What's the point of The Censor in the internet age ?.

Rabidlamb

I remember when The Life of Brian or From Dusk 'til Dawn were banned in Ireland.

Now if I want to settle in for the evening & watch A Serbian Film followed by 2 hours of fatal accidents caught on camera there's nothing stopping me.
Not saying I would just that it's there on tap should I want to.

Besides classifying TV, so kids don't hear a swear word before the watershed, what's the point of the censor ?.

summerskin

18= tits.

simples

biko

Still to censor TV/movies I assume.
The parents will have to censor the child's internet usage.

summerskin

or more accurately

15= tits
18= tits and pubes.

Ectoplasm

As a guide for what to expect from a movie?

Sure with t'internet you can search for what you want to your hearts content, but what if you fancy going to see a movie but you don't fancy something too violent/sexy/whatever. Certs are a quick glance way of knowing what to expect really.

bonerm

summerskin wrote: »

18= tits.

simples

Exactly. It's a mark of assurance.

It's like those "warnings" on the backs of DVD cases that tell you "may contain strong nudity" or "extreme violence throughout". It's good to know the movie you're about to buy/rent has these elements in them before handing over your money.

Captain_Generic

biko wrote: »

Still to censor TV/movies I assume.
The parents will have to censor the child's internet usage.

But they'll undoubtedly blame the government if little Timmy saw a vagina while his mom was off shagging the gardener

4zn76tysfajdxp

summerskin wrote: »

or more accurately

15= tits
18= tits and pubes.

What if they're shaved?

smokedeels

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mull_of_Kintyre_test

Ri_Nollaig

Brysen Inexpensive Rationalism wrote: »

What if they're shaved?

PG-13

mike65

Ireland does not have a censor - the role is Classifier.

rossie1977

bit pointless alrite, the first evil dead is still banned in ireland but a 2 second google search will find you a perfect dvd quality version

/in before someone says "its the law"

Simon Adebisi

rossie1977 wrote: »

bit pointless alrite, the first evil dead is still banned in ireland but a 2 second google search will find you a perfect dvd quality version

/in before someone says "its the law"

It was banned. Not any more.

Last non pornographic film banned here was Boy Eats Girl because of a suicide scene. The banning was overturned and the film got a 15A cert. Kind of silly tbh.

Actually the original version of I Spit On Your Grave was banned again recently too.

RichieC

if a film gets banned you know it's worth watching.

The Waltzing Consumer

When it comes to sex/violence/drugs, that is one very small part of the classifier/regulator/censor job. The point of regulating or censoring the internet is one, for legal reasons (I don't like the idea of kiddie porn, do you?), and two, standards (the W3C).

Simon Adebisi

Whats the W3C?

Ri_Nollaig

RichieC wrote: »

if a film gets banned you know it's worth watching.

Not really, Hostel was pretty crap. But I probably wouldn't have even bothered had I not heard so much uproar about it.

Simon Adebisi

Hostel was never banned.

If you think banned films are worth a watch look up some of the remaining video nasties that are still banned? 99% of them are dire.

The Waltzing Consumer

Simon Adebisi wrote: »

Whats the W3C?

The World Wide Wed Consortium. It is the main international standards organisation for the web.

http://www.w3.org/

Simon Adebisi

The Waltzing Consumer wrote: »

The World Wide Wed Consortium. It is the main international standards organisation for the web.

http://www.w3.org/

Sound

RichieC

The Waltzing Consumer wrote: »

The World Wide Wed Consortium. It is the main international standards organisation for the web.

http://www.w3.org/

They'll use kiddy porn as a reason to start censoring other things like politics they don't like, guaranteed.

The Waltzing Consumer

RichieC wrote: »

They'll use kiddy porn as a reason to start censoring other things like politics they don't like, guaranteed.

I am pretty sure that is probably what those man-boy love groups like Nambla say as an excuse to their actions.

RichieC

The Waltzing Consumer wrote: »

I am pretty sure that is probably what those man-boy love groups like Nambla say as an excuse to their actions.

sure, very likely. whats the point?

Ri_Nollaig

Simon Adebisi wrote: »

Hostel was never banned.

If you think banned films are worth a watch look up some of the remaining video nasties that are still banned? 99% of them are dire.

my bad, I thought that was banned. Rubbish film either way.