This is beyond ironic: Mr. Marcus on condoms in porn

[marcop]

Read all about it: http://www.********.com/read.php?ID=56625

A quote from Marcus in the article: "Get tested regularly, show people you care and be responsible, that?s my message."

Yes, Marcus, show people you care and be responsible... by not altering your tests, and not working when you have syphilis.

[_Richard_]

no dogs in this race, but couldn't the dude just disappear rather than face the music?

[NaughtyVisions]

Wait, I'm confused by some of what this article states. Perhaps I missed some of the closing details of the original big story, but...

First:

According to Marcus, the testing controversy stemmed from a false positive test result for STD of which he was initially unaware that was eventually misreported as a positive and occurred at the same time as the public?s attention was focused on Measure B and testing in the porn industry as a high-profile political issue.

?Measure B was already on the ballot before my situation so the timing worked against me in a way,? he said.

So, "false positive," and "misreported as a positive." Wouldn't that indicate the test results were negative? So Mr. Marcus was clean the whole time?

?But in another way, my situation becoming public became a call to arms for performers and the industry, so that was good. Even though it was too late to change things after all the money the Yes on B people had spent, more people are aware of the importance of testing in the industry and in general.?

Marcus feels his mistake has helped lead the industry to better testing protocols and given him a chance to advocate for the effective testing that is available today to others.

?I have seen the protocols evolve and have been a part of that,? he said.

?When I started there were no protocols and everyone was on their own. All the protocols that are in place now were not there when I started; now they are and I?m happy to have been part of that process of helping improve things. At the time, there were no protocols for the particular bacteria that infected me and now within our industry there are.?

According to Marcus, his case was unique. ?I was an industry veteran, so it became a high profile case that caught the public?s attention and things really got blown out of proportion. Most important, there were no cases in the industry related to me,? he said.

?If I had to do it over again I would have handled it differently,? he said. ?I made a mistake. I addressed it and am working hard to move forward.?

So unless I just didn't get the first part I quoted, it impied that the test was negative. Yet, Mr. Marcus would have "handled it differently" and not made "mistakes." Hmmm...

And is that cyan highlighted line accurate? "No cases in the industry related to" Mr. Marcus? Really?