:)you made a good an honest attempt detraveller , unlike some

The answer is to simply provide something you couldn't say in the past.

That's all.

But blasphemy is not being accepted as an example?

almost every tv station or theatre or author has been guilty to a greater or lesser degree
to say nothing about private citizens
there was I think a famous court case in the 60s
as far as I know they got off

ah, the last person to be sent to jail for blasphemy was in 1921

You shouldn't need examples - it all depends WHEN you're talking about.
But there have ALWAYS been things it wasn't permissible to say in public.

Censorship of letters and records and films has always taken place.
Things which were considered obscene - HUGE list from the time broadcasting began.
Slander and Libel - both examples of illegal free speech.
Things which were against the public interest, during times of war, imprisonable.
Before the industrial revolution, just about anything against the Church - often punishable by death.

Non-government rules:
Try going to a school playground and extolling the virtues of being a paedo.
Try saying what you want to an employer and keeping your job
Try some overt racism, in most places (using the 'n' word for example)

Incitement to violence
incitement to crime
Incitement to hatred.

Some of these are illegal - others are just against the common good and as such not acceptable by society.

It was far stricter before than it is now.

NO-ONE CAN JUST SAY WHAT THEY WANT TO, WHEN THEY WANT TO.
You can look up your own fecking precise examples and stop the pedantic, ridiculous arguing.

THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS COMPLETELY FREE SPEECH.

In other countries and at other times it is and has been FAR more strict than it is here.
So whilst it is comparatively better here in terms of freedom to say most things. There are still limits.

If not - posts wouldn't ever be removed from forums and there would be no censorship.

If you cannot understand or agree with what this post says - there is no further room to discuss it.

Phew - STUDY's come back with a haymaker.

you are mistaking telling lies with the right to free speech
no one has the right to tell lies
its in the bible

very sill for people to think that because you cant slander or libel people it means we don't have free speech

jomo that was in 1921, none of us were alive
what happened 500 years ago doesn't bother me, I insist on being unbothered by it

jomo that was in 1921, none of us were alive
what happened 500 years ago doesn't bother me, I insist on being unbothered by it

jomo that was in 1921, none of us were alive
what happened 500 years ago doesn't bother me, I insist on being unbothered by it

I suppose studyform might have been alive and that is why he is so upset

Nope. It was obviously too much for you both.

could we still put on such a show in Britain today, in the theatre or on tv?
I don't know, we certainly couldn't do so with some other religions

If we pick further through STUDY's tiresome post.
Apart from the obscenity laws and issues of state, there's nothing there to back his case.

lfc1971 • April 12, 2018 2:31 PM BST
jomo that was in 1921, none of us were alive

lfc... apologies, you are right - on reading your question again you specify a timespan. I was going by Dr C's explanation, which didn't.

Whitehouse I'm sure though brought about successful conviction(s) against someone.

Monty Python (the TV series, not just Life of Brian) was censored. Live in Aspen interview provides an example.

It has been seen everywhere in Britain and in every home, so it hasn't been banned

It has been seen everywhere in Britain and in every home, so it hasn't been banned

It has been seen everywhere in Britain and in every home, so it hasn't been banned