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British PM, David Cameron, has refused to back a ban on the publication of photos of Page 3 topless models in The Sun tabloid ‘newspaper’. He argues that to do so would be to an invasion of consumers’ right to personal choice.
By implication, he sees no fundamental harm in pictures of semi naked women being used to sell papers.
It’s interesting, and ironic, that this story has broken at the same time as his party announce legislation to censor online pornography.
I see these two issues as intrinsically connected in a way that Cameron and the Conservative Party do not.
Allow me to explain.
There is nothing illegal in what The Sun chooses to publish and, since it is the UK’s top-selling newspaper, it is arguable what they print is wholly in tune with what the great British public wants.
Governments cannot legislate against bad taste, nor should they attempt to do so. Continue reading
