Roger did you find the lists of banned books and by who -I don't ban many
myself -the Vatican has a great List??
P cagmag P
Ps wonder what google would say -you are not authorised etc??
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Sent: 07 November 2005 11:59
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Subject: Re: Thought for the day
I came across a list of US banned books recently and I tried to find a
similar list of banned artistic works for the UK. I include books,
plays, poems etc in that list. Does anyone know of such a list?
As for the UK Human Rights Act 1998 - the one Jiscmail would come
under BTW - Liberty has this to say about it:
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Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights protects the
right to freedom of expression. Before the Human Rights Act 1998 came
into force, the right to freedom of expression was a negative one: you
were free to express yourself, unless the law otherwise prevented you
from doing so. With the incorporation of the European Convention on
Human Rights into English and Welsh domestic law, the right to freedom
of expression is now expressly guaranteed.
However, the right to freedom of expression in Article 10 is not
absolute. Interferences with the right to freedom of expression may be
permitted if they are prescribed by law, pursue a legitimate aim and
are necessary in a democratic society, that is, satisfy a pressing
social need. The legitimate purposes for which freedom of expression
can be limited are:
* National security, territorial integrity or public safety.
* The prevention of disorder or crime.
* The protection of health or morals.
* The protection of the reputation or rights of others.
* The prevention of the disclosure of information received in
confidence.
* For maintaining the authority and impartiality of the judiciary.
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How this plays out with the new Incitement to Racial Hatred act (which
will replace the Blasphemy laws, Patrick) will be interesting as there
are obvious conflicts.
BTW, if Douglas wants to see religious censorship in action he should
visit the ALA website where he will find that "Harry Potter" is one of
the most challenged books in the US library system.
Roger
On 11/7/05, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> And here in good old uk we have the Blasphemy Laws !!!!!
> George Melly and others recently reading poetry on St Martin's steps
London
> police videoing for any bad god words -but at least no-one was burnt at
the
> stake we have come a long way(but don't push it!!
> P ranter P
>
> Re Douglas Clark
>
> This religious censorship is quite ridiculous. I thought Eire had come out
> of the Dark Ages.
>
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