"Extreme Porn" Banned in U.K.

It's official. England, perviest place on earth, has passed its ban on possession of so-called "extreme pornography." The law doesn't make it very clear exactly how such a thing is defined, but I suppose, like the late Justice Potter Stewart, they'll know it when they see it.

Here's a link to a good BBC summary of the new law, its possible impacts on the private lives of consenting adults and arguments for and against it:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7364475.stm

What the BBC piece fails to mention is that this statute, initiated by the mother of a murder victim and hammered through Parliament in record time, enjoyed the rabid support of U.K. anti-porn feminists, who made it their cause du jour.

Arrayed against it were prominent members of Britain's large and active BDSM scene, along with anti-censorship and civil liberties organizations from all along the political spectrum.

It's  a bit late now, but you can show your support for the opposition to this preposterous law at:

www.backlash-uk.org.uk

which is the official site of the organization formed to resist such intrusion into the bedrooms of citizens of what is supposed to be a democratic nation. It's important for us to take a stand against this kind of law, even though it was enacted in another country, because it creates yet another negative precedent, like the so-called "Swedish Model," upon which anti-porn-anti-sex-work fanatics can seize  for use closer to home. You can bet Gail Dines, Bob Jensen and Melissa Farley will be all over the Web, praising this idiocy and proposing it as an example our society should follow.  

Ren has already posted some excellent commentaries on the implications of this very, very bad law that I would advise everyone here to check out.