Comments on: Oh! Oh! Oh! Canada

Oh! Oh! Oh! Canada

cmonkey — Tue, 31 Aug 2004 12:00:08 -0800

Up north, Canadian Customs contend with porn all day. Down south, Utah's former Porn Czar lost her job due to budget cuts after fielding 1,500 complaints. In California, private "porn trackers" look at porn so other's won't be able to. Over in Washington D.C., Lam Ngyen sips coffee and trolls the Internet for porn. What a job that must be. [Some links may not be suitable for work]

By: Sidhedevil

Sidhedevil — Tue, 31 Aug 2004 12:01:22 -0800

They have pornography on the Internet? Wow. Will wonders never cease.

By: shepd

shepd — Tue, 31 Aug 2004 12:03:54 -0800

And again, Canada proves to the world it learned exactly nothing from WWII. GO GO BOOK BURNING! YAY! GOOD TIMES FOR ALL!

By: Krrrlson

Krrrlson — Tue, 31 Aug 2004 12:09:53 -0800

Let me again express my wonder at the admission of "Housewives and Hot Moms at Play" and a simultaneous ban on "Housewives at Play."

By: philfromhavelock

philfromhavelock — Tue, 31 Aug 2004 12:50:40 -0800

>"My brothers love telling their friends, 'My sister looks at porn all day,' " said Diana Taylor, who has worked in the department five years. The Adjuster, Atom Egoyan.

By: thanotopsis

thanotopsis — Tue, 31 Aug 2004 12:58:01 -0800

"My brothers love telling their friends, 'My sister looks at porn all day,' " said Diana Taylor, who has worked in the department five years. Of course, Diana, that's because your brother's friends are picturing you as a hot blonde, naked, and watching lipstick-lesbian porn. Really, that's how I'm picturing you...right...now...

By: uncleozzy

uncleozzy — Tue, 31 Aug 2004 13:03:05 -0800

Let me again express my wonder at the admission of "Housewives and Hot Moms at Play" and a simultaneous ban on "Housewives at Play." Notice also that "Housewives, Moms, and Daughters" is okay. Housewife solo work is, apparently, verboten in Canada. Hook them up with some hot moms or daughters, though, and send 'em up!

By: tippiedog

tippiedog — Tue, 31 Aug 2004 13:19:09 -0800

Back in the day, I worked on the development team for Excite Clubs. When a user created a new club, they had to specify its content category and whether or not it contained porn. But we had to verify all new clubs to ensure that they were correctly categorized. We would hire University of Texas students to do this. I still remember one young female student who was pretty shocked at the variety of, um, content that she encountered in her job.

By: thirteen

thirteen — Tue, 31 Aug 2004 13:32:20 -0800

I let Xeni do all my porn surfing for me.

By: arto

arto — Tue, 31 Aug 2004 13:37:17 -0800

[Some links may not be suitable for work] Now that's what I call irony.

By: fenriq

fenriq — Tue, 31 Aug 2004 13:45:50 -0800

I, for one, am outraged that Canada sees fit to mess with artistic perfection like "Bitches In Heat!" It is cinematic perfection! How dare they censor a doggy gangbang!

By: five fresh fish

five fresh fish — Tue, 31 Aug 2004 13:54:43 -0800

Looks to me that most of the banned material falls under three categories: bestiality, incest, and unconsenting abuse (ie. rape). Given that these acts are illegal, it should be of little surprise that media of same are also illegal.

By: Sidhedevil

Sidhedevil — Tue, 31 Aug 2004 15:00:59 -0800

FFF, I think you can show The Godfather in Canada, even though contract killing is illegal there. Also, "pony play" doesn't involve actual ponies. Having said that, I agree with you that it makes sense for them to ban film of actual bestiality. However, it is very very very unlikely that any of the banned films contain footage of actual incest, or actual rape.

By: jon_kill

jon_kill — Tue, 31 Aug 2004 15:11:59 -0800

shep what the fuck are you talking about?

By: carfilhiot

carfilhiot — Tue, 31 Aug 2004 15:22:58 -0800

[Some links may not be suitable for work] Mefi Russian Roulette FFF, I think you can show The Godfather in Canada, even though contract killing is illegal there. wow i didn't know the godfather was a snuff film.

