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UK to Ban Possession of Certain 'Violent' Pornography

Posted by timothy on from the oh-that's-a-great-idea dept.

Backlash writes "Massive surveillance? Check. Building a DNA database? Check. Laws against thought crime? Not yet, but coming very soon. The UK government is soon to pass legislation that would criminalise possession of certain types of 'violent' pornography, even if it was part of a consensual session between two adults. Lord Wallace of Tankerness pointed out an ideological schism during last week's debate in the House of Lords: 'If no sexual offence is being committed it seems very odd indeed that there should be an offence for having an image of something which was not an offence. ... Having engaged in it consensually would not be a crime, but to have a photograph of it in one's possession would be a crime. That does not seem to make sense to me.'" Combine laws like this with widespread computer ownership, and it makes a whole lot of (Orwellian) sense.

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  1. Godwin by electrictroy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Nazis!

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  2. I doubt that any of them are willing by Trigun · · Score: 5, Funny

    to go through my porn folders to tell me if I am breaking the law or not.

      And before anyone here volunteers, you're going to need a fuckton of kleenex, eyebleach and anti-psychotic medication just to get through the folder names.

    1. Re:I doubt that any of them are willing by Dr.+Cody · · Score: 5, Funny

      He's not kidding. We had one of our lab techs to an expression search on his porn drives, and grep ended up deleting itself.

    2. Re:I doubt that any of them are willing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      grep ended up deleting itself.


      Meh, that's regular expressions for you.
    3. Re:I doubt that any of them are willing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      How much is a fuckton in the metric system?

    4. Re:I doubt that any of them are willing by level_headed_midwest · · Score: 2, Funny

      1E+06 fuckgrams.

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  3. are they going to ban the owning of this image by gzipped_tar · · Score: 4, Funny

    from theregister, the new logo of UK's Office of Government Commerce: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/22/ogc_logo/

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    1. Re:are they going to ban the owning of this image by $RANDOMLUSER · · Score: 2, Funny

      This is a better version. (possibly NSFW).

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  4. Fight back the fun way by Monokeros · · Score: 4, Funny

    If this manages to become law I propose that everyone in Britain find 1) a buddy and 2) a surveillance camera. Then engage in some consensual "violent" kinkiness with the first in front of the second.

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  5. Re:and now for something completely different by cayenne8 · · Score: 1, Funny
    "Look, the United States of America is actually unusual in having protected ownership of guns. Most western and Asian countries gave up their previous rights to own weapons to their governments, and are now pretty much fucked when they need their guns/weapons to protect themselves from criminals, or even the government itself."

    There, fixed that for you....

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  6. Re:and now for something completely different by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Good luck trying to overthrow your corrupt government with those arms you're allowed to bear, Jim Bob.

  7. Re:and now for something completely different by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    According to the constitution you are. Arms are not guns, they are any type of weapon (including nukes). We are disallowed from own them because the govt can count on women (the majority voters) to always vote against people (especially men) having weapons because women don't like anyone but the government having weapons.

    The problem with America is empowered women and lack of civil war.

  8. Well spank my ass. by Saint+Gerbil · · Score: 2, Funny

    Just don't take a picture.

  9. Dear Sir: by thepotoo · · Score: 2, Funny

    I find your ideas disturbing and wish to unsubscribe from your newsletter.

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  10. Re:and now for something completely different by Ash+Vince · · Score: 3, Funny

    Time for a serious reply: "Having engaged in it consensually would not be a crime, but to have a photograph of it in one's possession would be a crime." Sorry to disappoint you, but you cannot engage in a criminal activity even if you have consent from the victim. In other words, even if your girlfriend gives you permission to hit her with a whip, it is still common assault under british law.
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  11. Hey this is the UK by zakeria · · Score: 3, Funny

    Just raise the tax on anal sex.. that should put a stop to most of it!!

  12. Re:We want them broken. by lysse · · Score: 2, Funny

    Ayn Rand hasn't gotten anything right with her objectivism theories
    On the other hand, her novels are right in the frame themselves, given her fondness for highly eroticised rape scenes.