I agree with you, that any form of censorship is in principle a bad thing. No matter whether it's acted out by a government agency or a TV-Station.
Yet, taking german history into account, banning "Mein Kampf" from being sold in Germany is absolutely understandable. Besides, who is interested in the rantings of an austrian painter, anyway? I read excerpts from "Mein Kampf" in High School, and it's simply ridiculous.
The rest of the time, free speech is held in as high regard in Germany as it is in any other western democracy... But we're definitely losing track of South Park here:-)
assume that by "over there" you're referring to the US. No, there is no true "censorship" in the sense that happens in, say, Singapore or Germany.
I don't see any connection between somewhat absolutist Regimes like Singapore, and Germany (and yes, I live there...)
Actually, only in this discussion I heard that in American SP Episodes any expressions are deemed inappropriate and therefore bleeped out. In the dubbed german Episodes, which make excessive use of every German equivalent of f-words, I never noticed a single *bleep*
So much for censorship - considering what americans think obscene (in language and pictures), I'm afraid the US is closer to Singapore than Germany is. Rowlff
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I agree with you, that any form of censorship is in principle a bad thing. No matter whether it's acted out by a government agency or a TV-Station.
:-)
Yet, taking german history into account, banning "Mein Kampf" from being sold in Germany is absolutely understandable. Besides, who is interested in the rantings of an austrian painter, anyway? I read excerpts from "Mein Kampf" in High School, and it's simply ridiculous.
The rest of the time, free speech is held in as high regard in Germany as it is in any other western democracy...
But we're definitely losing track of South Park here
Rowlff
assume that by "over there" you're referring to the US. No, there is no true "censorship" in the sense that happens in, say, Singapore or Germany.
...)
I don't see any connection between somewhat absolutist Regimes like Singapore, and Germany (and yes, I live there
Actually, only in this discussion I heard that in American SP Episodes any expressions are deemed inappropriate and therefore bleeped out. In the dubbed german Episodes, which make excessive use of every German equivalent of f-words, I never noticed a single *bleep*
So much for censorship - considering what americans think obscene (in language and pictures), I'm afraid the US is closer to Singapore than Germany is. Rowlff