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Originally Posted by eschwartz
So... New Zealand has state-mandated filters?
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Web? I don't think so. Also, it would be a singular filter:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-09-0...-novel/6755780
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A spokesman confirmed that no book had been subject to such a ban since current legislation was introduced in 1993.
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The book is only banned until a decision is made as to the minimum age for sale to children is determined. A permanent all-ages ban is not one of the options,
as noted in the next-to-last sentence here.
Here what the supposed villain of the piece is saying:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainm...ectid=11509627
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"We're not calling for it to be banned and we never have," Family First national director Bob McCoskrie told Radio New Zealand. We'd just like an age restriction in the same way that a movie has an R16 or R18.
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I don't think setting up such an age restriction system for narrative fiction is a worthwhile use of adult time.
The mini-scandal here isn't characteristic of New Zealand. It sounds like it's a malfunction of their legal system that will be remedied. It certainly makes no sense that, right now, it can't be bought in New Zealand, in paper, by an individual of any age, even though everyone agrees it's OK for older teens. It also doesn't make sense that it's unavailable from a local eBook seller, since such sales have to go through an adult credit card:
http://www.fishpond.co.nz/t/Into+The...ry=New+Zealand
It's also banned at the library:
http://www.wcl.govt.nz/carlweb/jsp/F...Number=1089345
Not good, but, folks, this isn't like China or Russia.