Thought Crime becomes reality in UK

This is a polite reminder to readers in the UK that they may have woken up this morning as criminals. Law-abiding yesterday, criminals today because of the passing into law of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill - part of which outlaws the viewing of titillating sexually-violent images. What's bizarre about the new law is that a consenting couple could quite legally make a home sex tape for their own use but then be thrown into prison for three years for watching it back again.

Rather than repeat all the discussion and arguments, here's an excellent article from the Scottish Sunday Herald. And another quicker read from the BBC.

The most alarming thing about the passing of this law is that it's another tightening of the belt strangling people's freedom. Quite why certain folk want to interfere in the lives of others I don't understand. I have a suspicion that it's all about envy - why should someone else be having all the fun if they're denied?