Girls (scream) aloud

[J500ANT]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tyne/8124059.st...

Any comments? I haven't read it (the story) but I think its the right verdict - if he was guilty then the thought police really have arrived.

[V8mate]

News Report said:

A former civil servant who wrote an internet article imagining the kidnap and murder of the pop group Girls Aloud has been cleared of obscenity.

Darryn Walker, 35, of South Shields, South Tyneside, was charged under the Obscene Publications Act after the blog appeared on a fantasy pornography site.

So we now know the true identity of Rod Rammage?

[Spiritual_Beggar]

J500ANT said:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tyne/8124059.st...

Any comments? I haven't read it (the story) but I think its the right verdict - if he was guilty then the thought police really have arrived.

As you said....a just result.

I couldn't believe it when I first heard about this!

[glazbagun]

Right verdict from what I've read. Although even if his blog was accessible by kiddies using google, I'd say it would hardly be his fault. Since when have we had an Obscene Publications Unit?

Edited by glazbagun on Monday 29th June 13:34

[esselte]

glazbagun said:

Right verdict from what I've read. Although even if his blog was accessible by kiddies using google, I'd say it would hardly be his thought. Since when have we had an Obscene Publications Unit?

Since 1964 ...?

[Russ35]

Has anyone ever been found guilty via the Obscene Publications Act for a written piece?

A little use of google found
1959 - Lady Chatterley's lover was Not Guilty
1976 - Inside Linda Lovelace was not guilty

The last novel banned under the Act was Lord Horror by David Britton. The novel was ordered to be seized by a Manchester magistrate, Derrick Fairclough, under section three of the Act, meaning that the book could be destroyed without jury trial. The decision was overturned by the Court of Appeal in 1992, some two years after proceedings began.

Edited by Russ35 on Monday 29th June 13:54

[esselte]

Russ35 said:

Has anyone ever been found guilty via the Obscene Publications Act for a written piece?

Weren't the publishers of Oz done in the 60's?

[Russ35]

esselte said:

Russ35 said:

Has anyone ever been found guilty via the Obscene Publications Act for a written piece?

Weren't the publishers of Oz done in the 60's?

According to Wiki they were found guilty but it was overturned on appeal.

[esselte]

Russ35 said:

esselte said:

Russ35 said:

Has anyone ever been found guilty via the Obscene Publications Act for a written piece?

Weren't the publishers of Oz done in the 60's?

According to Wiki they were found guilty but it was overturned on appeal.

OK it was a bit before my time...honest...

[FoolOnTheHill]

Are there any of us who haven't wanted to murder one or all of Girls Aloud?

[V8mate]

FoolOnTheHill said:

Are there any of us who haven't wanted to murder one or all of Girls Aloud?

Nee-nah, nee-nah, nee-nah, nee-nah, nee-nah. Screeetch. Clop, clop clop. Thud! Aaargh! You're nicked!

[FoolOnTheHill]

V8mate said:

FoolOnTheHill said:

Are there any of us who haven't wanted to murder one or all of Girls Aloud?

Nee-nah, nee-nah, nee-nah, nee-nah, nee-nah. Screeetch. Clop, clop clop. Thud! Aaargh! You're nicked!

Ah feck, it's the filth. Leggit Shorty!!!

[Zod]

Presumably he didn't have a girlfriend before and he certainly never will have one now!

[The Excession]

Russ35 said:

The last novel banned under the Act was Lord Horror by David Britton. The novel was ordered to be seized by a Manchester magistrate, Derrick Fairclough, under section three of the Act, meaning that the book could be destroyed without jury trial. The decision was overturned by the Court of Appeal in 1992, some two years after proceedings began.

Edited by Russ35 on Monday 29th June 13:54

Lord Horror Rocks!

I have loads of the comics, and the story lines are very close to the bone, but I absolutely love them them, never found any of them obscene, it's purely a matter of opinion, and I don't need any stoopid gubberment department telling me what is obscene or not.


Lord Horror:

[The Hypno-Toad]

I find this case a little concerning.
There is a large and reasonable well known website based out of the states (& I ain't posting no link) which specialises in reader written 'erotic' (porn) stories, which as far as I can make out is what this guy was basically doing.

Within this site there is a celebrities section and some of the stuff on there you have to see to believe. Okay maybe not murder fetishes but certainly rape and sado masocistic material. Now this site has contributions from people in the UK so what legal status does that site now have?

This looks like a test case to see how far they can push things.

[cardigankid]

I would think that if written material incites violence against others, then just like inciting racial hatred it should be illegal, but that is not going to be an easy one to demonstrate.

Edited by cardigankid on Tuesday 30th June 07:53

[southendpier]

I've sat on a jury for this. The question you are asked to answer is is the material likely to deprave and corrupt the majority of people viewing it.

ie if this material was handed to 7 years old in a playground then NO-NO, but if it was read by pervs on the internet then FINE.

[spandexx]

http://idiottax.co.uk/2009/07/01/the-corruption-of...

[FoolOnTheHill]

spandexx said:

http://idiottax.co.uk/2009/07/01/the-corruption-of...

Good article that mate, I agree with it.

[spandexx]

FoolOnTheHill said:

spandexx said:

http://idiottax.co.uk/2009/07/01/the-corruption-of...

Good article that mate, I agree with it.

Cheers.