"Roger Rabbit" Banned in China

[jimbeaux]

China's government said they do not fancy cartoons that share the screen with humans or anything supernatural. Therefore, they have banned Disney-type cartoons like "Babe", "Who Shot Roger Rabbit", etc.

I don't believe that the Chinese government can continue to contain this type of information. The more they ban things, the harder the people will work to get around it. This "total control" may work in N. Korea, but China's citizens have to much access to media technology for this control to hold.

Nike Advertisment also banned for more stupid reasons:


www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,140621,00.html

[paulhol]

I can't see how they aim to strengthen links with the Western world when they continue this kind of censorship

[C C]

paulhol said:

I can't see how they aim to strengthen links with the Western world when they continue this kind of censorship

Why should they bother when the west is bending over backwards to please them.




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[sadako]

Dont worry, China's pirate video market never takes any notice of what is banned. Most of the population has seen memoirs of a geisha already...

[Pat H]

jimbeaux said:

China's government said they do not fancy cartoons that share the screen with humans.

Strange.

They don't seem to have a problem with muppets..

[DanL]

jimbeaux said:

China's government said they do not fancy cartoons that share the screen with humans or anything supernatural. Therefore, they have banned Disney-type cartoons like "Babe", "Who Shot Roger Rabbit", etc.

Have you got a link to this?

jimbeaux said:

Nike Advertisment also banned for more stupid reasons:

However,

article said:

It shows James in a video game-style setting defeating the kung fu master, two women in traditional Chinese attire and a pair of dragons, considered a sacred symbol in traditional Chinese culture. The advertisement "violates regulations that mandate that all advertisements in China should uphold national dignity and interest and respect the motherland's culture," the State Administration for Radio, Film and Television said on a statement posted Monday on its Web site.

Doesn't seem too unreasonable. Would you be happy with an advert showing the burning of the American flag? Ok, it may not seem to be the same thing, but who knows how the Chinese see it? I'm also not too sure why you're bothered. Yes, some other countries may not have the freedoms that we do, but it's not the Western world's job to impose our world views on them. In the future we may be very glad that the Chinese government has such control over what they can do - do you really want 1 billion Chinese people all driving cars and attempting to live a fully Western lifestyle?

Dan

[beanbag]

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[Eric Mc]

They are afraid of the effect Jessica Rabbit might have on young Chinese male minds.

[bigTee]

Eric Mc said:

They are afraid of the effect Jessica Rabbit might have on young Chinese male minds.

she is fit though!

[r988]

The Chinese will have pirated and watched all the stuff before we do anyway, most of that stuff is made there, then pirated there as well .

[jimbeaux]

beanbag said:

jimbeaux said: China's government said they do not fancy cartoons that share the screen with humans or anything supernatural. Therefore, they have banned Disney-type cartoons like "Babe", "Who Shot Roger Rabbit", etc. I don't believe that the Chinese government can continue to contain this type of information. The more they ban things, the harder the people will work to get around it. This "total control" may work in N. Korea, but China's citizens have to much access to media technology for this control to hold. Nike Advertisment also banned for more stupid reasons: www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,140621,00.html A nice non-biased news agency you chose there! How much more "pro-Bush the rest of the world is evil" could you get!?

Please don't bother me with you all's tired "Fox is Pro-Bush", "Fox is Feaux", etc. LOOK CLOSELY....it's an ASSOCIATED PRESS article, Fox just ran it...as did others. I could say the same thing (opposite extreme) about BBC, New York Times, etc....the agony!!

[tvrolet]

jimbeaux said:

China's government said they do not fancy cartoons that share the screen with humans or anything supernatural. Therefore, they have banned Disney-type cartoons like "Babe", "Who Shot Roger Rabbit", etc.

Cartoons? I thought Roger Rabbit was a documentary. You mean Toon Town doesn't exist? You mean Jessica Rabbit is a figment of my imagination. Never!

[james_j]

Companies like Google who brownnose the chinese government by submitting to their censorship don't help.

[jimbeaux]

james_j said:

Companies like Google who brownnose the chinese government by submitting to their censorship don't help.

True.

[Yugguy]

DanL said:

do you really want 1 billion Chinese people all driving cars and attempting to live a fully Western lifestyle? Dan

Like Hancock said, they've all got noses you know.

>> Edited by Yugguy on Friday 24th February 12:14

[tinman0]

james_j said:

Companies like Google who brownnose the chinese government by submitting to their censorship don't help.

theres a wonderful irony with Google - they definitely rolled over for the Chinese Govt, but when the US Govt asked for a list of search terms they are indignant.

[sneijder]

What about cartoons of Prophets ?

[blueyes]

Oh THAT rabbit... I thought you were talking about a sex aid.

[DanL]

Yugguy said:

DanL said: do you really want 1 billion Chinese people all driving cars and attempting to live a fully Western lifestyle? Dan Like Hancock said, they've all got noses you know.

Well, indeed - I'd rather not compete for resources with them, however!

Dan