I fear for Dr. 'Teabag', a young man who is clocking up frequent flier air-miles on the comments to this site, because they are about to sneak another law through parliament which might just result in him having his dandruff-ridden collar felt. I must confess that I had not heard anything about it but apparently next week it will be 'agin' the law to access "extreme pornography". Yes indeed, just like me you can already hear m' learned friends smacking their chops at the thought of all the fees to be earned in deciding exactly what constitutes "extreme pornography". Apparently it has all come about at the behest of a grieving mother whose daughter was butchered by some maniac who lived on a steady diet of "websites such as Club Dead and Rape Action, which contained images of women being abused and violated. "
Now, I am sure my e-friend, Dr. Teabag, would not avail himself of that sort of thing but he has admitted, indeed, proudly proclaimed, his liking for what are known in the trade as 'slice 'n' dice movies'; so, with my usual selflessness, I must warn him to beware lest the definition of "extreme pornography" turns out to be very much wider than the originators of this Bill imagined, or even dared to hope for, after all, the only people totally unaware of the inexorable law of unintended consequences are the law-makers!
Thanks for the warning David. Actually it had already occurred to me.
The fact that this idiotic new law will apparently ban "acts which... appear to result... in, serious injury to a person's anus... this could include the insertion of sharp objects" got me thinking of the opening scene of Evil Aliens, which features a really horrible anal drilling sequence. Presumably this will now be illegal, and anyone who owns the Evil Aliens DVD can look forward to a stretch in chokey. Incidentally I can highly recommend Evil Aliens, I think you'd enjoy it enormously.
Posted by: Larry Teabag | Wednesday, 30 April 2008 at 16:54
I don't think so, Larry, because I've only just got over the shock of discovering, in my innocent ignorance, how they check for an inflamed appendix - and that was 50 years ago. My eyes are still watering!
Anyway, don't you worry about your little secret, it's safe with me, I'm no snitch; but if you do end up spending some time at Her Majesty's pleasure you can rely on me to send you a cake!
Posted by: David Duff | Wednesday, 30 April 2008 at 17:13
Whilst I am not privy to all your new laws I can tell from the American perspective that every attempt to legislate morality has ended in a lot people being mistreated very gravely by the government up and until an elected politico is found participating in the targeted behavior.
It is quite the joke in my circle of friends(both Brit and American) that I consider any movie more violent than "Mary Poppins" unacceptable as entertainment.
Good luck in defining "extreme porn" by the way it ought to give your public officials hundreds of hours of "entertainment" while feeding at the public trough.
Posted by: Fallenmonk | Thursday, 01 May 2008 at 02:04
Quite so, 'FM', but your 'pols' lack the imagination and flair that ours possess when it comes to putting "extreme pornography into practice. And for real sexual ambition you can never beat a good old Tory grandee with a title: "4 girls, one gigolo and a tri-lingual bisexual".
Incidentally, one of the minor pleasures of the British gutter press is their excellent wit - they called this Tory lord by the name of a stock character from pantomime - Baron Hard Up!
http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/2704_baron_hard_up.shtml
Posted by: David Duff | Thursday, 01 May 2008 at 09:08