A company here has ceased selling vibrators (HERE). Some parliamentarians were even of the opinion that beyond the legal requirement of requiring a trading licence, selling vibrators was actually illegal under the Obscene Publication Act 1927 (HERE). I promised myself when I started this blog that I wouldn't write about trivial matters. But the fact that parliament, facing everything it does, had time to talk about a company selling vibrators, to the point where the company decided it wasn't the right environment to do business, is suggestive of so many things that the mind really boggles. It's terrible really.
But what I really want to know is: could a person challenge the laws that prevent the purchase of vibrators under the Bill of Rights? Is there a right to a personal sex toy? How would one pursue that under a Bill of Rights which does not have a right to privacy? Any ideas?
