Newsblog: The author of My Date with Suzi on Salon (subscription required) describes how a Japanese porn star responded to his email invitation to visit him in Colorado. It’s a troubling piece because he makes the whole escapade sound so cool. I like Salon’s writing, but this article seems irresponsible – both on the part of the author and Salon. This paragraph especially bugged me:
“What’s with the rental car?” asked my teenaged son. I mumbled something about “visiting some friends in the mountains on the weekend” and “not trusting” the Pontiac. I believe in honesty and all that, but I didn’t think he was ready yet for “Your dad has a date with a porn star and wants to drive a car that looks presentable.”