Put down the sheep and back away!

Biggins · 03-02-2009 12:18AM #1

Bad news for sheep fanciers in England and across the border!

On 26 January last month, a new law went into force in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland to make it a criminal offence to possess so-called "extreme" porn. But what is "extreme" porn?

According to the UK government, porn must possess all three of the following characteristics to be considered "extreme" and so to incur criminal sanction:

That the image is pornographic;
That the image is grossly offensive, disgusting, or otherwise of an obscene character, and
That the image portrays in an explicit and realistic way, one of the following extreme acts:

An act which threatens a person's life;
An act which results in or is likely to result in serious injury to a person's anus, breast or genitals;
An act involving sexual interference with a human corpse,
A person performing an act of intercourse or oral sex with an animal (whether dead or alive), and a reasonable person looking at the image would think that the people and animals portrayed were real."

The law includes many exemptions, including "extreme" images used in classified/rated films and art. Also, if people have a "good reason" for possessing such images--or if they unwittingly have them on their machines and have not looked at them, then they will not be charged if caught. Likewise, people who "accidentally" stumble upon such images on the internet or who receive them unsolicited via email will not be prosecuted.

People who participate in the making and distribution of such "extreme" images, however, can expect no such mercy.

My question
- will we see now these odd people creeping across our border to safely commit these ugly acts?
- will it now still be safe to ask someone about their wife, using words like "How is the old heifer in doors?" :rolleyes:

ejmaztec · 03-02-2009 12:27AM

So it's still ok as long as you don't film it.

Jesus Juice · 03-02-2009 12:29AM

So what about like S,hit Porn??
I had a good supply of films going up North every month..

K-9 · 03-02-2009 12:29AM

That'll be handy for us Donegal folk.

Can we bring the sheep?

Biggins · 03-02-2009 12:31AM

ejmaztec wrote: »

So it's still ok as long as you don't film it.

lol

I had another thought - will RTDH see this as part of a further conspiracy to restrict his rights! :pac:

Sharpshooter · 03-02-2009 12:42AM

A person performing an act of intercourse or oral sex with an animal (whether dead or alive),

If it is dead?
What would be the gain here?

and a reasonable person looking at the image would think that the people and animals portrayed were real.

Oh, right.
A reasonable person.

MizzLolly · 03-02-2009 12:59AM

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e102/misspicsalot/sheep.jpg

Hehehehe :pac:

Ghost Train · 03-02-2009 01:08AM

so its legal to do all this stuff... but just don't video tape or photograph it

if it wasn't legal then they wouldn't need these porn laws

eVeNtInE · 03-02-2009 01:24AM

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Terry · 03-02-2009 01:26AM

SharpShooter wrote:

A person performing an act of intercourse or oral sex with an animal (whether dead or alive),

If it is dead?
What would be the gain here?

Rigourmortis makes it tighter.

Sharpshooter · 03-02-2009 01:37AM

julep wrote: »

Rigourmortis makes it tighter.

:eek:
Beast.:o

dSTAR · 03-02-2009 01:47AM

Afaik this is still legal but VERY VERY wrong.

NSFW

Ghost Train · 03-02-2009 01:48AM

Sharpshooter wrote: »

A person performing an act of intercourse or oral sex with an animal (whether dead or alive),

If it is dead?
What would be the gain here?

Oral sex... animal wirh sharp teeth... yep can think of advantages of the animal being dead

qz · 03-02-2009 01:49AM

IS MY SCAT COLLECTION SAFE ?!?!?!

;[

eVeNtInE · 03-02-2009 01:50AM

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dSTAR · 03-02-2009 01:58AM

eVeNtInE wrote: »

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That's probably a good thing.

Here it is for those who don't have a Flickr accounts. Be warned though. May harm eyes!

eVeNtInE · 03-02-2009 02:00AM

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RATM · 03-02-2009 02:01AM

They're making sheep porn illegal ???

That's baaaaaaad news

gets jacket/

dSTAR · 03-02-2009 02:35AM

eVeNtInE wrote: »

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Its wrong on so many levels.

