Britain to ban "violent" porn
Guardian Unlimited Politics | Special Reports | Possession of violent porn to be criminal offence
People who download violent pornography could face three years in jail under new legislation proposed by the government in the wake of the death of Brighton school teacher Jane Longhurst, who was killed by a man addicted to extreme porn.
Ms Longhurst's mother, Liz, has led a three-year campaign, backed by a petition signed by 50,000 people and many MPs, to ban such images.
Today the government unveiled proposals to create a new offence of possessing pornographic images of extreme sexual or life-threatening violence, with a new maximum sentence of three years for possession, or five for distribution of such material.
A few questions here:
1. Why?
2. But boxing is still legal?
3. If it's consensual, what's the problem?
4. Three years in prison for downloading this? Seriously?
