How bloody ridiculous

[Mental Trousers]

http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/books/6023940/Banned-book-seized-from-Wellington-shop
<no farken way>

[unstuck]

Nothing better to do I guess.:facepalm:

[mashman]

shoulda just burnt the place to the ground for selling such filth... though maybe the top shelf mags saved the day

"A person can be fined up to $50,000 or sentenced to a maximum of five years in prison if they possess a banned book under the Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Act 1993."

fucksake you get fined less than that for genocide...

[Pussy]

That book must be FAR more offensive than the latest Penthouse with some sheila proudly displaying what she had for breakfast....

[p.dath]

I wonder how many other laws we ave that are 50+ years old or more that are no longer appropriate.

However, with the cost of running select committees, parliament, and passing laws, it's probably cheaper just to keep the old laws.

[SMOKEU]

I wonder how many other laws we ave that are 50+ years old or more that are no longer appropriate.

However, with the cost of running select committees, parliament, and passing laws, it's probably cheaper just to keep the old laws.

Blasphemous libel
(1) Every one is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 1 year who publishes any blasphemous libel.
(2) Whether any particular published matter is or is not a blasphemous libel is a question of fact.
(3) It is not an offence against this section to express in good faith and in decent language, or to attempt to establish by arguments used in good faith and conveyed in decent language, any opinion whatever on any religious subject.
(4) No one shall be prosecuted for an offence against this section without the leave of the Attorney-General, who before giving leave may make such inquiries as he thinks fit.

http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1961/0043/latest/DLM329036.html

[imdying]

They'll shit bricks when they see The Human Centipede Second Sequence :sunny:

[Indiana_Jones]

Thank God they're getting on top of such things!

-Indy

[SMOKEU]

They'll shit bricks when they see The Human Centipede Second Sequence :sunny:

Where does that leave Hungry Bitches?

[awa355]

If they can ban Noddy, or at least made the publishers re-write the stories, what chance has Ma Baker got?:shit: Mind you, Big Ears was gay.

[Usarka]

Ma Baker !

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And now for something random house publisher. Not quite a penguin, but a pigeon none the less.... :doobey:

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I'm confused too.....

[tigertim20]

http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/books/6023940/Banned-book-seized-from-Wellington-shop
<no farken way>

and I thought you only read the books with the pictures . .