Bid to ban Sex Pistols record; Amazing secrets revealed 30yrs on CENSORSHIP.NEVER Mind The Bollocks bollocks or ballocks Taboo slang Noun, pl the testicles Noun nonsense; rubbish interj an exclamation of annoyance, disbelief, etc. [Old English beallucas] Verb 1. by punk band the Sex Pistols caused big problems for the Government 30 years ago. The authorities carried out a probe into the possibility of keeping the record out of the country under obscenity laws. Documents show law enforcers sought direction on whether the sleeve displayed in stores without a disc could be deemed a "publication" under the Censorship censorship, official prohibition or restriction of any type of expression believed to threaten the political, social, or moral order. It may be imposed by governmental authority, local or national, by a religious body, or occasionally by a powerful private group. Act. D J Deering, Censorship of Publications Board secretary, wrote to the Garda Commissioner explaining the law applied to "unwholesome literature". |
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