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Possession of Violent Pornography Outlawed in UK

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the grief-not-conducive-to-clear-thinking dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The BBC is reporting that possession of violent pornography is now punishable by three years in prison. This decision was handed down in response to a campaign waged by a grieving mother who lost her daughter to someone obsessed with violent pornography." From the article: "Shaun Gabb, director of the anti-censorship organization the Libertarian Alliance, said: 'If you are criminalizing possession then you are giving police inquisitorial powers to come into your house and see what you've got, now we didn't have this in the past.'"

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  1. Ah brilliant by keesh · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    More kneejerk reactionary pandering to tabloid fearmongering by a government that bases policy upon headlines from the Daily Mail.

    1. Re:Ah brilliant by Minwee · · Score: 0, Flamebait

      If he had called his own feces by the code name of "a pretzel" and referred to being whacked on coke as "taking a nap", he could be another famous W.

      Still not anyone whose opinions I would trust, though.

  2. Re:simulated violence pornography saves lives by grolschie · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Isn't it better for these weirdos to have safe outlet for these destructive fetishes? These simulated images do not create the fetish, they only provide an outlet for it. As a parent, I would rather these guys wanking in front of a PC in their parents' basements than strangling my daughter in some alley.

    Admittedly, simulated images weren't enough for this guy, but he would have been killing much sooner if the internet hadn't sated his needs.
    These images do not satisfy the craving, they feed it and stimulate it. Eventually the images will not trigger the required endorphine release and something more will be needed to satisfy the urges.
  3. Where to draw the line? by rice_burners_suck · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I'll tell you where to draw the line. It's absolutely right that violent pornography (and all pornography, if I had my way) should be outlawed and people who mess around with this stuff should go to prison. It's bad stuff, and there's no room for it in a modern society.