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UK pornography taskforce to propose banning ‘barely legal’ content after Channel 4 documentary airs
(www.theguardian.com)
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im assuming the idea is that a failing economy wants to instill puritanical bullshit like this because they think that young men and women will want to fuck each other more now that they cant masturbate as easily. and thus will increase the birthrate, which over time will stimulate the economy by having more low born wagies and soldiers to support and defend a dying status quo.
by formally giving your ID and biometrics for access to porn, you set yourself up down the line for legal blackmail if you ever try to resist, or become a personality of resistance in any way.
the elites have done this for years to one another, now, they want to create a system of manipulation where regular, normal pornography can be used as a tool of manipulation on the masses.
"oh, you think we shouldnt support israel? well thats a ironic coming from a degenerate deviant pervert who likes oiled up big booty latinas and stacked furry futa hentai"
people are gonna crank hog whether you like it or not. we've been doin it since we evolved thumbs.
fight the good fight UK, never stop crankin'. get a vpn and download everything while you still can.
Honestly that would seem like the most common sense idea that anyone would/could draw up from this, and for the most part I think this is what the gov is trying to do.
I think there's an unstated side effect from the Online Safety Act which nobody seems to be talking about - using the new powers to effectively censor Palestinian protests online.
You can read about it some more: https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/human-rights-defenders-raise-concerns-that-online-safety-act-will-lead-to-censorship-of-palestine-protest/
I've genuinely never felt so depressed about voting in this government in my entire life. Actual gross dystopian bullshit.
Yeah, I voted for Jezza but I saw this coming. While I wanted the Tories out, I couldn't bring myself to vote for red Tories to replace them.
This is exactly the same shit they were pulling back in the Blair days.
Ok off topic, but why call Jeremy "Jezza"?
I already did a quick google because I don't get it, but the explanation didn't help. Obviously, Dave for David, Liz for Elizabeth, Mike for Michael, etc... make sense. But Jezza? For Jeremy?
Make it make sense.
You stop at the R and change if to a Z. Barry = Baz, Darren = Daz, Carol = Caz etc etc. Because British English is non rhotic, it doesn't work if we stop at the R (like USAians can say "Gar" for Gary) so the z sound gets used instead, because it's pretty close.
Then the A gets added if you're being extra friendly or cute, a bit like Michael > Mike > Mikey. Gareth becomes Gary becomes Gaz becomes Gazza.
Make sense?
I don't think many of us USAians would drop the y and say Gar, but I get where you're coming from.
From the Midwest and I can confirm we drop the Y, Gar Bear is a common funny nickname for the Gary in your life
well, what do I know.