www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/feb/28/iceland-porn-ban-free-society
So a group of activists from different countries (including Laurie Penny) have penned this gem of a letter to the Icelandic minister in charge of the pornography ban proposal. It includes such gems as:
"The current discussion of blocking pornographic content has offered no definition, no evidence and suggested no technology. This is an affront to the basic principles of the society..."
Eh? What basic principle of society would that be?
"Rather than silencing a voice, the result is depriving the population of material they can see and read. This is censorship, as it skews the way people see the world."
What? Through the filter of a woman's vagina?
"The right to see the world as it is, is critical to the very tenets and functions of a democracy and must be protected at all costs."
Just, fucking, wow.
"The prohibition of pornographic content may create demand for an underground porn industry, unregulated and most certainly affiliated with other illegal activities..."
So we must not regulate pornography on the internet because if we do, an unregulated porn industry might arise. OK, got it.
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