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This shouldnt come as a surprise to anyone, we have been headed this way for a long time. Look at the way Ebay and paypal have been configured for some time now. This is the result of some very smart thinking, for without the means to transfer funds via the internet, most pay sites will die and without the revenue streams from member paid or advertiser paid the sites die as well, at least in the form they are today.

The fact is we are a minority and one it is very ok to discrimnate against. Not that Visa really cares what we do one way or the other, they simply dont care, but by taking actions like this they reap two advantages, first they can defend themselves against any claim they are in the smut peddling market in any way. But the most important reason is as usual political, like you said, it is the passage of new laws that allow credit card companies to go to extreme levels against anyone they have a complaint with. The law has gone so far to their side of the board that it is now ok for creditors to seize peoples bank accounts, I am not talking about the guy making several hundred thousand a year, it is the little guys they are going after now. The people who like most of us live paycheck to paycheck who find when they go to buy food for their children, they no longer have any money and have 10,000 dollar charges against their bank accounts. I just saw this happen up here in NY and am hearing it is starting in other places. If you have credit problems and do direct deposit, I would seriously consider your options, because you could not only lose any balance, you can also lose your next check or two until you can get your employer to stop sending your check their. I am also expecting the number of garnishment actions to increase. Try living when it dosent do you any good to work because all of your pay is taken from you. Remember the hard core right thinks they are doing what is good for you and the left could give a rats ass.

Charles
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Thank you for keeping us informed aiken, as always.
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I know it's a nasty situation but two the highest legal statuates in our land are those guarenteeing us freedom of speech and freedom of publication and at the end of the day if you can find a way around the private influence of the third party company then the only way to deny bondage.com and it's contributors, at least those of us who are in the U.S, that would be to ammend the Constitution, which isn't going to happen....

Maybe I'm missing something - is the whole direct payment/paypal thing more complicated than I'm envisaging?
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this is political correctness gone insane.
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