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A letter to your friends over at the BBFC


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I don't think your claim that 'censorship in a democracy is a paradox' is going to sway anyone at the BBFC.

 

It sounds like you're telling the BBFC that you don't think they should exist.

 

And no offense, but this bit is utter rubbish:

 

banning a piece of entertainment from release for mature audiences is very much like forbidding a toddler to play with dolls, miniature cars, and other toys: totally and utterly useless, and atop of that, unethical.
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I don't think your claim that 'censorship in a democracy is a paradox' is going to sway anyone at the BBFC.

 

It sounds like you're telling the BBFC that you don't think they should exist.

 

And no offense, but this bit is utter rubbish:

 

Do explain :)

 

Still haven't gotten a reply, by the way.

 

My whereabouts are unimportant. This letter is about shouting - with the voice of the little man.

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I don't think your claim that 'censorship in a democracy is a paradox' is going to sway anyone at the BBFC.

 

It sounds like you're telling the BBFC that you don't think they should exist.

 

And no offense, but this bit is utter rubbish:

 

No its not.

 

That letter is IMO brilliant BTW.

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Do explain :)

 

Still haven't gotten a reply, by the way.

 

My whereabouts are unimportant. This letter is about shouting - with the voice of the little man.

 

 

I've just posted a letter which did receive a reply from the BBFC on the manhunt 2 thread - check it out :bowdown:

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Do explain :)

 

Well, you're comparing chalk and cheese. Manhunt 2 is an entertainment media that consists of illegal and brutal acts. Toddler's toys are physical objects used for learning and development.

 

A much more accurate analogy would be something like:

 

Banning a piece of entertainment from release for mature audiences is very much like banning the showing of cartoons such as Horrid Henry or Dennis the Menace to toddlers (if such a thing were enforcable).

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I'm sorry, but the letter in question didn't really appeal to me either. I would ask questions like why films such as Natural Born Killers which glorify the murder of innocent people and set the up callous murderers as 'heroes' who escape justice are ok, yet games which may be very violent yet see you ultimately killing others who are out to kill you, are banned.

 

It's bizarre, because to me the idea of one defending their self against other killers is not as bad as the glorification of innocents being murdered.

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