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04 Jul 2011, 7:00 am

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The reason I wouldn't want to go to England because it seems they have it out to ban any controversial film.

Could you give some examples? I was always given the impression that America's censors were much stricter. We show Black Swan, Fox edits out Bart's genitals in The Simpsons Movie.

The most recent one is Human Centipede 2. The BBFC refused to classify it.

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04 Jul 2011, 8:39 am

Kinda pointless though when you have the internet to get hold of it.

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04 Jul 2011, 8:42 am

Henbane wrote:

The_Walrus wrote:

thewrll wrote:

The reason I wouldn't want to go to England because it seems they have it out to ban any controversial film.

Could you give some examples? I was always given the impression that America's censors were much stricter. We show Black Swan, Fox edits out Bart's genitals in The Simpsons Movie.

The most recent one is Human Centipede 2. The BBFC refused to classify it.

Just read the plot summary of that. Strikes me as being abhorrent rather than controversial.

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04 Jul 2011, 8:43 am

Henbane wrote:

The_Walrus wrote:

thewrll wrote:

The reason I wouldn't want to go to England because it seems they have it out to ban any controversial film.

Could you give some examples? I was always given the impression that America's censors were much stricter. We show Black Swan, Fox edits out Bart's genitals in The Simpsons Movie.

The most recent one is Human Centipede 2. The BBFC refused to classify it.

OT: congrats on post #1,000, and I like your new rank, interesting creatures those...

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04 Jul 2011, 11:46 am

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congrats on post #1,000, and I like your new rank, interesting creatures those...

I'm hoping to be reincarnated as one. But more likely I'll be a dung beetle.

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04 Jul 2011, 12:59 pm

I noticed some Nascar bashing earlier........now, I'm not a huge fan of Nascar, but I do respect it. I was going to write a lengthy piece on the skill involved, and the differences between them and other motorsports but..............I think most people wouldn't care to read it :\

Moving on.

I'd LOVE to live in the UK. The only thing that would probably have me crawling back to America are the speed traps. I have a hard time abiding by speed limits so I think it'd be pretty safe to say I'd be broke after spending just a week in London. And not just speed traps, but cameras in general. I once heard that there are 100 cameras per square mile in London? But hey, atleast its not France :p

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04 Jul 2011, 1:02 pm

You'd be lucky to get anywhere near 30mph in some parts of London during the day :lol:

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04 Jul 2011, 1:08 pm

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My country has it's own flag, it's own language and as it now has an assembly it's one step closer to it's own government.

Wales won't become independent. There just isn't the will or the impetus for it. The same is true in Scotland, most likely. Just because a lot of people vote for nationalist parties doesn't necessarily mean they want independence. And the people of NI won't vote for changing their constitutional settlement - the constitutional issue is so volatile there anyway.

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04 Jul 2011, 1:09 pm

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I'd LOVE to live in the UK. The only thing that would probably have me crawling back to America are the speed traps. I have a hard time abiding by speed limits so I think it'd be pretty safe to say I'd be broke after spending just a week in London. And not just speed traps, but cameras in general. I once heard that there are 100 cameras per square mile in London? But hey, atleast its not France :p

It's difficult to convey what it's like living here if you haven't lived here. In fact, in many ways, I find much of the rest of continental Europe freer than the UK.

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04 Jul 2011, 1:11 pm

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You'd be lucky to get anywhere near 30mph in some parts of London during the day :lol:

For real? Damn...........most everything in the town I live in is either 35mph or 45mph. Whatever the speed limit is, I go 10 mph over that. Though there is the exception..........I live on a long piece of country road that allows you to go 55, but I typically go about 75

I call it the poor mans Nurburgring due to all the sweeping turns. I also run 3-5 red lights a day. I'm not even sure if there are any speed cameras here......I guess they're too advanced for the rednecks here in Kentucky

Fastest I ever went on a public road: 157mph. But that was in California, and in a Dodge Viper. My current car would probably explode at 90mph lol

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04 Jul 2011, 1:13 pm

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It's difficult to convey what it's like living here if you haven't lived here. In fact, in many ways, I find much of the rest of continental Europe freer than the UK.

I've heard that a number of times, actually. Which is why I'd move to Germany if I had the choice to move to Europe

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04 Jul 2011, 1:15 pm

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The most recent one is Human Centipede 2. The BBFC refused to classify it.

The new film The Bunny Game does not look like it will fare particularly well if this is anything to go by:

It features a fearless performance from Rodleen Getsic, who portrays a junkie Los Angeles prostitute who is abducted by a crazed trucker, dragged out to the desert and tortured for three days.

Here's the catch though, everything you see on screen is real. There are no stunts. No fake prosthetics. Rodleen underwent tremendous personal prep to take on this role, transforming her body, fasting for forty+ days prior to shooting. She takes a real brand, and some very real beatings. None of these people are actors.

But, yes, of course, a BBFC refusal means that the film is essentially banned in the UK. I don't think films should be banned in the UK unless it's child pornography, or inciting violence, or otherwise breaking the law (much as some of us might disagree with those other laws).

The last film I can remember the BBFC banning of any serious note was probably about nine or ten years ago. Most of the material that is banned nowadays, I personally can't get too worked up over, but I still think that such censorship undermines freedom of expression here. And it's not like this material isn't extremely freely available over the Internet - though, to be honest, if you look at Internet porn these days you have to be extremely careful what websites you visit if you want to stay entirely within the law. A lot of porn websites unwittingly host illegal material.

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04 Jul 2011, 1:31 pm

Katatonic wrote:

I have a hard time abiding by speed limits so I think it'd be pretty safe to say I'd be broke after spending just a week in London. And not just speed traps, but cameras in general. I once heard that there are 100 cameras per square mile in London? But hey, atleast its not France :p

You'd probably struggle to break the speed limit in London to be honest.

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04 Jul 2011, 2:09 pm

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Tequila wrote:

Katatonic wrote:

It's difficult to convey what it's like living here if you haven't lived here. In fact, in many ways, I find much of the rest of continental Europe freer than the UK.

I've heard that a number of times, actually. Which is why I'd move to Germany if I had the choice to move to Europe

Each country in europe has its merits and downsides.

There isn't really a superior or inferior one. But then I was born into a family with ties to europe so i've never had this monotone english perspective of only seeing the world through the cutlure of the English. I think the further away from London you go in England the more inward looking and monotone the culture becomes.

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04 Jul 2011, 2:11 pm

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My country has it's own flag, it's own language and as it now has an assembly it's one step closer to it's own government.

You're probably right, and to be honest I don't think I'd want wales to be completely independent as we don't have the money to do it. Although it is pretty cool that we get free prescriptions and England don't. I only mentioned the assembly to point out that England and wales are separate countries. It infuriates when people tell me I'm english.

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04 Jul 2011, 2:24 pm

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I think the further away from London you go in England the more inward looking and monotone the culture becomes.

^^ Yaaye greetings Laz. I believe this is very magical as I believe this little trend that you have stated may be considered to be monotone also. ^^

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