In the circumstances, where one can certainly promulgate one's own message, if one has a printing press, distribution network, and the guarantee to be left alone by the police, but where, in practice, one can never compete with the outpourings of Mills n Boon or Readers Digest, it is important to 'err' on the side of openess.
It seems that the general stance on censorship changed somewhat in 1998. 'Index on Censorship' openly pontificated on whether it should be allowed after all, incidentally, permitting themselves the use of 'hate' words ' that they would condmen in others.. Was it merely coincidence that Labour had recently been returned to power ? But I certainly don't feel comfortable with all these 'guidelines'. Someone seems to want certain ideas kept firmly under control, and that is not healthy for the left, is it ?