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Article #22Re: UNBELIEVABLE
From: John
Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2001 03:22
Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2001 03:22
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I would suggest complaining via email, there is a link from http://www.premier.vic.gov.au/index.htm "Clayton Forno" <cjfat@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message news:3acc2179$0$25508$7f31c96c@news01.syd.optusnet.com.au... > Last week laws where passed in Australia giving religious groups increased > powers to pressure for censorship....and today... > > In the Australian state of Victoria laws were passed preventing the showing > of R rated movies (such as "Hannibal" and the re-release of "The Exorcist") > on Good Friday, because "the Christian religion must be respected"! > > Of course it doesn't matter that the rights of everyone in the state who > does not follow Christianity are not being respected, but unless you are a > Bible kisser I suppose your rights don't matter. Luckily I don't live in > Victoria, but this is a clear indication of the insidious and evil spread of > religious indoctrination and it's increasing control over the rights of the > people in this country....and it only shows signs of getting worse and > spreading. > > For many people the Good Friday and Boxing Day movies fests are a tradition. > I do it myself every year. The fact that millions of people are literally > being told what, where and when they can see a movie violates their basic > democratic rights......and the very concept itself is a spit in the face of > freethinkers, including the 25% of Australians who do not believe in God. > > It's about time some action was taken before this cancer spreads across the > nation. > > >
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fd95d,b3e0c608da4d97f6 X-Google-Attributes: gidfd95d,public X-Google-Thread: 1046d5,b3e0c608da4d97f6 X-Google-Attributes: gid1046d5,public X-Google-Thread: 110d33,b3e0c608da4d97f6 X-Google-Attributes: gid110d33,public X-Google-Thread: 116469,b3e0c608da4d97f6 X-Google-Attributes: gid116469,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-04-05 20:22:43 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!news.tele.dk!206.252.192.28!news.stealth.net!intgwpad.nntp.telstra.net!news-server.bigpond.net.au!not-for-mail From: "John" <junk@junk.com> Newsgroups: alt.agnosticism,alt.atheism,alt.censorship,aus.censorship References: <3acc2179$0$25508$7f31c96c@news01.syd.optusnet.com.au> Subject: Re: UNBELIEVABLE Lines: 43 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.3018.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.3018.1300 Message-ID: <5Eaz6.6773$Xi1.51647@news-server.bigpond.net.au> Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2001 03:22:41 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 144.132.57.130 X-Complaints-To: news@bigpond.net.au X-Trace: news-server.bigpond.net.au 986527361 144.132.57.130 (Fri, 06 Apr 2001 13:22:41 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2001 13:22:41 EST Organization: BigPond Internet Services (http://www.bigpond.net.au)