[Janrinok says: You may remember this story from a few weeks ago. Basically, the relevant bodies in Munich had decided that e-books of an extreme sexual nature could only be sold online between the times of 2200 and 0600. We discussed it, laughed at the concept of 'time' restrictions on something that covered the entire globe, and then we moved on... Well, yesterday we received a submission/letter from Joanna Kamermans, the author of the e-book in question, pointing out that she had read our story and comments and that she was appreciative of the publicity that her book had received. Not just the publicity from our site but from others that had also decided to publish or comment on the story. I will not print her letter here as it (and the links within it) are most definitely NSFW - but, of course, it can be found via the Original Submission link at the bottom of this story. It just goes to show that what we write and say here can travel far further than we might initially imagine. Those of you who wish to communicate further with Ms Kamermans may do so away from this site, but I should warn you that she describes herself as Johanna Kamermans (1938) - perhaps it is just a very common name in Bavaria or, perhaps not...]
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Original Submission
(Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 29 2015, @11:07PM
someboy write4 a pronbook bout n-comMANders massive dong
(Score: 1) by robmullr on Thursday July 30 2015, @12:20AM
Setting my alarm for 10PM
(Score: 3, Funny) by GoonDu on Thursday July 30 2015, @12:48AM
Mine's 4am. I mean I'm all about morning wood but this is a tad bit too much.
(Score: 2, Funny) by Ethanol-fueled on Thursday July 30 2015, @12:59AM
It's pretty hilarious given that the Germans produce and enjoy some of the filthiest porn imaginable. Whippings, coprophilia, urinating, horses...
...I mean, like, you got a guy tied down to a tarp on the floor, and a woman stands above him and shits in his mouth. And he's asking for more while calling her a filthy schlampe. Then some whippings, then they both pee on each other. Then they bring the horse in.
You don't want to know what they do with that horse. I'd tell you what they do with that horse but I don't want to break any obscenity laws. What I can tell you is, all the things that people can do with each other, the people do with that horse.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 30 2015, @01:01AM
Pics or it didn't happen.
(Score: 3, Funny) by GoonDu on Thursday July 30 2015, @01:16AM
>all the things that people can do with each other, the people do with that horse.
Snuggle with it and whisper sweet nothing into its ears while enjoying the serene night?
(Score: 2) by turgid on Thursday July 30 2015, @09:08PM
Apologies in advance, [youtube.com] but it is obligatory.
I refuse to engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent [wikipedia.org].
(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 30 2015, @01:31AM
That's a pretty good list.
(Score: 2) by isostatic on Thursday July 30 2015, @01:38AM
There are no link, just a wall of unedited text. NSFW? Really?
(Score: 3, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 30 2015, @01:42AM
The links to the video clips will appear at 10 PM Berlin time, and disappear 8 hours later.
(Score: 2) by el_oscuro on Thursday July 30 2015, @01:57AM
Sort of like the godaddy.com that was actually shown on the Superbowl. I was like, WTF, where is the pr0n?
SoylentNews is Bacon! [nueskes.com]
(Score: 2) by takyon on Thursday July 30 2015, @02:15AM
There's a URL fragment that goes to the author's site. Can't be changed in the original submission.
[SIG] 10/28/2017: Soylent Upgrade v14 [soylentnews.org]
(Score: 2) by janrinok on Thursday July 30 2015, @07:51AM
(Score: 2) by isostatic on Thursday July 30 2015, @04:02PM
and the links within it
Plurals usually imply > 1
(Score: 2) by janrinok on Friday July 31 2015, @04:38AM
(Score: 2) by isostatic on Saturday August 01 2015, @02:53AM
And this needed to be redacted from the front page because of some Puritan ideals?
(Score: 2) by janrinok on Saturday August 01 2015, @07:06AM
Yes - in accordance with our guidelines. In many places, pictures depicting total or even partial nudity are considered taboo in the workplace. The link behind the submitter's name opened a web page containing partial nudity. Her own submission discussed anal sex. Hence it was tagged as NSFW - there was no mention of pornography in my summary.
Just for background information, any link depicting material that is not essential to the submission is usually removed by the editor. Trying to hide such links behind a submitter's name usually results in that submission being rejected. From the wiki page on the Editing Process:
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 30 2015, @03:42AM
https://literotica.com [literotica.com] -- endless, endless stream of english fiction.