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glorifying terrorism

2007-02-14 16:27:54.343241+01 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

The U.K. has the Terrorism Act of 2006, which bans the "glorification of terrorism". In response, Farah Mendelson asked science fiction writers for stories glorifying terrorism, and published the result. From the press release:

Subsection 1.3(a) criminializes statements which glorify the commission or preparation of such acts or offences, `whether in the past, in the future, or generally'. Under this provision, the teaching and documenting of the history of resistance or revolutionary movements could become subject to restrictions. This might include, for example, teaaching and writing on the American War of Independence, the Irish Easter Uprising, and/or the suffragette movement.

Looks like it'd be worth tracking down. Stolen from More Like This.

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