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Originally Posted by ferretchucker
The censorship of one film will hardly lead to the removal of freedom of speech in England. The freedoms I care for are still very much intact.
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You'd be suprised. The whole Chuckie witch hunt in the early 90's nearly lead to a new video recording bill which would have come down hard on any violence show in British releases of Video. It would have been such a step backwards. The bill was interduced by a backbencher (i think) who were using it to puh their own religious/moral agenda.
Because violence in Horror films was so big in the media at the time the bill was taken seriously..
And I agree with TheWickerFan - anything like that can be the thin end of the wedge. That been said British censorship is getting far more permissive - compare it now to back when James Ferman was weilding the scissors..