gregory house
philosopher-in-chief
Censorship in India is a fact of life. More so with movies and television. We have the Central Board for Film Certification which is not an industry body, which decides what people should watch and what they shouldn't.
Central Board of Film Certification - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The position in other countries.
Motion picture rating system - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In stark contrast, is the system followed in the United States.
Motion Picture Association of America film rating system - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Motion Picture Association of America.
Some views on the same.
CNN - MPAA ratings system gets 'F' from critics, filmmakers - August 23, 1999
Thoughts on the MPAA rating system
India is a relatively free country when it comes to freedom of speech. But we still have a far way to go. Mobs and an over enthusiastic government still decide on what people should watch. Unfortunately, even the Supreme Court of India seems to have taken the view that censorship is necessary.
Censorship in India - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Censorship is a mockery of the idea of free speech. If you can't speak freely out of fear of the law or of being attacked by a mob which deserves to be locked up in a mental asylum or of being hounded by a government who has acquired a distaste for anything contrary to its views or of a judicial system which zealously guards its rights and applies the code of contempt without regard to the validity of the issue at hand, that is a serious problem.
This is the preamble to our constitution (it is the first time I am reading it since civics classes at school).
WE, THE PEOPLE OF INDIA, having solemnly resolved to constitute India into a SOVEREIGN SOCIALIST SECULAR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC and to secure to all its citizens:
JUSTICE, social, economic and political;
LIBERTY of thought, expression, belief, faith and worship;
EQUALITY of status and of opportunity;
and to promote among them all
FRATERNITY assuring the dignity of the individual and the unity and integrity of the Nation;
IN OUR CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY this twenty-sixth day of November, 1949, do HEREBY ADOPT, ENACT AND GIVE TO OURSELVES THIS CONSTITUTION.
Constitution of India
I don't see any of it active today, except socialism which I do not agree with in any case.
Central Board of Film Certification - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The position in other countries.
Motion picture rating system - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In stark contrast, is the system followed in the United States.
Motion Picture Association of America film rating system - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Motion Picture Association of America.
Some views on the same.
CNN - MPAA ratings system gets 'F' from critics, filmmakers - August 23, 1999
Thoughts on the MPAA rating system
India is a relatively free country when it comes to freedom of speech. But we still have a far way to go. Mobs and an over enthusiastic government still decide on what people should watch. Unfortunately, even the Supreme Court of India seems to have taken the view that censorship is necessary.
Censorship in India - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Censorship is a mockery of the idea of free speech. If you can't speak freely out of fear of the law or of being attacked by a mob which deserves to be locked up in a mental asylum or of being hounded by a government who has acquired a distaste for anything contrary to its views or of a judicial system which zealously guards its rights and applies the code of contempt without regard to the validity of the issue at hand, that is a serious problem.
This is the preamble to our constitution (it is the first time I am reading it since civics classes at school).
WE, THE PEOPLE OF INDIA, having solemnly resolved to constitute India into a SOVEREIGN SOCIALIST SECULAR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC and to secure to all its citizens:
JUSTICE, social, economic and political;
LIBERTY of thought, expression, belief, faith and worship;
EQUALITY of status and of opportunity;
and to promote among them all
FRATERNITY assuring the dignity of the individual and the unity and integrity of the Nation;
IN OUR CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY this twenty-sixth day of November, 1949, do HEREBY ADOPT, ENACT AND GIVE TO OURSELVES THIS CONSTITUTION.
Constitution of India
I don't see any of it active today, except socialism which I do not agree with in any case.
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