Do the Lib Dems want to legalise child pornography? Clue: no
A recent blog on The Telegraph called "What the Lib Dems really think about children and pornography" brought up a story from 2004 about a Lib Dem working party that called for changes in the law to allow 16-year-olds to legally view and buy pornography. Or, as the Daily Star puts it "Under Clegg’s rule, children as young as 16 would not only be allowed to buy hardcore porn films – they could star in them too." Because we all know when you buy a porn film, it's merely a matter of weeks before you end up starring in the sequel. That's how the jizz-industry works.
The Telegraph blog's way of making a six-year-old story relevant is that members of the Mumsnet forum are now calling for the Lib Dems to review this policy, or according to The Sun "FURIOUS mums have slammed Liberal Democrat plans". If you actually take a look at Mumsnet it's interesting to see that the reaction is very mixed - actually more along the lines of "this isn't news" rather than fury and outrage. One person points out how the story has been sensationalised by the tabloids and directs people to the actual policy document - far from forcing your kids to star in Trousers Snakes On A Plane, it talks about stricter regulation of the sex industry to protect workers and under 16s.
So is the Lib Dems idea to lower the age you can buy porn at such a bad (or indeed shocking) thing? After all, at sixteen you're old enough to join the Army, buy cigarettes, get married and have sex (what a heck of a night out that would be), but can't legally watch or buy a film with people having sex - maybe you could find these 'films' on this 'Internet' thing I keep hearing about. Or does this just come across as anti-Clegg media desperately trying to dig up dirt on the Lib Dems?
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Nick Cleggs' fault
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