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More Draconian Censorship: The Continuing Rise Of The Religious Reich |
http://www.theage.com.au/news/Film/Change-to-film-sex-rules/2005/02/27/1109439453390.html?oneclick=true
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Change to film sex rules
By Kenneth Nguyen
February 28, 2005
The burgeoning sexuality of 16 and 17-year-olds - a fruitful subject for
makers of arthouse films including Somersault, The Year My Voice Broke and
Kids - is set to become a no-go zone for Victorian filmmakers.
A bill introduced by the State Government expands the definition of
"objectionable films" that cannot be made in Victoria.
At present there is a ban on films in which teenagers under 16 engage in sex
acts or are depicted in an "indecent sexual manner".
Under the change, the threshold age will be increased to 18.
Film groups say the broad wording will put a stop to tackling late teenage
sexuality as a legitimate subject for filmmakers.
Australian Screen Directors Association executive director Richard Harris
acknowledged that depictions of teenagers involved in sex could be
problematic.
"But it's clearly a crucial part of someone's development, and that stage of
life is really fertile ground for drama, because it's a time when people are
testing and experimenting," Mr Harris said.
"I don't think this is a proportionate response to the issue."
Mr Harris warned that films with plotlines similar to the acclaimed
Somersault
could be stopped by the Government's new legislation.
Somersault, the tale of a 16-year-old girl who turns to fleeting sexual
encounters in her search for affection, won a record 13 Australian Film
Industry awards last year.
It was director Cate Shortland's debut film.
Mr Harris called for the bill to be tightened to exclude films with a
genuine
artistic purpose.
Attorney-General Rob Hulls told Parliament that "promoting the physical,
sexual, emotional and psychological safety of all young people is a priority
for this Government".
Although the Government has no plans to amend the bill, the issue of legal
defences against the ban would be raised at a meeting of censorship
ministers
next month, a spokeswoman for Mr Hulls said.
As it stands, the Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games)
(Enforcement) (Amendment) Bill would ban the production of any film that
"describes or depicts a person who is, or looks like, a minor under 18 years
of
age engaged in sexual activity or depicted in an indecent sexual manner or
context".
Laws already ban the making of X-rated (non-violent erotica) films as well
as
more hardcore films that would be refused classification if put before the
Commonwealth Office of Film and Literature Classification.
The age of sexual consent in Victoria is 16.
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| Title: Re: More Draconian Censorship: The Continuing Rise Of The Religious Reich |
28 Feb 2005 04:51:04 PM |
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"Clayton the Sage and Onion" <cjfat@SPAMBLOCKphonymails.com> wrote in
news:42239be2$0$1022$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au:
http://www.theage.com.au/news/Film/Change-to-film-sex-rules/2005/02/27/
1109439453390.html?oneclick=true
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Change to film sex rules
By Kenneth Nguyen
February 28, 2005
The burgeoning sexuality of 16 and 17-year-olds - a fruitful subject
for makers of arthouse films including Somersault, The Year My Voice
Broke and Kids - is set to become a no-go zone for Victorian
filmmakers.
Er, did they just ban Romeo & Juliet?
--
Terry Austin
www.hyperbooks.com
Campaign Cartographer now available
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| User: "Fred Stone" |
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| Title: Re: More Draconian Censorship: The Continuing Rise Of The Religious Reich |
03 Mar 2005 06:25:32 AM |
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No 33 Secretary <taustin+usenet@hyperbooks.com> wrote in
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"Clayton the Sage and Onion" <cjfat@SPAMBLOCKphonymails.com> wrote in
news:42239be2$0$1022$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au:
http://www.theage.com.au/news/Film/Change-to-film-sex-
rules/2005/02/27/
1109439453390.html?oneclick=true
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Change to film sex rules
By Kenneth Nguyen
February 28, 2005
The burgeoning sexuality of 16 and 17-year-olds - a fruitful subject
for makers of arthouse films including Somersault, The Year My Voice
Broke and Kids - is set to become a no-go zone for Victorian
filmmakers.
Er, did they just ban Romeo & Juliet?
No, just child porn.
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Fred Stone
aa# 1369
"You know you're over the target when you start receiving flak."
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| User: "Meteorite Debris" |
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| Title: Re: More Draconian Censorship: The Continuing Rise Of The Religious Reich |
01 Mar 2005 12:02:20 AM |
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On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 22:51:04 -0000 the ET form known as No 33
Secretary<taustin+usenet@hyperbooks.com> sent a radio signal across
the vast expanse of deep space -._.--._.--._.--._.--._.--._.
"Clayton the Sage and Onion" <cjfat@SPAMBLOCKphonymails.com> wrote in
news:42239be2$0$1022$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au:
http://www.theage.com.au/news/Film/Change-to-film-sex-rules/2005/02/27/
1109439453390.html?oneclick=true
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Change to film sex rules
By Kenneth Nguyen
February 28, 2005
The burgeoning sexuality of 16 and 17-year-olds - a fruitful subject
for makers of arthouse films including Somersault, The Year My Voice
Broke and Kids - is set to become a no-go zone for Victorian
filmmakers.
