Re: Questionable content

At 2:21 PM -0400 6/9/00, Chuck Fields wrote:
>I have a potential client that wants a sizable site developed.  The site is
>to be database-driven and showcase her product line.  She wants a have full
>e-commerce functionality (shopping cart, CC processing, etc.).  The site is
>to be fully dynamic so that she could sell most any widget on it, but there
>will no doubt be some static language and content to help portray the
>business in general.
>
>I have no problem with the e-commerce stuff.  I can write my own shopping
>cart if I decide to.  (I am primarily a programmer).  So what is the
>problem?  Well she wants to sell massage oils and sex aides.  She insists
>there will be no nudity, but I wonder why then she wants a warning page
>about sexually explicit material on the site.  None the less, the site
>sounds very interesting if it were just going to sell some other kind of
>widgets.  What do you think?

Hi Chuck -

My personal feeling would be to leave it alone. I was offered the 
most lucrative contract ever to develop a porn site. While I'm not a 
purist by any stretch of the imagination, this was just a little more 
than I cared to ponder. Another issue that came up in my case is that 
I occasionally work on military contracts and have held secret 
clearances in the past. I suspect I'd have to kiss that aspect of my 
business good-bye.

Just my $.02
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Mike Schienle, Interactive Visuals, Inc.          Internet Applications
mgs(at)ivsoftware.com                                     Image Processing
http://www.ivsoftware.com/                                   Web Design

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