Oh Dallas
Dallas, Texas, is worried about their image.
‘Bout time, right?
Their city council voted 8-7 to ban an Erotic Convention in Dallas.
The city of Dallas voted on Wednesday to ban an erotica expo featuring porn stars, sex toy sales and a whipping dungeon from a city-owned convention center, with event opponents saying it could taint the city’s image.
This same event was help in Dallas in 2015 with absolutely no incidents and by incidents, I mean no guns were accidentally discharged.
Dallas Police Chief David Brown told the council that undercover officers saw no crimes committed at last year’s event, and there was no reported spike in prostitution or violations of the state’s obscenity laws.
“I do not believe this event is good for our city’s brand,” Rawlings said. “This is a business that participates in the commerce of sex, pure and simple.”
The center’s namesake, former U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson, was sitting among expo opponents in the crowd and did not speak at the meeting.
So, if Dallas wants to keep it’s reputation as a stuffy, rightwing, holier than thou mecca for the Tea Party, then job well done!
Thanks to Paul for the heads up.
At an Erotic Convention, it’s not the guns that accidentally discharge (I know, that was bad).
1I heard that when US movies are sent abroad, they have to cut the sex for the Middle Eastern market and cut the violence for Scandinavia. Need I say I’d rather live in Scandinavia…?
2Betcha 8 city council representatives are just mad because they were not offered free passes to the convention.
3So they’ll have nothing to do with sex in the city-owned convention center, but the porn that Dallas city council members download on their city-owned computers is an entirely different matter!
4Dallas, Texas … remains in Texas, yet is worried about their image. OK. Two words for the Dallas City Council: Ted Cruz.
5So if they can’t have it at the convention center, how about renting some space at the George W. Bush Presidential Center? It’s only about 6 miles away.
6… And be sure to check out this link … especially the comments!
http://cityhallblog.dallasnews.com/2016/02/city-council-votes-to-ban-exxxotica-porn-expo-from-dallas-convention-center.html/
7Hey! Xtian aholes! Here is some advice…If you don’t like something then DON’T DO IT but leave the rest of us alone!!!!
8Considering xtians are the biggest buyers of porn in the USA why are they complaining???
This Exxxotica convention is coming to Columbus in August (the website still says “Pending approval” for Dallas – cue sad, oxidized trombone). I think that will be the first one here.
Every year, we’ve also had Sexapalooza, and that’s hella fun! They give away little samples of various items that I will not go into here out of respect for Mama, which greatly enhance the fun and umm other things and… hell, just go and see! You will also be amazed at the artistry of certain glassblowers available for purchase, as well. I love a blower who’s really into their art.
The “dungeon” they set up here was popular, overcrowded, too large for any sense of intimacy and boooooring. Felt like a self-guided tour of John Yoo’s psyche, or Ted Cruz’s rec room.
And who wants to be self-guided at a sex show, anyhow?
Half the attendees dress up (or.. down, I guess, or any of several positions and prepositions, nouns or adjectives) for the occasion!
Conveniently, Columbus Sexapalooza starts tomorrow and runs through the whole Valentine’s weekend.
Y’all coming?
9So the only legal sex toys in Dallas are guns?
10@daChipster – You mean they can have sex in Columbus but not in Dallas?
11daChipster, the blown glass items sound very artistic but I’m thinking of glass items that I would really hate to have break during use….
12When I lived in Dallas it had the highest number of gentlemen’s club per population, in the USA.
13@LynnN – according to Texas, the more you fondle guns in public the closer you are to god.
14Dallas had the snacilbupeR convention in 1984. Memorable because rumor says DPD picked up all the homeless people and moved them either out to the Dallas Tarrant county line and dumped them or to the County Jail for the five days the out of towner snacilbupeR were in town. Frankly the sex convention last year was fairly tame. I’ve uhhhh heard from uhhhh others.
15Hee hee hee daChip, not yet! :O
Did you see all those women in the DMN photo? ALL but KBH (flirting w billionaire Hunt, y’all) had the same pinchy look on their faces!! No wonder they don’t like sex, I bet all the men run away from them, including their husbands! They are all addicted to vinegar! Ick!
16Well, he got one thing right..sex is never simple.
17And now where on earth are they going to peddle those special gun-shaped Pyrex sex toys they had made up just for the Dallas show?
18Oh, some folk I know in Dallas probably have to move again. They moved three times one year because they didn’t want their chirrun going to an ah, integrated school.
19And I avoid Dallas. I am perpetually lost in Dallas.
20Apparently the GOP wants exclusive rights when it comes to screwing Texans.
21Hollyanna – there used to be a bar in Amarillo called the Crystal Pistol….
Rhea – this is pretty solid, heavy glass. It’s the type of thing that wouldn’t shatter, but might chip against metal objects that aren’t sufficiently fur-lined. Pro-tip (pun waaayy intended): Chill it first. Not for strength; for effect.
That’s just the type of life-changing information poor Dallasites won’t be able to get anymore.
Interesting part of the story above: no crime, no wrongdoing, nothing illegal going on (unlike, say, gun shows) but lets punish them anyway. Just like all these same type of cretins are doing to Planned Parenthood.
As JAKvirginia summed it up the other day: “They’ve done NOTHING WRONG and need to be stopped!!”
22Off topic, But…
That mailer that Ted Cruz sent out may be illegal in Texas.
A complaint was filed.
And, does Mrs. Cruz look like Tricia Nixon Cox or is it just me?
23Her husband reminds me of Tricky Dick, in looks and politics, but the Mrs. Looks like just his daughter which is creepy and gross. Yuck.
@glf, this is especially true if the guns they fondle are loaded.
24Biker wars seem to be perfectly acceptable and easily accessorized for ammosexuals.
Remember-wingnuts don’t want you to know about or see anything sexual but they will fight to the death to ensure your kids can be legally slaughtered with assault weapons.
25daChipster-Y’all coming? Getting kind of personal,ain’t you? You sound like the lady at the convenience store when she asks me if I have gas. 🙂
26Love this gem from one of the commenters at UmptyDump’s link:
“Both side(s) should compromise and agree to keep the place dimly lit so the Baptist(s) can’t see each other. I know that works in bars.”
Teeheeheehee…
(daChipster, thanks for the shoutout. I have my moments.)
27“When I lived in Dallas it had the highest number of gentlemen’s club per population, in the USA.”
oddly enough, I had thought that distinction went to Nashville, TN. as you drive south into town on I-65, you have your choice of billboards: churches or topless bars/adult bookstores.
28They kinda hide em in Dallas.
We were told they were there for men coming to the markets.
29Sorry, no matter how many porn conventions, you’ll still mostly be known as the meanest city in America who killed JFK.
30The funny thing is this vote brings more attention to the convention. More people will be paying attention to it when/whereever it winds up being held.
If the city council had ignored it, I would not have known this convention even existed.
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