[LAF] LAF Digest, Vol 44, Issue 3

steve ash steveash_2001 at yahoo.co.uk
Fri Oct 10 17:36:43 UTC 2008 

I'll create an event page on facebook linked to the LAF page there for Bookfair in meantime. 

Sorry I haven't posted text from that for perusal yet, will do. 


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>    1. FW: URGENT ACTION. If you haven't already, please
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>       this email to work colleagues, relatives and friends.
> From the
>       Children Are Unbeatable! Alliance (Joy Wood)
>    2. FW: EVENT: Feminism in London '08 - SATURDAY 11
> October 2008
>       (Joy Wood)
>    3. Girls Aloud in 'murder' blog case (Volodya)
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> Subject: [LAF] FW: URGENT ACTION. If you haven't
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> From: campaign at childrenareunbeatable.org.ukTo:
> campaign at childrenareunbeatable.org.ukSubject: URGENT ACTION.
> If you haven't already, please forward this email to
> work colleagues, relatives and friends. From the Children
> Are Unbeatable! AllianceDate: Fri, 3 Oct 2008 09:56:27 +0100
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> >From the Children Are Unbeatable! Alliance
> PLEASE SEND A POSTCARD TO YOUR MP - NOW!TELL YOUR MP TO
> VOTE TO END THE LEGAL APPROVAL OF HITTING CHILDRENCLICK HERE
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> THIS EMAIL TO FRIENDS, FAMILY OR WORK COLLEAGUESWe simply
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> 'reasonable punishment' (section 58 of the Children
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> abolished now.This simple reform will send the clear message
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> unacceptable and unlawful as hitting anyone else.Giving
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> Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2008 11:57:46 +0000
> From: Joy Wood <joy_helbin at hotmail.com>
> Subject: [LAF] FW: EVENT: Feminism in London '08 -
> SATURDAY 11 October
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> This Saturday, 10am-5.30pm for women and pro-feminist men
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> Followed by fundraising comedy night at Penderel's Oak
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> A day of talks, workshops and networking for women
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> Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:21:06 +0100
> From: Volodya <Volodya at WhenGendarmeSleeps.org>
> Subject: [LAF] Girls Aloud in 'murder' blog case
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>  From what i understand this is a first case of under the
> new laws of the 
> simulated acts being illegal.
> 
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tyne/7649231.stm Page
> last updated
>  >>> at 16:30 GMT, Thursday, 2 October 2008 17:30
> UK
>  >>>
>  >>> Girls Aloud in 'murder' blog case
>  >>>
>  >>> A civil servant is being prosecuted over an
> internet blog which
>  >>> detailed the kidnap, torture and murder of
> the pop group Girls Aloud.
>  >>>
>  >>> Darryn Walker, 35, of South Shields, South
> Tyneside, is accused of
>  >>> writing and posting the 12-page "Girls
> (Scream) Aloud" story on a
>  >>> fantasy porn site.
>  >>>
>  >>> He was arrested by Scotland Yard officers
> earlier this year and
>  >>> charged under the Obscene Publications Act.
>  >>>
>  >>> He is next due to appear at Newcastle Crown
> Court on 22 October.
>  >>>
>  >>> The blog was brought to the attention of
> police by the Internet Watch
>  >>> Foundation - an organisation for the public
> and IT professionals which
>  >>> polices potentially obscene material.
>  >>>
>  >>>
>  >>> The test is whether the material is likely to
> deprave or corrupt those
>  >>> reading or viewing it
>  >>> Scotland Yard spokeswoman
>  >>>
>  >>> A Scotland Yard spokeswoman said it was
> unusual to see a prosecution
>  >>> brought under obscenity laws which did not
> involve pornographic images
>  >>> in magazines or DVDs.
>  >>>
>  >>> She said: "The vast majority of
> prosecutions brought under the Obscene
>  >>> Publications Act have related to images; be
> they photographs, be they
>  >>> computer-generated images, or videos.
>  >>>
>  >>> "It is very unusual to be prosecuted for
> a case involving the written
>  >>> word.
>  >>>
>  >>> "The test is whether the material is
> likely to deprave or corrupt
>  >>> those reading or viewing it."
>  >>>
>  >>> Mr Walker was arrested at his home on Mowbray
> Road, South Shields, by
>  >>> officers from the Obscene Publications Unit
> on 27 February.
>  >>>
>  >>> He is alleged to have written the article,
> which describes the rape,
>  >>> mutilation and killing of the group, either
> on or before 7 August last
>  >>> year.
>  >>>
>  >>> A Crown Prosecution Service spokesman said Mr
> Walker appeared before
>  >>> South Tyneside Magistrates on 10 July charged
> with the publication of
>  >>> an obscene article.
>  >>>
>  >>> He entered no plea and was granted
> unconditional bail, the spokesman
>  >>> said.
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