Countries that ban 'Fahrenheit 9/11'

[Bandit3 the Worker]

The answer of course is no.

Yet the media and the Bushists call Kuwait "democratic" even though it banned 'Fahrenheit 9/11'.

[The Man From G.O.P.]

GRRRR!

[John Dibble]

Sure they can - democracy isn't necessarily a good thing. The masses can be just as oppressive as any dictator. Fortunately in this country we have certain rights enshrined in our highest law to prevent such things.

[opebo]

None of our client states in the Middle East respect 'human rights', nor are they democracies.

[Hatman 🍁]

Kuwait isn't really a democracy. Are women even allowed to vote there?

[minionofmidas]

The answer of course is no.

Yet the media and the Bushists call Kuwait "democratic" even though it banned 'Fahrenheit 9/11'.

There are better reasons to dismiss that American overseas possession from the list of democratic countries. Although this sort of fits my image of Kuwait very well.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

Kuwait isn't really a democracy. Are women even allowed to vote there?

No, but the media has referred to it as a "democracy" anyway.

[Speed of Sound]

Sure they can - democracy isn't necessarily a good thing. The masses can be just as oppressive as any dictator. Fortunately in this country we have certain rights enshrined in our highest law to prevent such things.

Indeed. There is a big difference between 'free' and 'democratic', and this is a great example.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Kuwait isn't really a democracy. Are women even allowed to vote there?

Yes, but that only became the case about two years ago or so.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Yes - movie banning has nothing to do w/ Gov't type.

[Gabu]

I always kind of thought that a country being a democracy had to do with whether or not the people can go to the polls and elect a new government if they so choose.

The UK has banned Manhunt 2; does that make them not a democracy?

[Bandit3 the Worker]

The UK has banned Manhunt 2; does that make them not a democracy?

Well, democracy maybe. But certainly not free.

By very definition, a country that bans it is NOT a free country.

[Јas]

The UK has banned Manhunt 2; does that make them not a democracy?

Well, democracy maybe. But certainly not free.

By very definition, a country that bans it is NOT a free country.

Is there such a thing as a 'free country' then? And would it be desirable?

Just about every law impinges on 'freedom' in some way or other, most prominantly in the form of criminal statutes (most of which ban various activites [murder; theft; etc.]). There are certain 'freedoms' which society benefits from being curbed.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

Is there such a thing as a 'free country' then?

If there's any countries that don't ban Manhunt 2, then it's possible.

[Јas]

Is there such a thing as a 'free country' then?

If there's any countries that don't ban Manhunt 2, then it's possible.

I don't foresee many lexicographers out there picking this up as part of their definitions for 'freedom'.

[useful idiot]

Australia bans tons of video games and movies, so what are they?

[Silent Hunter]

Australia bans tons of video games and movies, so what are they?

Germany bans virtually everything Nazi-related as well.

[Tetro Kornbluth]

Is there such a thing as a 'free country' then?

If there's any countries that don't ban Manhunt 2, then it's possible.

I don't foresee many lexicographers out there picking this up as part of their definitions for 'freedom'.

I think you know by my rants by now Jas that Ireland isn't a democracy it's a mediocracy.

Yes Manhunt Two is banned here. No I don't feel banning polluted public discourse in anyway. No I don't think it should have been banned. But there are at least 100 more important things to discuss in Ireland alone today. (The reaction at the news on some sites I used to visit was at times hysterical. Which is often why the word "used to" came into that sentence. In comparsion the word Fascist is treated with the proper meaning it deserves.)

Instead of talking about Fahrenheit 9\11 (and LOL@calling Kuwait a Democracy) and Manhunt let's talk about a more important issue what describes a democracy or not. And that's how much the media sucks.

[Gabu]

Is there such a thing as a 'free country' then?

If there's any countries that don't ban Manhunt 2, then it's possible.

Well then you'll love this: the US has not banned Manhunt 2.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

Well then you'll love this: the US has not banned Manhunt 2.

According to the Wikipedia article, it effectively has. It was something to do with some companies not making AO games for their platform, and the AO being part of the "voluntary" system that the government pressured the industry into imposing.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Yes Manhunt Two is banned here. No I don't feel banning polluted public discourse in anyway. No I don't think it should have been banned. But there are at least 100 more important things to discuss in Ireland alone today. (The reaction at the news on some sites I used to visit was at times hysterical. Which is often why the word "used to" came into that sentence. In comparsion the word Fascist is treated with the proper meaning it deserves.)

Wow. See why I don't like Ireland?

So if you visited another country and managed to smuggle a copy of Manhunt 2 back or imported it in an unmarked box, could you then be arrested for owning it?

There's a 100 issues more important than free speech?

[Person Man]

What crime would you be guilty of if you are found to have possessed Manhunt 2?  Sedition?

[Lief 🗽]

Democracy != Freedom.

If anything, a true democracy leads to less freedom.

[Јas]

Yes Manhunt Two is banned here. No I don't feel banning polluted public discourse in anyway. No I don't think it should have been banned. But there are at least 100 more important things to discuss in Ireland alone today. (The reaction at the news on some sites I used to visit was at times hysterical. Which is often why the word "used to" came into that sentence. In comparsion the word Fascist is treated with the proper meaning it deserves.)

Wow. See why I don't like Ireland?

No, but then I've largely given up trying to follow BRTD logic.

So if you visited another country and managed to smuggle a copy of Manhunt 2 back or imported it in an unmarked box, could you then be arrested for owning it?

Almost certainly not.

[John Dibble]

Well then you'll love this: the US has not banned Manhunt 2.

According to the Wikipedia article, it effectively has. It was something to do with some companies not making AO games for their platform, and the AO being part of the "voluntary" system that the government pressured the industry into imposing.

In other words, it wasn't banned. You CAN buy AO games in the US - retailers don't tend to sell them, sure, but there are places that sell them. Take Two chose not to sell the AO version of this via those sellers because it would not have netted the profits they desired. They instead chose to alter it so it would get an M rating, which it has.