CD Censorship Starts in Sydney

[Michael Blackman]

It seems it won't be long before flag burning is outlawed apparently (not
that I have ever had an interest in such activities to date) and that we
will all have to proudly fly an Aussie flag at the front doorstep or face
being fined - if certain politicians have their way.......


----- Original Message -----
From: <nycademon at ATTBI.COM>
To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 9:09 AM
Subject: Re: CD Censorship Starts in Sydney


> Funny (for me anyway) to see this now. I just recently discovered that
there was an old CD-ROM game,
> Phantasmagoria, which had been banned in Australia. My brother had a copy,
and I played the thing
> years ago, and while it had some "disturbing" content, I don't remember
anything that would
> justify banning it. Then again, I haven't yet come across anything I would
ban, had I that
> power.
>
> Well, I'd probably say something snide to the poor oppressed Aussies about
freedom
> of speech/expression and the "land of the free, home of the brave", but
our current regime will
> probably do away with such inconveniences in the near future. And here I
was wondering if I should
> flee to Australia . . . :-)
>
> Guido
> > On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 05:07:07PM +0000, M Holmes wrote:
> >
> > => http://www.free-market.net/rd/941178217.html
> >
> > Whereas I have to grudgingly admit that anything that makes it harder
> > for people to own J.Lo CDs can't be all bad, I have to wonder how some
> > cherished opera favourites will slip past the yardstick of "themes
> > such as violence, drug use, murder and suicide..." >;-)
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Paul.
> >
> > e-mail: paul at gromit.dlib.vt.edu
> >
> > "Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production
> >  deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid."
> >         --- Frank Vincent Zappa