Tag Archives: Censorship

Believe in Free Speech even if you don’t like what’s being said?

  By Allan | March 30, 2009 - 10:36 pm | In The News, Politics, The Arts, The Internet
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The recent controversy over Picturegate transcended Conor Casby’s paintings. It revealed a national broadcaster in preemptive terror of the government; a meddling Government Press Office that overstepped the procedures the rest of us have to adhere to if we have a broadcasting complaint; and a Gardai that are clearly taking directions from murky corners of Irish politics. The full implications of a very strange week have yet to be teased out but many people are waking up to the rot in Irish political life and the episode has revealed some strange definitions of satire, and strange attitudes to the human body. If any of this concerns you, and as a citizen of a democracy it should, you should express that concern. The Leave Conor Casby Alone group on Facebook approaches 6,000 members, you might join that. You might voice your concerns to RTE [email protected] and/or the BCC http://www.bcc.ie/how_to_complaint/index.html. I’m encouraging … There’s more →

Terminator Salvation - You Know, For Kids

  By Darren Byrne | March 16, 2009 - 4:41 pm | Movies & TV, The Culch
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Here’s an interesting one. When McG sat into the driving seat of the new Terminator Trilogy, he was told by Warner Bros execs that he could make the movie any rating he chose. He said, at the time, that though he wasn’t against a PG-13 rating (the equivalent over here could be 12A, 15A or 16) he would let the movie decide as it came into fruition. In early sample footage, there was a topless scene with Moon Bloodgood (awesome name), which indicated that it was likely to be going for an R rating (18 Certificate over here). In the last week, it’s come out that Warner Bros want him to remove the topless scene (it’s worth noting that according to those who have seen it, it’s not gratuitous) and this would lead us to believe that execs want to go for the PG13 rating to attract the lucrative young … There’s more →