That’s what a few people standing up for Porter Corn have to say in his defense.
They don’t care about his morals, they say, just his opinions. That, my friends, is a multi-faceted misjudgement, and yet, it does present a moral dilemma about letting such information go public. At least it did for me.
Morality is difficult to legislate, even in the U.S. where lawmakers try to do so. Morality is subjective, different people have different views on what’s “right” and what’s “wrong”. For some people, moral boundaries are more clearly defined than for others. Some people have grey areas, and some do not. When it comes down to it, who cares what a person does in their private life? Who cares what they do in bed, or how kinky it might be, as long as it’s legal?
There is one distinct reason why it matters in this case.
Porter Corn put the abbreviation Rev. in front of his name. He put it there, and flaunted it about as an indicator of his character. The title “Reverend” would indicate someone with upstanding morals of the Christian variety. Prostitution –using it or promoting it– is not consistent with that value set. Corn still denies his association with prostitution, therefore, he is also lying. Lying would also be inconsistent with Christian values.
How can it be proven that he is lying? The ultimate defense to slander is truth. Here's some more truth: The same AIM, Yahoo IM, and e-mail addresses, exist time and again on sites where Corn has set up accounts to talk about the Mexican truck issue. Those same names are used again on other sites where he talks about using prostitution, and helping others find it.
That’s quite the charitable mission there, Rev. Corn.
Moving on.
Say these things had existed in Corn’s past, and that he had reformed. Well, that’s possible, with the exception of his searching for “Latin girls content” earlier this year. Still, one would expect a “reverend” to explain what immoral things he might have once done, and how he has reformed-- or maybe the proper word here is “repented”. That is the point of the whole darn thing, now isn’t it?
Or maybe this is some other religion in which prostitution is completely acceptable?
Since the character presented to the readers is that of someone who not only follows Christian values, but leads others in following them, Mr. Corn should not be upset or surprised that those readers with those values are upset to find that he does not follow them himself. He should also not be surprised to find that he is discredited by his own efforts to cover that up with lies.
Thursday, October 4, 2007
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
A Couple of Comments
Anonymous said...
The truth lies somewhere in between on "all" issues. No one person knows it all. I do not consider Mr. Corn as slanderous to this issue at all. He is representing his side of the truth as he sees, just as you are. The research I have made on my own credits Mr. Corns views as very responsive and correct in many areas. Yet I value a few of the points on the other side of the coin. It's amazing to me that once truth begins to come out and not only one side of the coin is seen, then parties begin to "slander" the other stating how perverse the other is. Mr. Corn is an extremely knowledgable person in the trucking industry and his posting on Mexico Trucker and his views are greatly considered and weighed in the same character as the other party. Thank you for your opinions and thank Mr. Corn for his also.
October 1, 2007 9:37 PM
Anonymous said...
Screaming your opinion the loudest doesn't make it more right.
Mark's essay was on David Duke's site because it fit and looked like it belonged on David Duke's site.
Their essays, their video, their rhetoric make them look like racists.
The other side might use racism to blur the issue, but the Taylor's play right into their hands and prove them right.
Ghost writer? Not brave enough to put your name on the truth?
I'm not afraid of my comments, but since I have no idea who I'm talking to, you get the same anonymity in return.
October 2, 2007 12:36 AM
It’s true that screaming your opinion the loudest doesn’t make it right, neither does pointing and yelling "racist" or "bigot." It is not always true, however, that the truth lies somewhere in between on all issues. It does on many, and possibly even on this one, but not on all.
Corn is indeed slanderous to hurl accusations at people in such a manner, no matter how knowledgeable he is. Corn’s site did, at first, seem to present a very fair representation of the other side of this issue. Certainly, he has offered many valid points, and it is unfortunate that they have been diminished by resorting to such tactics. It may be much easier than simply continuing the debate, but pulling the racism card also doesn’t really end the argument.
Mr. Taylor’s essay was on David Duke because it fit with a part of Duke’s agenda, not because Mr. Taylor is himself a racist. If, indeed that is the case, then we had better all be up in arms against the likes of TruckNews and Reuters, because articles from those sources also appear on Duke’s site.
