http://www.whydontyou.org.uk/blog/2008/06/02/for-entertainment-purposes-only/ Challenging the Zeitgeist Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:51:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://www.whydontyou.org.uk/blog/2008/06/02/for-entertainment-purposes-only/#comment-12931 Manish Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:53:11 +0000 http://www.whydontyou.org.uk/blog/?p=1586#comment-12931 @Ric: LOL. @Ric: LOL.

]]> http://www.whydontyou.org.uk/blog/2008/06/02/for-entertainment-purposes-only/#comment-12886 TW Tue, 03 Jun 2008 21:04:38 +0000 http://www.whydontyou.org.uk/blog/?p=1586#comment-12886 One good aspect of this crazy idea for law is that pretty soon the bible will fall foul of it. If writing depicting abuse of children is banned, then I await the removal of the Old Testament from all shelves... One good aspect of this crazy idea for law is that pretty soon the bible will fall foul of it. If writing depicting abuse of children is banned, then I await the removal of the Old Testament from all shelves…

]]> http://www.whydontyou.org.uk/blog/2008/06/02/for-entertainment-purposes-only/#comment-12885 Ric Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:00:16 +0000 http://www.whydontyou.org.uk/blog/?p=1586#comment-12885 So, this means I can be arrested for creating murder and mayhem in novels? If I write a fully imagined overthrow of the British government, I can be tried for treason and made to share a cell with George Bush? (Oh, crap, just fucking shoot me.) How about my teenage dalliance with an underage girl, in a case of mutual hormonal teenaginess? Commit it to paper (the paper would burn from the heat) and suddenly I'm evil and committed to an institution? Does that fact that I want no place in fucked-up society mitigate my crimes and exempt me from thought-policing? So, this means I can be arrested for creating murder and mayhem in novels? If I write a fully imagined overthrow of the British government, I can be tried for treason and made to share a cell with George Bush? (Oh, crap, just fucking shoot me.) How about my teenage dalliance with an underage girl, in a case of mutual hormonal teenaginess? Commit it to paper (the paper would burn from the heat) and suddenly I’m evil and committed to an institution? Does that fact that I want no place in fucked-up society mitigate my crimes and exempt me from thought-policing?

]]> http://www.whydontyou.org.uk/blog/2008/06/02/for-entertainment-purposes-only/#comment-12876 TW Mon, 02 Jun 2008 21:30:55 +0000 http://www.whydontyou.org.uk/blog/?p=1586#comment-12876 As always, the comments on the Times opinion piece are a treasure trove of madness... As always, the comments on the Times opinion piece are a treasure trove of madness…

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