tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467119.post6065774739786181861..comments2023-10-24T10:09:22.146+01:00Comments on The Yorkshire Ranter: fun with drivelAlexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17153530634675543954noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467119.post-38097295877203795812009-02-15T20:56:00.000+01:002009-02-15T20:56:00.000+01:00Thatcher and her chums attacked the permissive six...Thatcher and her chums attacked the permissive sixties (sex n' drugs) on a regular basis and introduced into law the notorious section 28 restriction on the promotion of homosexuality, so don't make her out to be some kind of libertarian capitalist who didn't care about the sexual activities of consenting adults.<BR/><BR/>No parallel for the culture war stuff? Maybe no longer but when I grew up in the seventies and eighties we had Mary Whitehouse and the video nasty scare championed by the tabloid papers , hardcore porn was totally illegal outside of private clubs and films like the Life of Brian got banned by local councils for insulting Christianity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com