[kj] OT: UK in your pants...??? Early AM coffee reading

[iPat]

whilst i cant really argue with your main point, i was suprised to
read in was it England Dreaming? that magazines of young boys was only
banned in the mid 70's.


::..in the English-speaking world; in the United Kingdom, for example,

the Protection of Children Act (1978), which was designed to safeguard
children from sexual exploitation, effectively outlawed child
pornography. Beginning in the late 1970s, a series of increasingly
strict laws in the United States criminalized the possession of
photographs of nude children or of children in sexually...::

So if the focus of the act was to target potential victims (did the
dog consent?) and we know that there are victims how do we get the
balance right?

On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 6:59 AM, The Exorcist
<killingjoke at theimmortalfool.com> wrote:

>

>  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7364475.stm

>

>  "A bill outlawing the possession of "extreme pornography" is set to become

> law next week. But many fear it has been rushed through and will criminalise

> innocent people with a harmless taste for unconventional sex."

>

>  This is truly truly pathetic.

>

>  Has the world really gone off its rockers?? This mad craze of protectionism

> seems to be unstoppable.

>

>  Guns, video games, sports, tag, now porn. Will  there be anything that

> people will be allowed to do? It seems

>  the US is getting mighty close to it as well.

>

>