The Taylors have produced a couple of YouTube videos addressing the issue, Ode to Juan and Moe and The Truckin’ Border Song .
Neither of these videos present a racist viewpoint. Instead, they offer up, in music video form, the concerns the Taylors, as well as many other truck drivers, have about this program.
Racism, it seems, can be effectively used to blur the issue on both sides of the fence (no pun intended). This is a difficult issue to be in opposition of, because no matter how sound the logic, or how valid the concerns of the opposition, the racism card can always be played against them.
This site does not exist because Porter Corn is pushing the Mexican Truck program. It does not exist because he lives in Mexico. It doesn’t even exist because he promotes prostitution.
It is here because Rev. Corn attempted to hide this association, even as he offered "full disclosure" when questioned about it. It is here because he would not allow this information to stay on his own website. It is here because he made his own "baseless accusations" even while accusing others of doing the same against him.
It’s here because those who oppose the "Demonstration Project" are not necessarily racists, bigots, idiots, xenophobes, protectionists, or looneys.
It is anonymous, and it shall remain that way. Corn has a habit of pointing out the location of the IPs comments have ordinated from in a veiled sort of way. Regardless of the fact that such information is nearly useless, that will not happen here. Any comment made here will stay in complete anonymity.
Monday, October 1, 2007
Those Who Live in Glass Houses Shouln't Throw Stones: The Real Truth About Mexico Trucker
WARNING: SOME OF THE QUOTED MATERIAL BELOW MAY BE CONSIDERED OFFENSIVE BY SOME.
For some time now, a man by the name of Porter Corn has been running a website called Mexico Trucker. Rev. Corn is also a paid writer for Life on the Road, a trucking industry blog sponsored
by International.
Renee Taylor of American Truckers at War, also writes for Life on the Road. She and her husband, Mark, are diametrically opposed to the Mexican Truck Pilot Project recently opened by the FMCSA. They offer several valid reasons for this opposition, such as border security concerns, illegal immigration and drug smuggling concerns, and highway safety concerns.
Porter Corn claims to have set out to debunk myths about the Mexican trucking industry and set Americans’ minds at ease about the program. For the most part, he has offered valid counter-arguments to the opposition, although he has occasionally left out or ignored issues of great concern to the American public, often falling back on the labels of racism and bigotry when the arguments are not going his way.
Recently, an article written by Mark Taylor for the Family Security Matters Web site was posted on David Duke’s site. Now, this kind of thing happens all the time, under Fair Use. Porter Corn himself copies and pastes articles into his Mexico Trucker blog all the time. This time, however, he used this appearance of the article on David Duke’s Web site to flame the Taylors. Calling them racists due to the assumed association with David Duke.
Now, that is an assumption that is hard to call valid. Especially when an article from Truck News appears on the same page. Or, are we to suppose that Truck News is racist too?
Later, when posters began attacking Mr. Corn for his shadier associations, he dismissed their claims as baseless assumptions. He did admit to owning and running a site called Ladies of Nuevo Lardeo, but stated that it was not a porn site, that he was not responsible for its content
(the posters are), nor did he have ANY association with prostitution.
He may or may not have a beautiful wife and four children, as he claims on his site, but that does not change his very own words in the past.
Words. They can really come back to haunt you, especially with the help of Google.
Sites owned by Corn in the past have alluded to "mongering" in Mexico. His posts, from his own past blogs. You see, nothing ever really disappears from the Internet.
On another site, he offers to "help others who venture south to this pussy heaven of Mexico."
On yet another he brags about waking up "with three naked Mexican whores entertwined with me and for the life of me, the last thing I remember was doing the boogloo on stage at the Sans Souci bar. Must of really impressed the muchachas!"
Of course, there’s much more, but there’s no point in posting all that here. The fact is that Porter Corn is involved in some pretty shady activities.
