Is their last name Zane?

I really need some Cage wisdom on this one:

Suppose that you're acquainted with someone. Not a close friend, but a friend of friends that you're likely to encounter again in future. In your limited encounters with them, this person seems perfectly nice and normal. Then, by complete fluke, you happen upon some totally unexpected information about them...

Namely that their family was a world-leading producer of animal porn, directed by their father and starring their mother, sister, and a stepmother who is described as "The reigning queen of bestiality". At first you found this information totally unbelievable, but there is indisputable proof in the form of boxcovers in which you can identify their relatives from their facebook photos.

You can't see any evidence of this person being involved in the bestiality, although they have directed a few human based porn movies and played an administrative role in the "family business".

So in this situation, which of course is totally theoretical and not real in any way, how would you handle the next time you see them, knowing that their mother starred in "Fat Dog Fucker" and "Granny's Dog Orgy", while their sister was in "Dog Sperm Bitch" and "Kinky Pony Girls", all directed by their father? Would you mention it at all or keep quiet? And if you decided not to mention it, how would you summon the mental discipline required to keep a straight face?

All opinions gratefully received...

Depends on the person. If he seems to be living it pretty openly, I'd imagine he has a sense of humor about it. If he does, pick his brain and report back to us with the hilarity.

I'd tell every friend we have in common and wait for one of them to get drunk enough to ask him about it.

Then I would jack it to his sister blowing dobermans and having horse cum gush out of her holes.

...neither do they appear to have made a particular effort to hide their connection, having used their real life name as producer and 2257 contact for the non-animal videos they directed.

Not like they had much of a choice.

They (hypothetically) don't have to comply with 2257 at all, as they are not under US jurisdiction.

(a) Whoever produces any book, magazine, periodical, film, videotape, digital image, digitally- or computer-manipulated image of an actual human being, picture, or other matter which—


(1) contains one or more visual depictions made after November 1, 1990 of actual sexually explicit conduct; and

(2) is produced in whole or in part with materials which have been mailed or shipped in interstate or foreign commerce, or is shipped or transported or is intended for shipment or transportation in interstate or foreign commerce...

And BTW, they're (hypothetically) not based in the UK either, bestiality has been illegal here for centuries.

The UK has all sorts of extradition treaties with the US. Tell me you can't see Cameron shipping those he considers "undesirable", even folks on a holiday, off to the States if it suited his purpose?

Your pal's smarter than you, Your Grace.

(B)estiality has been illegal here for centuries.

Nor is it limited to Pornographers or Hackers.

Again, your pal is smarter than you. Is that what's holding you back?

Just ask him about it when there's no crowd around.

(1)"The Pornography" is a global business, and it reaches these shores whether your pal ships it directly or it arrives via third party, which is why it's worth it to him to comply with 2257;

I presume they do so to make it easier to license their content.

He was detained and extradited from Australia (a country where he held citizenship, BTW) while visiting family.

You're so quick to assume personal insult,

Your pal's smarter than you, Your Grace.

your friend, being Swedish, has had a front-row seat for one of the world's grandest extradition dramas, and, being smarter than you,

Again, your pal is smarter than you.

Maybe it simply doesn't like you, as most don't.

That's been my entire point, you dense sonofabitch

no wonder you miss the easy stuff in a pointless war of your own creation.

Everyone reading can see what happened here.

Yep. You got schooled. Again. Come on back in a few years and try your luck again. Idiot.

This also explains why you stress needlessly over a non-issue.

If you want to talk to the guy about it, do so, and if you don't, don't. Why bring a Dear Abby question to a bukkake board?

This also explains why you stress needlessly over a non-issue.

In my first post I spoke of the difficulty of keeping a straight face next time I see that person.

it's (hypothetically) one of the most bizarre situations I have ever personally encountered in my life. Where better than the Cage?

Damn right you're stressing, and the fact that you still insist on adding the parenthetic "hypothetically" to any of this speaks volumes about your stress as to the legal AND social aspects of your myriad issues.

FWIW: I, for one, am more than happy to add to your stress. That's what The Cage is for.

Heh. Ivor, you're the only one who's melted down here and you're still doing it. Relax, Dude. you're not the first person who couldn't handle himself in a social situation.

It's not my fault you didn't anticipate derision while seeking etiquette advice... in the fscking Cage, of all places.

I really need some Cage wisdom on this one... All opinions gratefully received.

Dig? Dig?? Dig for what? You're doing all the work, son.

You began and ended your sheltered-boi etiquette question thus:
Seems to me someone's a tad ungrateful for their requested und received Cage Wisdom. Candy Ass.

The evidence is here for all to see

You've tried and failed to provoke me, whilst getting increasingly irate yourself.

^ Yep. Pretty much.

In the end, it won't matter what advice His Grace takes away from this, because his own insecurities are sure to complicate his interactions with the folks involved for years to come. I just hope he doesn't bore the rest of us with it.

and frankly, I really couldn't care less about winning a porn forum flame war anyway

My life is vastly improved now, yours could be too.

I was hoping to come here and find this resolved.

#neighmeansno is what you're saying?

How's it going, Barry the Rapist? Nice to know it's something as abstract as morality that keeps you from blowing horses. Not the obvious, like, it's really gross.

And BTW, they're (hypothetically) not based in the UK either, bestiality has been illegal here for centuries.