It was a stupid, ill-considered law.But then again, aren't most of them?
The tied-up bit was something like 'non-consensual bondage (or bondage that seems to be non-consensual) that places the subject (or appears to place the subject) in peril'. Now of course any type of tying-up photo meets that definition. I recall that someone asked a minister that if you possessed the photo along with a waiver from the model saying it was consensual and that proper safety measures were employed, would it still be legal? The minister either said they didn't know, or that it wouldn't be, I think.
This law was a knee-jerk reaction from that case where a teacher's boyfriend was into asphyxiation games and killed the teacher. He had lots of that sort of porn on his computer, so therefore it was him looking at the porn that caused him to do it. The reality is of course that the teacher was also into those games, and it was probably a sex game gone wrong (though keeping her in the freezer afterwards was certainly screwy). So because a sociopath liked freaky porn, the government decided to criminalise a social minority that are a bit kinky but otherwise perfectly law-abiding and safety-concious people.
(The tied-up bit was something like 'non-consensual bondage (or bondage that seems to be non-consensual) that places the subject (or appears to place the subject) in peril'. Now of course any type of tying-up photo meets that definition. I recall that someone asked a minister that if you possessed the photo along with a waiver from the model saying it was consensual and that proper safety measures were employed, would it still be legal? The minister either said they didn't know, or that it wouldn't be, I think.
This law was a knee-jerk reaction from that case where a teacher's boyfriend was into asphyxiation games and killed the teacher. He had lots of that sort of porn on his computer, so therefore it was him looking at the porn that caused him to do it. The reality is of course that the teacher was also into those games, and it was probably a sex game gone wrong (though keeping her in the freezer afterwards was certainly screwy). So because a sociopath liked freaky porn, the government decided to criminalise a social minority that are a bit kinky but otherwise perfectly law-abiding and safety-concious people.
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Mon 1 Oct 2012, 9:58,
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The reaction to the teacher...Yep, that was the case. If you had met some of the campaigners you would know how out of touch with reality they were. Totally misunderstanding the idea of "consensual".
And in a strange QOTW claim to fame kinda way... the dead teacher was stored in the storage company at the end of my road. Motto of "For all your storage needs..."
The law is stupid. A friend of mine had a set of Shibaru photos done by a professional photographer before this came in, which now she technically has to destroy. Bloody daft.
(And in a strange QOTW claim to fame kinda way... the dead teacher was stored in the storage company at the end of my road. Motto of "For all your storage needs..."
The law is stupid. A friend of mine had a set of Shibaru photos done by a professional photographer before this came in, which now she technically has to destroy. Bloody daft.
Batter Pudding Hurler is a figment of your imagination,
Mon 1 Oct 2012, 10:57,
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