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Old Yesterday, 04:43 AM   #21
JSWolf
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I wasn't considering school libraries. I was considering actual Government bans on books for alleged "Think of the Children".

The UK used to ban books and other media much more than now and the Irish Government was worse.

Movies and the home marketed media get age ratings, some of which can be weird and there is little consistency between countries with swearing, any nudity and violence treated differently.

Censoring is a complex issue. Retroactive bans are always very suspicious.
The UK still bans things for the most stupidest of reasons. The movie The Abyss is banned in the UK for a really stupid reason. There is a scene of a mouse being submerged in a breathing liquid and it's not even a real mouse. It's special effects. I'm an adult and something like The Abyss should be my choice if I want to watch it or not. Parents could have turned on parental controls on Disney+ if they don't want their kids to see that.

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