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June 7, 2007


How To Get Removed Like A Porn Star

imageA copy of Neil Strauss and Bernard Chang's Fall 2006 HarperCollins effort How to Make Money Like a Porn Star was removed from display at the World Book Fair in Singapore, this well-traveled article reports, due to its sexual nature. The book had been previously disallowed by the country's Media Development Authority, but not only managed to show up at the fair, but did so in a section aimed at kids and teens. The article notes that if enforced, local laws against carrying obscene publication could bring a fine of a few thousand dollars plus a year's jail time.
 
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