wanted an excuse to write "pornotroopers". Twice.

    Re: Paratrooper Porn (none / 0) (#14)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Feb 25, 2006 at 05:55:03 PM EST
    I always knew the airborne guys are gay, we old army guys did not go for each other at all. but that is nut's. only joking! but souldn't that be the navy? in the gay pornography i say get a lawyer guys you will need one.

    Re: Paratrooper Porn (none / 0) (#15)
    by Peter G on Sat Feb 25, 2006 at 07:08:58 PM EST
    Innocent until proven guilty, I say. Maybe they were just producing interrogation materials for use at "Gitmo", perhaps even under a contract (with Halliburton?).

    Re: Paratrooper Porn (none / 0) (#16)
    by kdog on Sun Feb 26, 2006 at 06:52:10 AM EST
    With the salaries our men in uniform get...I can't say I'd blame them for getting a second job. So what if that job is in the adult entertainment industry? Free the Sticky Seven! No Justice, No Piece!

    Re: Paratrooper Porn (none / 0) (#17)
    by Edger on Sun Feb 26, 2006 at 07:03:58 AM EST
    Bobbie does Baghdad?

    Re: Paratrooper Porn (none / 0) (#18)
    by Bill Arnett on Sun Feb 26, 2006 at 08:00:06 AM EST
    And where was Jeff Gannon and Ken Mehlman when their country needed them most...

    Paratrooper Porn | 18 comments (18 topical)