Counsel for the Crown C. Granek, Esq. The possession and sale of the magazine are acknowledged but its characterization as obscene material is disputed. Bad Attitude consists of a series of articles where the writers fantasize about lesbian sexual encounters with a sadomasochistic theme.
Photographs loosely complement some of the articles.
The writer, a self-styled trash bar dyke, describes how she stalks an unknown woman in a locker room of a school, tiptoes to her shower stall where she blindfolds and handcuffs the unsuspecting woman. She pulls her by the hair to the floor, screws clamps to her nipples and proceeds to a series of sexual acts. The woman is immediately aroused by the acts of the writer, becomes an eager participant and eventually has an orgasm. C.C.C. 3rd 129 the Supreme Court of Canada held that while section 163 of the Criminal Code violates the guarantee to freedom of expression, it is a reasonable limit prescribed by law as can be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society. Violence in this context includes both actual physical violence and threats of physical violence.