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NEWS: Taiwanese County Warns of Death Note, Others Defend It


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dormcat
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 4:09 pm Reply with quote
woelfie wrote:
I think I'm missing the point here. I would rather expect a government to install as much categories as possible, and then ro restrict the readin of a certain book by advising a category as low as possible.
Omitting intermediate age ratings would only be logic if they try to classify as much books as possible with an "R" rating (or is it that what they're doing?).

Exactly! Twisted Evil

And I'm only half joking. Rolling Eyes They invented a new, informal (and unlawful) rating: "beyond 'restricted'," which was basically equal to "forbidden books," a measure KMT took and had been heavily criticized by the current regime when they were not yet in the office.

woelfie wrote:
What else ridiculous reasons do they have ?

Mr. Hsu said that while parents can watch anime and other video programs together with their children, it would be "technically impossible" for parents to do the same for manga and other printed materials. Don't ask me why.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 10:18 am Reply with quote
This reminds me of other actions in the past.

It's only a small step to book burning, though.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 10:55 am Reply with quote
woelfie wrote:
This reminds me of other actions in the past.

It's only a small step to book burning, though.

Already did. Rolling Eyes

I was going to post those pictures along with the news, but the original website hosting them (of which I had a bookmark) closed down. You reminded me to change a few keywords for the search and finally found them in the link above.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 5:02 pm Reply with quote
Aargh, the middle ages should be finished by now, I thought. Shocked
what a waste of........ well, porn magazines. Crying or Very sad
What man is not tempted by the beautiful looks of an asian beauty ?
(be it in playboy or in manga, doesn't really matter, does it? Wink )
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