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Date Posted: 17:31:20 08/02/07 Thu
Author: Toy tiger
Subject: Re: Talkcafe?
In reply to: Bollocks Jones 's message, "Re: Talkcafe?" on 17:18:57 08/02/07 Thu

>
>>johnny rotten did not tell the truth.
>
>I didn't imagine it! Here's Wikipedia:
>
>Never Mind the Bollocks was met by a hail of
>controversy in the UK upon its release. The first
>documented legal problems involved the allegedly
>'obscene' name of the album, and the prosecution of
>the owner of a Nottingham record shop (and label owner
>Richard Branson) for having displayed it in a window.
>However, at Nottingham Magistrates' Court on 24
>November 1977, defending Queen's Counsel John Mortimer
>produced expert witnesses who were able to demonstrate
>that the word "bollocks" was actually a legitimate Old
>English term originally used to refer to a priest, and
>which, in the context of the title, meant "nonsense".
>The chairman of the hearing was forced to conclude:
>
> "Much as my colleagues and I wholeheartedly
>deplore the vulgar exploitation of the worst instincts
>of human nature for the purchases of commercial
>profits by both you and your company, we must
>reluctantly find you not guilty of each of the four
>charges."


What a shame!

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