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Old 03-02-2006, 15:24   #90
ScaredWebWarrior
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Re: Should they be published in the UK?

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Originally Posted by Saaf_laandon_mo
So it would be ok to draw a picture of a woman wearing a miniskirt, giving someone a bj on a street corner, wrote "oh thats <so and so's mum> " under it and put it in the paper?
Look, I'm not a FoS lawyer - it may be legal. Just look at what the cartoonists do.
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Originally Posted by Saaf_laandon_mo
freedom of speech or insulting? You decide.
Probably both. I accept that FoS sometimes allows things to be published that maybe would be better off not published. I also accept that in order to maintain FoS, that is the cost we have to pay.

The alternative is the 1984 scenario - no thanks.
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Originally Posted by Saaf_laandon_mo
I know that if someone did that with my mum's name on it I'd knock em out.
And then YOU will be the one that ends up in court. There are other ways...
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