[BrianR]

Quzah, that's not quite true. You see, running an S&M parlor, no matter where in the Commonwealth of Penna, is illegal. Case law is on record and Nelson herself has set at least two earlier precedents. In two counties. In two years.

And the more she does this, the more precedents will be set and the further back the leather community will go. I therefore wonder when some people will just get together and either run her out of the Commonwealth or just string her up. Not that I advocate violence, mind you, but she has done more than one one individual or group to undermine the fight for freedom from persecution the leather crowd has been fighting for thirty years. The whips and welts people were getting close with several fetish-friendly nightclubs and events, stores that cater to people who wear lots of dead cow, and other positive things, but Michelene Nelson has undone much of that good work with her consistantly negative portrayal (not to mention her betrayal of friends) of S&M.

I can only hope this time she is sentenced to prison both to set an example as well as to remove her from the news headlines so the rest of the leather community can get on with the business of making up for her shortcomings and when she is released, she goes to some other state to ply her trade. New York City seems more tolerant of her line of work than Philadelphia is. It's not quite far enough away for me. Hong Kong wqould be better in that regard, but my opinion is not relevant to the proceedings. As usual.

Brian