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Old 08-27-2009, 09:33 AM   #13
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I'm actually rather pleased to hear of such bans.


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So, here is a group of concerned legislators--poets even if they are right about art -- who are worried that art might actually have some significant influence on minds. Scary thing!
We must live in a different world. Legislatures in this part of it seem to think that all evil comes directly from Hollywood.. except for campaign donations, that is.

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Give me the censors any day over the naysayers.
Not sure what you mean, unless you are indicating that resistance to art will make it stronger.

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Let's imagine just what influence a movie like "District 9" would have! And there's another PJ reference for this thread, to make this post slightly attenuated towards Tolkien.
Who's PJ?
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