Quote:I put it to you that such a position is hypocritical.
And this is exactly why I describe your understanding of freedom of speech, and western values in general, as infantile. According to you I can only value freedom of speech if I also demand the right to go to a cinema and watch movies that depict sexual violence. No wonder you describe it as wishy washy - it makes no sense to you, because you are a Muslim. Maybe I got that round the wrong way. To you, it is wishy washy, and you probably believe you are not lying when you claim to support freedom of speech and that your position is no different to most other Australians, and is even closer to mine.
Quote:Whats a "real justification" then?
As far as I know you cannot depict sex and violence in the same act. You can depict them separately. The reasoning is that it will encourage rape. I have no idea how sound that reasoning is. I don't really care. Nor do I care about all the other classifications and restrictions, libel and slander laws, advertising codes etc. There are no rapists or anti-rapists threatening to go on a violent rampage if they don't get what they want. There is no agenda to restrict people's views or thoughts on rape and use this as a foot in the door strategy for further restrictions on public debate. There or just some bureaucrats in a dingy office trying to balance the competing values of our society. Both of these values are genuine and it is not hypocrisy to hold them both at the same time. If I were to say that freedom of speech is absolute and trumps every other value, principle and moral we have, then you could call me a hypocrite. But you can only pull out the hypocrite line by pretending to be an imbecile. I do not believe for one minute that despite living in Australia and benefitting from all our freedoms that you are genuinely so clueless about what they mean.
Quote:Censorship should be according to your values but not for others?
If people actually value freedom of speech and understand what it means and why it is so important, then like I said I am not too concerned about the details. People will always argue about which values are more important or how we should deal with conflicting values. This is a good thing. I do not think I am alone in not wanting movies screened that might lead to people getting raped. I can usually trust our society to get the balance right, and I will speak up when I think they are getting it wrong. You call this bigotry. I call it my duty as a responsible citizen.
Censorship should not be about your values Gandalf, because you are a hypocrite. 90% of our population I would trust implicitly to understand the issues and get it right, or close enough to right. I am yet to meet a single Muslim who I think I could trust on this issue.
Quote:I find this revelation that you seem to support censorship in some cases quite extraordinary.
I find you understanding of freedom infantile.
Quote:You start out by grandstanding about how we should all man the barricades to fight censorship
There are no barricades Gandalf. You think there are, and you have your white flag ready to wave as soon as the Muslim nutjobs get upset about something. But you are surrendering too soon. You are waving your white flag frantically, and the other Muslims are looking at their feet and mumbling to themselves about it not being time yet.
Quote:If you weren't being hypocritical and genuinely believed in free speech, you would be standing up for the right of film makers to depict rape and torture and murder on screen.
I watch shows all the time that depict rape, murder and torture. Not all three at the same time of course.
Quote:The very existence of a censorship board in Australia who could potentially arbitrarily ban any film in Australia at will, should be anathema to you. But its not. As usual, its only bad when the muslims do it.
It is bad that Islam is the greatest barrier to freedom and democracy in the world. It is bad that there are genuine, serious attempts to impose backwards Islamic standards on the western world. This is not a disagreement over X vs R ratings or whether the link between rape and depictions of violent sex is real. This is a disagreement over who should get their head chopped for thinking the wrong thoughts. You are doing your best to trivialise it of course. I'm surprised you haven't rolled out any poo jokes.