I know what you’re thinking: “Only one thing?” Good point. But this, in light of everything else that’s going on, is troubling. I don’t care for porn myself. Please keep it off my computer and away from my kids. Fine. But it’s not illegal, and the people employed therein are adults. They should no more be denied banking services than gays or politicians.
So what the heck is going on here?!
I work for a bank, so I know all about how the government can make life difficult for banks. I was briefly involved in a project in which we were supposed to deliver data on our full portfolio of loans every quarter. The deadline was only months away and the government still couldn’t settle on a final list of what data they wanted. But could we do anything about it? Nope. We had to deliver and hope what we sent them was correct when it got there.
The project I’m on now has an interface to a system that checks every name against a goverment watch list. If someone is on that list we have no choice but to deny them any services. Considering all the fun and games surrounding the Federal “No Fly” list, it’s not hard to imagine people could accidentally or purposely end up on the banking watch list. And we have a government that has proven time and again that they’re willing to politicize any department, any system.
So if this is true, we shouldn’t just shrug and say, “It’s only the porn stars. Big deal.” You never now who will be next.
Especially considering the high-profile (I heard about it) case where a young woman claimed how working in porn was so empowering to her as a female. How DARE we deny her her right to empowerment!