Socrates....TRY and comprehend this.
Nobody is saying you can't make a movie absolutely full of gratuitous violence and group sex. Feel free. Go right ahead. No censhorship.
BUT the elected representatives of the people are fully within their rights to decide which films will get the money that belongs to the people.
This is NOT censorship.
If I walk by a copy of Penthouse on the newstand and buy a copy of Macleans......am I guilty of censoring Penthouse?
NO!
Same thing.....once again, the elected representatives of the people deciding where the people's money should, and should NOT, be spent.
That is their JOB!
Personally, I'm not real happy about them spending my money on ANY of the Arts.....if I want it, I'll buy it, thank you very much.
Hi Colpy, thank you for your participation on my post,
first off I am not looking for grants to produce movies absolutely full of gratuitous violence and group sex..
Secondly, I feel that the elected representatives have not asked any people in the film community which films should be funded and which ones should not. If you are of the opinion that the elected representatives should gage their opinion by asking other groups not associated with fine arts to tell artists what is art and what is not, then my good friend your are suggesting that groups not associated by the very industry of fine arts should decide for them, and that in the eyes of freedom is censorship.
Thirdly, comparing you buying a copy of a MacLean’s over a Penthouse is so out of context, it is like comparing butterflies to elephants.
Fourthly, the elected representatives deciding for the fine arts what is warranted of government support or not with out any dialog on the very subject we are entering the theater of dictatorship. Smile, that is not their Job, we are not in China, we are in North America were freedom of expression in the 21st century should prevail.
Fifthly, you may not be a supporter of fine arts but my dear friend once again fine arts is a heritage which no dictator has the right to mussel.
I hope this can bring some awareness that a country with out fine arts is very BORING AND DULL COUNTRY IN TH EYES OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION!!!!!!!!!!
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