Consenting Adult Action Network action, London, Tues 21st Oct 2008
Consenting Adult Action Network | 19.10.2008 16:35 | Gender | Repression
Demonstration in Westminster against the criminalisation of the possession of pornography which features consenting adults, and for freedom of speech and the freedom of consenting adults to express their sexualities.
CAAN ACTION NOTICE
London
21st October 2008
Meeting at 12:00 - leaving this meeting point at 12.30 to go and fetch the press from Westminster Tube Station.
Location: St Steven's Tavern, Bridge Street, Westminster, London, SW1A 2JR .
It is wheelchair accessible and it sells hot food!
Tel: 020 7925 2286
Nearest parking: Great College Street underground car park.
Nearest Tube: Westminster.
CAAN are back in London again on 21st October, supporting Ben Westwood to do a little stunt, to protest and raise awareness about the kinky porn ban and campaign for the freedom of consenting adults to express their sexualities.
We've tried being reasonable and now it's time to be a little bit more interesting..
If you can attend the action to leaflet and so on, or are able to assist with things behind the scenes like transporting equipment, people, or donating resources during the time surrounding the action, please get in touch with us ASAP at
c-a-a-n@live.co.uk or memo me your email address.
If anyone feels generous cash wise and is able to donate towards either materials for the action or getting people there who would come if they could afford it, please contact us at the address above.
** addition** we've been asked to confirm this is a non violent action - yes it is non violent and violence will not be tolerated. There is a coach from manchester - memo me if you are interested or see separate post about it further into this thread - we still have some spaces left.
We are likely to be meeting for a drink afterwards at 5pm at the same venue, with anyone who wishes to come and celebrate a successful action with us
For CAAN, Consenting Adult Action Network See action notice on our website here:
http://www.caan.org.uk/updates/Action21Oct.html
London
21st October 2008
Meeting at 12:00 - leaving this meeting point at 12.30 to go and fetch the press from Westminster Tube Station.
Location: St Steven's Tavern, Bridge Street, Westminster, London, SW1A 2JR .
It is wheelchair accessible and it sells hot food!
Tel: 020 7925 2286
Nearest parking: Great College Street underground car park.
Nearest Tube: Westminster.
CAAN are back in London again on 21st October, supporting Ben Westwood to do a little stunt, to protest and raise awareness about the kinky porn ban and campaign for the freedom of consenting adults to express their sexualities.
We've tried being reasonable and now it's time to be a little bit more interesting..
If you can attend the action to leaflet and so on, or are able to assist with things behind the scenes like transporting equipment, people, or donating resources during the time surrounding the action, please get in touch with us ASAP at
c-a-a-n@live.co.uk or memo me your email address. If anyone feels generous cash wise and is able to donate towards either materials for the action or getting people there who would come if they could afford it, please contact us at the address above.
** addition** we've been asked to confirm this is a non violent action - yes it is non violent and violence will not be tolerated. There is a coach from manchester - memo me if you are interested or see separate post about it further into this thread - we still have some spaces left.
We are likely to be meeting for a drink afterwards at 5pm at the same venue, with anyone who wishes to come and celebrate a successful action with us
For CAAN, Consenting Adult Action Network See action notice on our website here:
http://www.caan.org.uk/updates/Action21Oct.html
Consenting Adult Action Network
e-mail:
c-a-a-n@live.co.uk
Homepage:
http://www.caan.org.uk/
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19.10.2008 20:30
@nna
@nna
20.10.2008 02:44
Part 5 of this act is where the specifics can be found (
And I quote,
"(6) An “extreme image” is an image which—
(a) falls within subsection (7), and
(b) is grossly offensive, disgusting or otherwise of an obscene character.
(7) An image falls within this subsection if it portrays, in an explicit and realistic way, any of the following—
(a) an act which threatens a person’s life,
(b) an act which results, or is likely to result, in serious injury to a person’s anus, breasts or genitals,
(c) an act which involves sexual interference with a human corpse, or
(d) a person performing an act of intercourse or oral sex with an animal (whether dead or alive),
and a reasonable person looking at the image would think that any such person or animal was real."
It also states that 'consent' can not be used as a defense, which is based upon the precedent set in the Spanner case. See this link for a bit of further info
The intent of the act is aimed at abuse proper and not BDSM. That said its positioning and lack of clarification leaves BDSM practitioners and connoisseurs open to arrest prosecution unless, that is, you are rich and possibly have the surname Mosley.
Again and to reiterate, because the terms of reference are so subjective, any outcomes are going to be heavily reliant upon the moral and ethical perspectives of judge and jury.
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