tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post5862028836587840983..comments2024-03-26T22:05:12.894+00:00Comments on Bear Alley: Erotic Comics ban threat... and news of volume 2Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12010426017572710283noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-85427340509728223412008-11-18T09:03:00.000+00:002008-11-18T09:03:00.000+00:00fucking whinging sooks they are.fucking whinging sooks they are.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-67616783357620371552008-11-14T09:20:00.000+00:002008-11-14T09:20:00.000+00:00Censorship, political correctness, etc is destroyi...Censorship, political correctness, etc is destroying individualism and turning us all into bland Mr Smiths. As for the pornography point - Of course hard core porn should not be available to children - but that's not what these book are. And don't forget earlier societies thought Lady Chatterly was porn, once upon the time the British Carry On movies were considered racy.The people who make theseGary Dobbs/Jack Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10935686140719743351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-88306775358725850362008-11-14T07:15:00.000+00:002008-11-14T07:15:00.000+00:00Here we go again! Another person who thinks we sho...Here we go again! Another person who thinks we should all have to act <I>in loco parentis</I> for the rest of the world's kids.<BR/><BR/>Well, I believe I am awake to the real world.<BR/><BR/>The trouble -- and you don't seem to realize it -- is that even your seemingly reasonable "borderline cases" are just a matter of opinion. One man's/woman's "borderline" is another's "hardcore".<BR/><BR/>A Chap O'Keefehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04404176810063857291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-13492804441490888332008-11-13T20:48:00.000+00:002008-11-13T20:48:00.000+00:00Unworkable? We should just let minors be exposed ...Unworkable? We should just let minors be exposed to pornography? What country in the world allows that? Wake up to the real world Chap!<BR/><BR/>Of course it is fraught with contention. All subjective decisions are, but that doesn't make it unworkable, it merely highlights interesting discussion on cases that are on the borderline, like this one.Oliver Townshendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14621786531716625345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-23057947266585755562008-11-13T19:53:00.000+00:002008-11-13T19:53:00.000+00:00So, Opinion Dalek, who in the first place decides ...So, Opinion Dalek, who in the first place decides what is "likely" to cause offence, what is "a reasonable adult", and so on?<BR/><BR/>The system you outline relies on personal opinions and is clearly fraught with contention and complication. Is unworkable, in fact.<BR/><BR/>I agree very much with the first comment here, from Archavist.Chap O'Keefehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04404176810063857291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-26800690498938674482008-11-13T10:05:00.000+00:002008-11-13T10:05:00.000+00:00According to the Office of Film and Literature Cla...According to the Office of Film and Literature Classification (i.e our Censors), the only books that need to be submitted are:<BR/><BR/><I>Only "submittable publications" must be classified before they can be sold, distributed or advertised in Australia. A submittable publication contains depictions or descriptions that:<BR/><BR/>(a) are likely to cause the publication to be classified RC, or<BR/Oliver Townshendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14621786531716625345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-24958225669770346922008-11-13T06:49:00.000+00:002008-11-13T06:49:00.000+00:00But by that logic Dalek, all books should be submi...But by that logic Dalek, all books should be submitted for review.Tristan Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10918418483849809705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-83693838413743219212008-11-12T21:57:00.000+00:002008-11-12T21:57:00.000+00:00A sticker on the cover is censorship? Wow. This ...A sticker on the cover is censorship? Wow. <BR/><BR/>This has been the law in Australia for decades, so its hardly on the rise. Lost Girls probably should have been submitted for review and would have recieved a sticker too.Oliver Townshendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14621786531716625345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-36016360274801217202008-11-12T20:31:00.000+00:002008-11-12T20:31:00.000+00:00It's also a bit odd. I was on holiday in Sydney a ...It's also a bit odd. I was on holiday in Sydney a couple of years ago and bought Alan Moore's(then unavailable in the UK) 'Lost Girls' there, which is pretty explicit - and there weren't any advisory stickers on that.Mikeodeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14151757937130290780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-42415233297990619892008-11-12T10:56:00.000+00:002008-11-12T10:56:00.000+00:00This is absurd - if you ask me censorship is risin...This is absurd - if you ask me censorship is rising everywhere and we're sleepwalking towards a grim future.Gary Dobbs/Jack Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10935686140719743351noreply@blogger.com