[extropy-chat] Some Joy in Ozville

[Emlyn]

Also, we've got the 'net just like everyone else. Censorship seems
quaintly anachronistic; if I'm properly protected, I can get just
about anything that can exist as a fistful of bits.

-- 
Emlyn

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On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 04:49:15 -0600, Damien Broderick
<thespike at satx.rr.com> wrote:
> At 05:52 PM 11/11/2004 +1000, alejandro wrote:
> 
> >People [in Oz] jump up and down about a tiny minority of the films being
> >banned
> >(ie whenever they ban something that got a prize in some foreign
> >competition, and even then most times the ban isn't lifted).  Most books
> >and films banned noone ever hears about.  Games are now being banned and
> >censored too
> 
> On the other hand, it seems to me inconceivable that the hypocritical panic
> and hysteria of a Janet Jackson boob flash could happen in Oz during a
> football or cricket game on TV. Oh no! The horror! Small infants might see
> a naked breast!
> 
> But it's true that in some ways the censorious climate in Australia remains
> oddly prudish/school-marmish in certain directions. On the other hand, the
> furrin (and beautiful translation-captioned) movies traditional on SBS are
> incredibly naughtier than anything shown here on American free-to-air.
> 
> Damien Broderick
> 
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