Er, did they just ban Romeo & Juliet?
Don't give the wowsers ideas. Censorship laws are becoming dangerous
in Australia. A depiction of person who could look like, but is not
in fact, under 18, and a film that is not banned but would be if it
was reviewed. This is vague and dangerous legal terminology. The
religious reich is very organised and governments are scared of them.
Citizens have no rights in our constitution.
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epicurus1*at*optusnet*dot*com*dot*au
apatriot #1, atheist #1417,
Chief EAC prophet
Jason Gastrich is praying for me on 8 January 2009
http://members.optusnet.com.au/~pk1956/
Apatriotism Yahoo Group
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/apatriotism
Sunday: A day given over by Americans to wishing that they themselves
were dead and in Heaven, and that their neighbors were dead and in
Hell.
-Mencken
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| User: "No 33 Secretary" |
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01 Mar 2005 10:25:00 AM |
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Meteorite Debris <abuse@optusnet,com.au> wrote in
news:MPG.1c8ea97284513d5a98a05a@news.optusnet.com.au:
On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 22:51:04 -0000 the ET form known as No 33
Secretary<taustin+usenet@hyperbooks.com> sent a radio signal across
the vast expanse of deep space -._.--._.--._.--._.--._.--._.
"Clayton the Sage and Onion" <cjfat@SPAMBLOCKphonymails.com> wrote in
news:42239be2$0$1022$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au:
http://www.theage.com.au/news/Film/Change-to-film-sex-rules/2005/02/
27/ 1109439453390.html?oneclick=true
******
Change to film sex rules
By Kenneth Nguyen
February 28, 2005
The burgeoning sexuality of 16 and 17-year-olds - a fruitful
subject for makers of arthouse films including Somersault, The Year
My Voice Broke and Kids - is set to become a no-go zone for
Victorian filmmakers.
Er, did they just ban Romeo & Juliet?
Don't give the wowsers ideas. Censorship laws are becoming dangerous
in Australia. A depiction of person who could look like, but is not
in fact, under 18, and a film that is not banned but would be if it
was reviewed. This is vague and dangerous legal terminology. The
religious reich is very organised and governments are scared of them.
Citizens have no rights in our constitution.
It's not much different in the US, actually, where there have been
prosecutions for virtual child porn (with no actual children involved).
Problem is, they have to sell it to a jury, which is generally tough.
And personally, I think provoking them in to saying they've banned Romeo &
Juliet would be a good thing, since it would show them up as the retards
they are. If that's not the beginning of the end, move to another country.
Seriously.
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Terry Austin
www.hyperbooks.com
Campaign Cartographer now available
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| User: "stoney" |
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| Title: Re: More Draconian Censorship: The Continuing Rise Of The Religious Reich |
03 Mar 2005 11:05:49 AM |
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On Tue, 01 Mar 2005 16:25:00 -0000, No 33 Secretary
<taustin+usenet@hyperbooks.com> wrote:
Meteorite Debris <abuse@optusnet,com.au> wrote in
news:MPG.1c8ea97284513d5a98a05a@news.optusnet.com.au:
On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 22:51:04 -0000 the ET form known as No 33
Secretary<taustin+usenet@hyperbooks.com> sent a radio signal across
the vast expanse of deep space -._.--._.--._.--._.--._.--._.
"Clayton the Sage and Onion" <cjfat@SPAMBLOCKphonymails.com> wrote in
news:42239be2$0$1022$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au:
http://www.theage.com.au/news/Film/Change-to-film-sex-rules/2005/02/
27/ 1109439453390.html?oneclick=true
******
Change to film sex rules
By Kenneth Nguyen
February 28, 2005
The burgeoning sexuality of 16 and 17-year-olds - a fruitful
subject for makers of arthouse films including Somersault, The Year
My Voice Broke and Kids - is set to become a no-go zone for
Victorian filmmakers.
Er, did they just ban Romeo & Juliet?
Don't give the wowsers ideas. Censorship laws are becoming dangerous
in Australia. A depiction of person who could look like, but is not
in fact, under 18, and a film that is not banned but would be if it
was reviewed. This is vague and dangerous legal terminology. The
religious reich is very organised and governments are scared of them.
Citizens have no rights in our constitution.
It's not much different in the US, actually, where there have been
prosecutions for virtual child porn (with no actual children involved).
Problem is, they have to sell it to a jury, which is generally tough.
And personally, I think provoking them in to saying they've banned Romeo &
Juliet would be a good thing, since it would show them up as the retards
they are. If that's not the beginning of the end, move to another country.
Seriously.
I suspect they've been shown many times to be the retards they are and
the appearance is there's been no negative effects.
--
Contempt of Congress meter reading-offscale.
Hello, theocracy with a fundamentalist US Supreme
Court who will ensure church and state are joined
at the hip like clergy and altar boys.
America 1776-Jan 2001 RIP
Religion is the original war crime.
-Michelle Malkin (Feb 26, 2005)
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