Yes folks, it must be a day ending in a "y", because the enlightened government of her majesty's people have decided there is something important they need to make against the law.  I speak, you may be surprised to know, of a recent article in the independent - http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/graphic-artists-condemn-plans-to-ban-erotic-comics-1652270.html - concerning the government banning of "pictures" depicting "children" and "sex".

Now, first of all, I am abhorred by anyone who takes pleasure in child pornography, or anything of that ilk.  Obviously, that goes without saying.  But there are so many horrendous problems with this government bill because it shows, once again, that they are incapable of thinking through any legislation in favour of a blanket ban which doesn't stop the criminal activity and criminalises the rest of us.  (Go and research the uses of the terrorism bill and add up how many times it's been used to prevent terrorism compared to infringing the rights of law abiding subjects.)

You see, the government has decided that a "picture" (which is effectively defined as any graphical material, from a hi-res photo to a doodle in a margin of a book) which has a child (by which they mean anyone who appears to be under the age of 18) present in it whilst a sexual thing is happening, could now be illegal to own.

So the Watchmen, the novel, will now be on the governments banned list because the kid walks in on his parents... (I'll let you insert your words into the end of that sentence).  As will many more comics suffer the same fate.  Indeed, I imagine that thanks to Rule 34, there is plenty of pixie/dwarf/midget/fairy/etc pictures out there in the world wide web who appear to be under 18.  And also, as I probably should mention, given the age of consent is 16, what on earth?!?

Also, I can't see peadophiles who steal children, download images of unspeakable horror and sneak around school play areas are going to think twice before they browse in amazon a copy of The Lost Girls, and think "Wait, I think this is against the law."

Sometimes I dispair for the country.  The other times, I'm generally asleep.

Anyway, it's good to know the members who are called to represent us are so good at fixing the economy, sorting out jobs for the unemployed and education for those who don't have enough that they have the time, after solving world peace, world hunger, championing free trade, fixing the schools and sorting out the environment, to impose a new law infringing free speech.

Bravo, idiots, Bra-freaking-vo.