How bloody ridiculous

**Mental Trousers** · 29th November 2011, 16:53

http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment...ellington-shop

**unstuck** · 29th November 2011, 16:55

Nothing better to do I guess.

**mashman** · 29th November 2011, 16:58

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** · 29th November 2011, 17:09

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

**p.dath** · 29th November 2011, 18:02

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** · 29th November 2011, 18:13

Originally Posted by 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.

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/p...DLM329036.html