History

The Melon Farmers were originally conceived by Dave and Phil about 7 years ago. Phil concentrated on TV censorship whilst Dave published information about film and video censorship.

The name was inspired by Alex Cox who was asked to prepare a BBC friendly dub of his Repo Man. With tongue firmly in cheek, he overdubbed 'motherfucker' with 'melon farmer'. Censorship surely, but somehow Alex Cox showed that censorship could be defeated via spirit and humour. The Melon Farmers were born to serve this end.

The Melon Farmers are not a traditional campaigning or political organisation. There are no members, subscriptions or constitutions. Just a bunch of good people who contribute news, information and opinion. The objectives and aims of the Melon Farmers are an aggregation of the many that contribute, nothing more and nothing less. But somehow news, information and opinion makes for a very effective campaign.

The remit of the Melon Farmers has extended somewhat from the early days. The censorship of sex and violence in the media is still the primary focus but the Melon Farmers now extend to political and economic censorship the world over.

The Melon Farmers also take particular interest in those that claim to occupy the moral high ground and who seek to deny sexual enjoyment from their fellow man. Every person should be free to enjoy sex and life restricted only by the requirement to be considerate of others.

The website is still edited by Dave but the spirit of Melon Farming lies with the thousands of contributors and readers who request and demand that life and sex can be enjoyed to the full without unnecessary restriction.

Yippie-ki-yay, motherfucker

From the The State Journal-Register see full article

In the movie Die Hard, Euro-trash terrorist Hans Gruber asks hero John McClane if he saw too many films as a child and thinks he’s John Wayne.

Do you really think you have a chance against us, Mister Cowboy? Gruber asks.

Some US TV versions have McClane retorting: Yippie-ki-yay, melon farmer.