Comments on: Edinburgh festival not scared by religous hatred laws http://www.mediawatchwatch.org.uk/2006/07/23/edinburgh-festival-not-scared-by-religous-hatred-laws/ Watching. Pointing. Laughing. Wed, 01 Aug 2012 20:22:20 +0000 hourly 1 By: Andrew Nixon http://www.mediawatchwatch.org.uk/2006/07/23/edinburgh-festival-not-scared-by-religous-hatred-laws/comment-page-1/#comment-15981 Thu, 27 Jul 2006 07:13:02 +0000 http://www.mediawatchwatch.org.uk/?p=526#comment-15981 I agree it’s no surprise. Posting it was just an excuse to get Green’s ridiculous claim that CV aren’t a “rent-a-demo” in.

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When they were doing stuff like this back in 1967, well…
http://www.edfringe.com/story.html?id=122&area_id=35

There’s also a nice wee story I can’t track down a reference to, some details of which I may have wrong (corrections gratefully received)…

Many years ago, the Council were going to debate on whether to ban a show, when some of the performers strolled in to make a ‘contribution’. One of them being a naked woman in a wheelchair…

Ah well.

Theological preferences of Popes, and defecatory behaviour in bears vis-a-vis forested areas, methinks…

🙂

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