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> Schooling and mass media are expensive things to control Expensive to run, sure. But I don't see why they'd be expensive to control. Most UK are required to
by ben_w 11mo ago
> Schooling and mass media are expensive things to control
Expensive to run, sure. But I don't see why they'd be expensive to control. Most UK are required to support collective worship of a "wholly or mainly of a broadly christian character"[0], and used to have Section 28[1] which was interpreted defensively in most places and made it difficult even discuss the topic in sex ed lessons or defend against homophobic bullying.
USA had the Hays Code[2], the FCC Song[3] is Eric Idle's response to being fined for swearing on radio. Here in Europe we keep hearing about US schools banning books for various reasons.
[0] https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/281929/Collective_worship_in_schools.pdf https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/...
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_28 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_28
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hays_Code https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hays_Code
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FCC_Song https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FCC_Song
- alwa 11mo ago[0] seems to be dated 1994–is it still current? I’m curious how it’s evolved (or not) through the rather dramatic demographic shifts there over the intervening 30 years
- ben_w 11mo agoSo far as I can tell, it's still around. That's why I linked to the .gov domain rather than any other source. Though I suppose I could point at legislation.gov.uk: • https://duckduckgo.com/?q=%22wholly+or+mainly+of+a+broadly+christian+character%22+site%3Alegislation.gov.uk&t=osx&ia=web https://duckduckgo.com/?q=%22wholly+or+mainly+of+a+broadly+c... • https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/31/schedule/20/crossheading/nature-of-collective-worship-in-community-schools-and-foundation-schools-without-a-religious-character https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/31/schedule/20/cro...