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Orlanth wrote:

I know someone who has questionable Simpsons pictures, to him it was part of his joke image files, he didnt even rate it as pr0n. I must admit I didnt like it much but 'paedo' is the last thing I would think of.

However in our labelling society there is no worse label. So I say that I know of at least one innocent person who would have his life completely ruined if this extreme expression of such legislation was enforced in the UK.

Indeed I've seen these images before, infect I've had loads e-mailed to me back when I was at uni. Not just the Simpsons but loads of Disney characters and Cartoon characters. I laughed and then never gave it a second thought.

Now according to this judgement, were I Australian, I could be dragged away in the middle of the night, hauled into a court and labeled a sexual deviant and a danger to children. This is not only incorrect but a totally scandalous suggestion. This Judgement is a prime example of where the UK could be heading as a result these farcical draconian laws.

In Australia an innocent man has had his life destroyed so Australia can appear to be tough on paedophiles. In fact im willing to bet thousands of actual dangerous individuals went about their business undected because the Australian police and legal system was busy destroying an innocent mans life instead of actually going after real paedophiles.

ShumaGorath wrote:Stop voting for more cameras and jail time for vore. You're getting to be like little china.

Actually, no. China doesn't have cameras everywhere. China is actually a pretty simple place with one overriding rule: "don't criticize the government". Do that, and there's no problem. If you're too stupid to figure that out, you'll get what you deserve.
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Greebynog wrote:Last time I checked, we hadn't opened up a prison camp within the jurisdiction of another nation, whose central beliefs and tennets run in diometric opposition with that of the governments' in order to circumnavigate our own laws with the intention of imprisoning without trial, torturing and the flagrant denial of basic human rights. Really, you should check yourself before you go making such crass statements about other people's homes, it tends to upset them rather, especially if what you say is ludicrous and reactionary.

So in other words, the US should have used the methods of the British in India and Asia, and simply massacred people at our convenience?

Or perhaps engaged in massive colonialization efforts world-wide?

What?

Hmmm, no. At least not in theory.

To fall foul of the new law – ss 62-67 of the Criminal Justice Act 2008 – images must be pornographic, grossly offensive and portray activity that threatens harm to life or limb, or involves sex with a corpse or animal.

"Life-threatening" is defined according to the usual dictionary definition: "serious injury" is not defined, but "could include the insertion of sharp objects or the mutilation of breasts or genitals".

"Explicit and realistic" take their ordinary dictionary definition.

The complaint is more that the definitions are so woolly and open to interpretation that it leaves quite a large margin for error or abuse.

JohnHwangDD wrote:

ShumaGorath wrote:Stop voting for more cameras and jail time for vore. You're getting to be like little china.

Actually, no. China doesn't have cameras everywhere. China is actually a pretty simple place with one overriding rule: "don't criticize the government". Do that, and there's no problem. If you're too stupid to figure that out, you'll get what you deserve.
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Greebynog wrote:Last time I checked, we hadn't opened up a prison camp within the jurisdiction of another nation, whose central beliefs and tennets run in diometric opposition with that of the governments' in order to circumnavigate our own laws with the intention of imprisoning without trial, torturing and the flagrant denial of basic human rights. Really, you should check yourself before you go making such crass statements about other people's homes, it tends to upset them rather, especially if what you say is ludicrous and reactionary.

So in other words, the US should have used the methods of the British in India and Asia, and simply massacred people at our convenience?

Or perhaps engaged in massive colonialization efforts world-wide?

What?

No offence but I'd apreciate if you'd edit your post. I dont want this thread closed becuase its gone off topic. Frazzled has already given a warning so can we please play nice.

Lets not turn a nice innocent conversation on extreme pornography into a slanging match.

Orlanth wrote:I see this type of critique a lot online, ancient wrongs pointed at with modern hands. Almost uniquely it is the English who are targetted, and ironically often less offenders than most.

Christians too.

Not a country, but the next time someone brings the Spanish Inquisition into a conversation about modern day religion I'm going to backhand someone.

NO ONE EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION!

JohnHwangDD wrote:
Actually, no. China doesn't have cameras everywhere. China is actually a pretty simple place with one overriding rule: "don't criticize the government". Do that, and there's no problem. If you're too stupid to figure that out, you'll get what you deserve.

With anyone else i would just automatically assume the post is sarcastic. However due to your history of off key thinking I have to ask; do you have any idea what is wrong with that statement?

Frazzled wrote:NO ONE EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION!

No, not the comfy chair.

....They didnt have those back then.

In before lock!

Warpcrafter is good

Feel free to repost the overall topic.