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Vollmann is an avid student of squalor, a Rhodes scholar of squalor, and thus this book also features an ensemble of demented waysiders, ceaseless transcriptions of loathsome graffiti — and the requisite references to prostitution.
A scene in which Bond kills a security guard in Shanghai has been cut, as have references to prostitution in Macau.
"The Telephone" removes any suggestion of a lesbian relationship between Rosy and Mary and references to prostitution.
As the show is based on the uncensored novel released in 2011, rather than the 1953 film adaptation, it contains references to prostitution and gay sex, as well as the Army's investigation into them, that the film did not feature.
"You wouldn't want this next to your home, would you?" Alderman Ray Suarez (31st Ward) said Thursday in reference to the prostitution that has occurred at some parlors.
Gropecunt Lane was a street name found in English towns and cities during the Middle Ages, believed to be a reference to the prostitution centred on those areas; it was normal practice for a medieval street name to reflect the street's function or the economic activity taking place within it.
This version greatly changed the plot of "The Telephone", giving it a supernatural story element and removing any reference to lesbianism or prostitution.
When they do, they soon realize Genesis 19 is about an attempted gang rape of two angels, Leviticus 18 22 is a prohibition idolatrous ritualistic sex between men and part of a code of laws Christians say are defunct, Romans 1 is about people engaging in what Paul called "akatharsian" (verse 24) or "uncleanness", which is a reference to idolatrous temple prostitution.
An MP has launched a campaign to remove all references to "child prostitution" from UK legislation, following a series of high-profile court cases that have revealed the endemic grooming and sexual exploitation of underage children across the country.
This is from the 1949 Variety Programme Policy Guide for Writers and Producers: "There is an absolute ban on the following: jokes about lavatories, effeminacy in men, immorality of any kind; suggestive reference to honeymoon couples, chambermaids, prostitution; extreme care should be taken in dealing with references to or jokes about marital infidelity".
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