By: Krrrlson

Krrrlson — Tue, 31 Aug 2004 15:36:19 -0800

wow i didn't know the godfather was a snuff film. And it has that disgusting animal scene.

By: Pseudoephedrine

Pseudoephedrine — Tue, 31 Aug 2004 15:47:17 -0800

Man, the Troubles with Janice 3 is banned in Canada? Well, that explains why the Silver Snail isn't carrying it, I guess. Direct Connect ahoy! More seriously, Canada Customs is notoriously homophobic, and has a history of preventing the import of innocuous homosexual pornography and literature by declaring it "obscene".

By: tommasz

tommasz — Tue, 31 Aug 2004 16:34:38 -0800

I let Xeni do all my porn surfing for me. Xeni doesn't share my tastes in porn, so I have to do my own porn surfing. It's a burden, but one I'm willing to shoulder.

By: shepd

shepd — Tue, 31 Aug 2004 16:54:44 -0800

jon_kill, I'm just talking about book burning type activities, that's all. You know, banning media which contains depictions of (but not actual) illegal acts and stuff like that. It kinda scares me, because most countries, after WWII, leaned that's not a good idea (TM). To further whet your appetite, technically, Spiderman and Superman comics are banned here (all comics containing descriptions of crime are banned). Fortunately, nobody in government is dumb enough to enforce the law *that* much. HTH!

By: yerfatma

yerfatma — Tue, 31 Aug 2004 17:47:41 -0800

a history of preventing the import of innocuous homosexual pornography and literature by declaring it "obscene". Man, American history classes suck.

By: five fresh fish

five fresh fish — Tue, 31 Aug 2004 18:09:59 -0800

ShepD: You might want to refer to Supreme Court cases where "depictions of (but not actual) illegal acts" were upheld as legal. I recall at least two cases: one involving a BC man who wrote kiddyporn for himself; the other an artist in Ontario(?) that drew kiddyporn, possibly for sale.

By: carfilhiot

carfilhiot — Tue, 31 Aug 2004 19:01:52 -0800

"depictions of (but not actual) illegal acts" were upheld as legal Why wouldn't they be legal? I mean come on -- that's a bit obvious isn't it. I remember there being a case a while back where naked children were depicted taking part in sexual acts through the use of computer animation (or something, i forget). And I believe this was ruled illegal (in the US i think). Though if this was the case, it would seem that such a ruling is directed at perversity of the person, not the actual act. It's like outlawing an emotion not an action, isn't it?

By: shepd

shepd — Tue, 31 Aug 2004 19:06:20 -0800

fff, glad you brought Sharpe up. You realize how many times he had to appeal to fix that law, right? It took many years, and, unfortunately, was complicated because he is a loser paedophile (as it turned out later). Oh well. It's still broken in a million other ways. For example, this import law, which isn't the law Sharpe broke, is still broken because they're not tied in any way. The crime comic law is also separate, and is therefore still broken. Same thing with Canada's hate laws. And then there's the CRTC Canada has a lot of pre-WWII style anti-media, pro "cleansing" type laws that we won't get rid of for decades.

By: shepd

shepd — Tue, 31 Aug 2004 19:11:16 -0800

>Why wouldn't they be legal? If I knew that then I wouldn't have to link this law and prove Canada outlaws mere drawings of thought-up crimes. As far as outlawing emotions goes, read the header for that law, "Corrupting Morals". Yes, we are trying to outlaw emotions (I haven't a clue why). 163.2.(c) is exciting. Might want to read that and save it for the next "canada is pro-choice" FPP.

By: clevershark

clevershark — Tue, 31 Aug 2004 22:40:04 -0800

Some of these choices for prohibition are odd. Other ones, such as "Hardcore Horse Explosion", are easier to understand.

By: clevershark

clevershark — Tue, 31 Aug 2004 22:42:55 -0800

Interesting tidbit of this law: one can commit a felony who "advertises or publishes an advertisement of any means, instructions, medicine, drug or article intended or represented as a method for restoring sexual virility or curing venereal diseases or diseases of the generative organs." Of course no one applies this particular part of the law nowadays (Viagra ads, anyone?).

By: Mayor Curley

Mayor Curley — Wed, 01 Sep 2004 10:08:42 -0800

I let Xeni do all my porn surfing for me. I let Xenu do all my porn surfing for me. Of course, I prefer photos of women holding soup cans and writing checks to L. Ron Hubbard's estate.