It may well be that prostitution is legal in Mexico, and it may well be that morality is subjective (and it is!), but such activities are not legal in the United States, and for the most part would be considered immoral by a large percentage of the U.S. population. To some extent, this association, which is proven, damages his credibility as an expert on "the good people of Mexico."
Porter Corn has attempted to cover up this association, as well as to discredit those who have discovered it. Now, he has blocked posts to the blog page in which this information was disseminated. It is all there, however, for any who really know how to use Google, to find. Yes, you will have to wade through pages and pages of his posts to technical forums, and tons of pages of his self-promotion of the Mexico Trucker blog, but it is there.
Maybe it was a mistake for Corn to hurl such accusations at the Taylors, and to those who oppose the Mexican Truck Pilot program. In doing so, he has opened a can of worms that cannot be shut. Now, all can see why he so adamantly professes his great love of Mexico. Certainly, it’s obvious why he chooses to live there
For some time now, a man by the name of Porter Corn has been running a website called Mexico Trucker. Rev. Corn is also a paid writer for Life on the Road, a trucking industry blog sponsored
by International.
Renee Taylor of American Truckers at War, also writes for Life on the Road. She and her husband, Mark, are diametrically opposed to the Mexican Truck Pilot Project recently opened by the FMCSA. They offer several valid reasons for this opposition, such as border security concerns, illegal immigration and drug smuggling concerns, and highway safety concerns.
Porter Corn claims to have set out to debunk myths about the Mexican trucking industry and set Americans’ minds at ease about the program. For the most part, he has offered valid counter-arguments to the opposition, although he has occasionally left out or ignored issues of great concern to the American public, often falling back on the labels of racism and bigotry when the arguments are not going his way.
Recently, an article written by Mark Taylor for the Family Security Matters Web site was posted on David Duke’s site. Now, this kind of thing happens all the time, under Fair Use. Porter Corn himself copies and pastes articles into his Mexico Trucker blog all the time. This time, however, he used this appearance of the article on David Duke’s Web site to flame the Taylors. Calling them racists due to the assumed association with David Duke.
Now, that is an assumption that is hard to call valid. Especially when an article from Truck News appears on the same page. Or, are we to suppose that Truck News is racist too?
Later, when posters began attacking Mr. Corn for his shadier associations, he dismissed their claims as baseless assumptions. He did admit to owning and running a site called Ladies of Nuevo Lardeo, but stated that it was not a porn site, that he was not responsible for its content
(the posters are), nor did he have ANY association with prostitution.
He may or may not have a beautiful wife and four children, as he claims on his site, but that does not change his very own words in the past.
Words. They can really come back to haunt you, especially with the help of Google.
Sites owned by Corn in the past have alluded to "mongering" in Mexico. His posts, from his own past blogs. You see, nothing ever really disappears from the Internet.
On another site, he offers to "help others who venture south to this pussy heaven of Mexico."
On yet another he brags about waking up "with three naked Mexican whores entertwined with me and for the life of me, the last thing I remember was doing the boogloo on stage at the Sans Souci bar. Must of really impressed the muchachas!"
Of course, there’s much more, but there’s no point in posting all that here. The fact is that Porter Corn is involved in some pretty shady activities.
It may well be that prostitution is legal in Mexico, and it may well be that morality is subjective (and it is!), but such activities are not legal in the United States, and for the most part would be considered immoral by a large percentage of the U.S. population. To some extent, this association, which is proven, damages his credibility as an expert on "the good people of Mexico."
Porter Corn has attempted to cover up this association, as well as to discredit those who have discovered it. Now, he has blocked posts to the blog page in which this information was disseminated. It is all there, however, for any who really know how to use Google, to find. Yes, you will have to wade through pages and pages of his posts to technical forums, and tons of pages of his self-promotion of the Mexico Trucker blog, but it is there.
Maybe it was a mistake for Corn to hurl such accusations at the Taylors, and to those who oppose the Mexican Truck Pilot program. In doing so, he has opened a can of worms that cannot be shut. Now, all can see why he so adamantly professes his great love of Mexico. Certainly, it’s obvious why he chooses to live there
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