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2. "Inconvenient" language. Censorship for the sake of control.

Fri Mar 16, 2012, 12:15 PM

Mar 2012

In this case, they are gatekeeping access to a film that children really do need to see.

It's a rather authoritarian POV.

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Absolutely HockeyMom Mar 2012 #1

"Inconvenient" language. Censorship for the sake of control. MADem Mar 2012 #2

This is what we get from self-regulating. shcrane71 Mar 2012 #5

I watched, Birth of a Nation. It was disgusting. shcrane71 Mar 2012 #10

Ah... well, we can't talk about divorce! shcrane71 Mar 2012 #14

By saying "used to", you mean the Catholic church no longer does this? shcrane71 Mar 2012 #16

I don't know--maybe they do. I haven't been a member of the MADem Mar 2012 #18

Yay! There's hope. shcrane71 Mar 2012 #19

You might be able to find some of them online. nt MADem Mar 2012 #20

Roger Ebert--the best film critic and commentator in the country. WI_DEM Mar 2012 #3

R&K for Roger longship Mar 2012 #4

Oh my bleeding ears!!!! nadinbrzezinski Mar 2012 #8

F*ck I have! benld74 Mar 2012 #13

The MPAA is a joke... SidDithers Mar 2012 #17