Monday, May 09, 2005
Puritanical PC Potty Politicians.
Scottish Parliament members are obviously determined to reach new lows in their determination to think up ideas for legislation, no matter how ridiculous, to make it look like they are actually doing something about something. Unfortunately our MSPs are not a very bright or creative bunch. Not content at banning smoking in public places, including all pubs, whether they sell food or not, they are now planning laws to prevent Scottish people seeing magazines and newspapers which will continue to be legal in England, Wales and Ireland, not to mention everywhere else in Europe
Existing legislation prevents publication of erotic images of girls under the age of 16, which few would argue with. Our great leaders, however, in their wisdom, have decided that it should be illegal for The Sun, or magazines such as FHM, Maxim, GQ and similar publications to publish images of a 17 year old model topless, or even wearing lingerie.
After years of fighting outmoded and puritanical censorship laws in the latter part of the 20th century, what are our elected morons doing, and do we really want our taxes being used to pay the enormous salaries and expense accounts of people like this? Fresh into the 21st century and we have a puritanical, priggish gang of Victorian prissies capable of nothing more than trying to justify their own existence by any means possible.
Could this be linked to the fact that Jack McConnell, Scottish first minister, who gave up wearing a skirt in favour of trousers some time ago, has now burned his bra as well?
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Or perhaps the members of the Scottish Parliament read this from India Knight, which would have saved them the effort of thinking at all. Assuming any minister had the attention span to actually get to the last part of the article, the Scots, and Tesco, could find themselves being prosecuted for giving a grape to anyone under the age of 18.
Existing legislation prevents publication of erotic images of girls under the age of 16, which few would argue with. Our great leaders, however, in their wisdom, have decided that it should be illegal for The Sun, or magazines such as FHM, Maxim, GQ and similar publications to publish images of a 17 year old model topless, or even wearing lingerie.
After years of fighting outmoded and puritanical censorship laws in the latter part of the 20th century, what are our elected morons doing, and do we really want our taxes being used to pay the enormous salaries and expense accounts of people like this? Fresh into the 21st century and we have a puritanical, priggish gang of Victorian prissies capable of nothing more than trying to justify their own existence by any means possible.
Could this be linked to the fact that Jack McConnell, Scottish first minister, who gave up wearing a skirt in favour of trousers some time ago, has now burned his bra as well?
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Or perhaps the members of the Scottish Parliament read this from India Knight, which would have saved them the effort of thinking at all. Assuming any minister had the attention span to actually get to the last part of the article, the Scots, and Tesco, could find themselves being prosecuted for giving a grape to anyone under the age of 18.
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