In addition to our regular columnists here today and everyday, a column which appeared in the London Free Press this morning caught my attention. I asked its author, Herman Goodden, to be our guest and allow us to post it here.
It’s a very well-written piece called Legal swinging – isn’t it just Canadian?, and it obviously relates to the recent Supreme Court of Canada decision referred to here.
Here’s a snippet:
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The Supreme Court of Canada gave the green light this week to commercially operated “swingers’ clubs” that provide facilities for members seeking group sex, one-on-one mate swapping and voyeurism.
In a seven-to-two decision that came just in time to clear the way for any Canadians planning festive orgies over the Christmas holidays, the ruling, written by Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin, declared that personal harm, rather than community standards, should be the operative criterion in defining indecency.
[…] Asked what sort of behaviour he thought might spur a recovery of the concept of community standards and perhaps even a reversal of this decision by the court, Osgoode Hall Law School professor Alan Young opined to the Globe and Mail, “Something even more fringe, people defecating on one another.”
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