In today's Scotsman:

[spudtater]

Bad news: the owner of Electric Cabaret was charged with "selling obscene material aggravated by religious prejudice", after selling an undercover policeman a Cradle of Filth T-shirt. (T-shirt in article, somewhat NSFW). He's now planning to leave Edinburgh and sail to Portugal. I don't know if the latter fact is a direct consequence of the former, though.

Good news: Plaisir du Chocolat is going to reopen! In the new town, though, this time.

Stupid news: Dubya on Gen. Musharraf: '"My mesage was … You can't be the president and the head of the military at the same time," Mr Bush said.'

Comments

[markadm.livejournal.com]

Good news re Plaisir; keep us posted.

Personally, I do find that t-shirt obscene. And I would take offence even if it said "Vishnu/Allah/[insert Deity] is a c*nt".

[spudtater.livejournal.com]

That's not the point. The job of the law is not to tell us what is and is not good taste. I agree that wearing this shirt in public is wrong, because it is both offensive and sexually explicit. But the shop owner specifically warned the man against doing so. Even displaying it in the shop could have been considered offensive. But it was not displayed — the policeman had to specifically ask for it.

Until a shirt is worn in a public place, it is not a matter for the police to concern themselves with. And I know the question has become cliché, but haven't they got better things to do?   8^P

[markadm.livejournal.com]

I hear and understand what you're saying, but I think that if we rule that wearing something is offensive in public, then isn't there a justification for the state to cut the lines of supply...?

[spudtater.livejournal.com]

But it is still legal to wear in private, or to collect as band memorabilia, for example.

And if it was decided absolutely that the t-shirt was too offensive and the police wanted the supply stopped, then perhaps a word to the shop owner letting him know that this decision had been reached would have been in order?

[markadm.livejournal.com]

I dunno. I was playing devil's advocate. I don't know what the ground where under which the Officers confiscated the item(s).

[spudtater.livejournal.com]

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