Cristina Odone writes:
Do you know where your 16 year-old is? If the Lib Dems get into power, your son or daughter could be starring in a porn film. Yes, that’s right: the party of nice Mr Clegg is actually the party of choice for dirty old men. It seems anyone over 16 should be allowed to watch “Naughty Nurses’ Lesbo Love”, and even act in it. The story – which has been unearthed from 2004 – is so gross, you want to laugh. Except that it won’t be so funny if it means our children will get sucked into the shady, sordid world of pornographers.
On Mumsnet some angry mothers are calling for the Lib Dems to review this sick policy. Better still: let everyone who is considering casting a vote for the Lib Dems review their position, given what this party stands for.
Contrast the treatment of the Lib Dems with the treatment of the Catholic Church, which is in no sense in favour of this sort of thing in principle, and which treats everyone under 18 as a minor for this purpose even where the age of consent is much lower, as Her shrieking critics, who want to Pope to be assassinated on British soil, also want it to be here.
It says something about the depths that the Daily Mail plumbed last week with their "Nick Clegg Nazi slur" non-story that this is merely the second most desperate and embarrassing attempt at smearing the Lib Dems that I've seen since their post-debate surge.
ReplyDeleteThis is not a slur. The Nazi thing was. But this isn't. This is called "scrutiny". Get used to it.
ReplyDeleteyou idiot!
ReplyDeleteIt's not "scrutiny", it's gibbering hysteria. And believe me, I'm more than used to it.
ReplyDeleteTalking of gibbering hysteria, given that paedophiles are apparently lurking around every corner to Snatch Our Kids, quite aside from the stereotypical caricature of the predilections of the retired colonels who read the Telegraph, would you not agree that peddling the message "vote Lib Dem to legalise 16-year-old porn stars" runs the risk of backfiring badly?
Also, if this is "scrutiny", can you please provide a reliable reference to confirm that the Lib Dems have explicitly called for sixteen-year-olds to be allowed to perform in porn films, as opposed to merely being allowed to watch them?
ReplyDeleteThis would seem to be the main thrust (as it were) of Odone's piece, but I can't find anything in the link she supplied that backs it up.
We've found the level, I see.
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