WTF is with the plastic sheeting? *Shudders*

BaconZombie · 03-02-2009 10:05AM

This law will make a lot of art illegal and may also make most mainstream comics illegal as well.

Genghiz Cohen · 03-02-2009 12:39PM

Rule #36:
There will always be even more fu*ked up sh*t than you just saw.

Biggins · 03-02-2009 12:43PM

Pighead better keep his head down then.
He could be in trouble if some one approaches him with a camera! :pac:

S.I.R · 03-02-2009 02:02PM

eVeNtInE wrote: »

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hmmm , you dont wanna see it, its

BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAhhhhhhD. :rolleyes:

ScumLord · 03-02-2009 04:04PM

Biggins wrote: »

Pighead better keep his head down

but above the table.

Krieg · 03-02-2009 07:11PM

Biggins wrote: »

That the image is pornographic;

That the image is grossly offensive, disgusting, or otherwise of an obscene character, and

That the image portrays in an explicit and realistic way, one of the following extreme acts:

An act which threatens a person's life;

An act which results in or is likely to result in serious injury to a person's anus, breast or genitals;

An act involving sexual interference with a human corpse,

A person performing an act of intercourse or oral sex with an animal (whether dead or alive), and a reasonable person looking at the image would think that the people and animals portrayed were real."

So Rape, erotica-asphyxia, necrophilia and bestiality is banned (and im sure there is many others). was scat left out? Not extreme enough for british MP's

Sounds good on paper but in reality I dont think it will work well.

A lot of the porn out today looks like borderline rape to me. What if joe bloggs has his computer checked by police and they find a video that contains a deep-throat scene (sry to use that example but you get the idea) or similar, does poor joe get sent off to jail. What exactly constitutes "serious injury" in porn?
Although Id love to see solicitors argue in court over whether or not a sex act is considered injury.

I hate to sound sympathetic but why is necrophilia porn banned? Its an extremely small niche porn that involves men/women painted white and pretending to be dead. Are they really trying to push the theory that someone watches necro porn and may decide to run out to a graveyard? How many cases of necro have there been?

A person performing an act of intercourse or oral sex with an animal (whether dead or alive),

Yeah I lol'd. Ive heard of a case in America involving a man and roadkill, the defense tried to argue it wasn't an animal because it was dead

- will we see now these odd people creeping across our border to safely commit these ugly acts?

Nah, I think the law focuses on possession and I don't think the uk police do checks of computers unless its really serious like suspected child porn or terrorism. Of course that might change with the law, but I still cant see it being enforced due to the ease of getting and availability of porn

As mentioned in previous posts "So I cant watch extreme porn, but I can perform it?".

galwayrush · 03-02-2009 07:42PM

Goverment draws up plans for Sheep Shagging Tax.:D

IRISH RAIL · 03-02-2009 08:23PM

IS MY ANAL FISTING COLLECTION SAFE?:eek:

Biggins · 03-02-2009 08:26PM

IRISH RAIL wrote: »

IS MY ANAL FISTING COLLECTION SAFE?:eek:

That depends - have you been able to get your fist up that far in yourself and is it really possible to photograph yourself with the other hand at the same time!

What's your real name "Harry Elastic Houdini"

orestes · 03-02-2009 08:32PM

Wonder if this will have any effect on Bizarre magazine

BaconZombie · 03-02-2009 09:18PM

Yeah it will make most issues of Bizarre illegal.

The law is so vaguely worded that it can cover a hell of a lot of stuff that will be perfectly legal to do between consenting adults but it one of them or somebody else take a photo or video of it they will be committing a crime.

orestes wrote: »

Wonder if this will have any effect on Bizarre magazine

Töpher · 03-02-2009 10:27PM

wrote:

An act which results in or is likely to result in serious injury to a person's anus, breast or genitals;

A person performing an act of intercourse or oral sex with an animal (whether dead or alive), and a reasonable person looking at the image would think that the people and animals portrayed were real."

So, amputee-porn is fine.

As is **** a horse.

Put down the sheep and back away!

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