It’s no secret that China is censoring the internet over there, encouraging netizens to "advance harmony". But with the recent earthquake (and more recent aftershock) in Sichuan province, the Chinese blogosphere was mostly empathic, thus eliminating the need to "shut up dissidents." However, when bloggers start to criticize the less than sympathetic response of some [...]
Here’s a letter about self-censorship options for Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Basically, the movie will be rated AA which would mean only 14 and above can only see it. The make it to A (which means down to 5), several cuts (from the dialog) were suggested. The funny thing is, the letter writer [...]
You probably already heard about the new editions of Mark Twain’s “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.” That’s right–the ones where the “n-word” were replaced with “slave.” Some believe this dilutes the essence of the book but as Larry Wilmore from the Daily Show puts it “slave is a job description and Jim was an escaped slave. [...]
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