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vienna · 07-29-13, 04:09 PM

Here in the US, almost every post WWII GOP administration has launched either a commission on porn or some sort of anti-porn campaign. They produce a large amount of publicity for the GOP, but, in the end, achieve nothing. I think the UK movement will be yet another failed attempt and only serves to make it look like a particular group of politicians are "on the side of decency"...

Speaking of decency, I recall when I was attending Catholic school in the 1950s and 1960s, there was a Catholic organization called the "Legion of Decency" who passed ratings on books, magazines, movies, TV, etc., in some cases 'condemning' any media it felt was 'obscene'. Here is a link to some of the films they 'condemned':

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...ion_of_Decency

Any of your favorites on there?...

In our parish church, there was a weekly posting on the bulletin board from the Legion of its latest listing. I and many other boys would carefully study the list to see if we had missed anything in our pusuit of salacious material...

We once had someone come in to explain the Legion and its rating system to the kids. He warned us even looking at anything 'condemned' would be sinful and would certainly adversely affect our minds. I could not resist asking how the list was compiled: did the members of the Legion's board sit and go through all the material themselves, personally? Yes, they did was the response. Then, I asked, would they not be adversly affected by viewing the material, irrevocably altering their minds and morals , rendering their judgement suspect?

I'll never forget the glares I got from the nuns sitting at the front of the classroom...

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vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,726 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Here in the US, almost every post WWII GOP administration has launched either a commission on porn or some sort of anti-porn campaign. They produce a large amount of publicity for the GOP, but, in the end, achieve nothing. I think the UK movement will be yet another failed attempt and only serves to make it look like a particular group of politicians are "on the side of decency"... Speaking of decency, I recall when I was attending Catholic school in the 1950s and 1960s, there was a Catholic organization called the "Legion of Decency" who passed ratings on books, magazines, movies, TV, etc., in some cases 'condemning' any media it felt was 'obscene'. Here is a link to some of the films they 'condemned': http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...ion_of_Decency Any of your favorites on there?... In our parish church, there was a weekly posting on the bulletin board from the Legion of its latest listing. I and many other boys would carefully study the list to see if we had missed anything in our pusuit of salacious material... We once had someone come in to explain the Legion and its rating system to the kids. He warned us even looking at anything 'condemned' would be sinful and would certainly adversely affect our minds. I could not resist asking how the list was compiled: did the members of the Legion's board sit and go through all the material themselves, personally? Yes, they did was the response. Then, I asked, would they not be adversly affected by viewing the material, irrevocably altering their minds and morals , rendering their judgement suspect? I'll never forget the glares I got from the nuns sitting at the front of the classroom... <O> __________________ __________________________________________________ __ Last edited by vienna; 07-30-13 at 12:12 PM.