Re: CENSORSHIP: Matrix Reloaded banned in Egypt

From: Anders Sandberg (asa@nada.kth.se)
Date: Sat Jun 14 2003 - 04:37:25 MDT

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    On Sat, Jun 14, 2003 at 12:53:43AM -0700, Pat Inniss wrote:
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    > Under the Production Code observed by the American industry, to some
    > extent even into the '60s, any movie challenging conventional religious
    > belief was verboten.

    This is an important reminder that the freedoms we take for granted are
    both fairly recent and fragile. While I share David brin's optimism that
    the cult of otherness, individualism and diversity is very strong
    (especially after reading Florida's _The Rise of the Creative Class_
    which suggests some powerful economic driving forces in this direction)
    we cannot expect to keep our freedoms without constantly defending them
    and extending them - it is a dynamic situation, not a static victory.

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