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Hipster, your post is delightfully witty, and I thought it was hilarious and appropriate. Thank you for making my morning. It captures perfectly the inanity of these ranking, which seem to proliferate weekly.
Do you want the Conservatives telling you what Canadian stories you'll be allowed to see?
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Unfortunately you've ocompletely missed the point. Censorship is stating that you cannot do or say "x". Not providing funding for "x" may or may not achieve a similar result, but you can still make or say "x". If you can still legally produce "x" it is not censorship.
You are not entitled to government money just because you think your "x" should be shared with the world.
You really didn't understand what I wrote.
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However, the difference between that and censorship is that regardless of what the gov't thinks, you can still make your film. Censorship would be them making it illegal to make a film that has a certain subject matter or depictions.
That isn't a very apt comparison at all.
Look at it this way, I want to make a film and I determine it will cost x dollars when all is said and done. Now I look for ways to offset that amount, or ways that I can finance it. All the government has done is removed themselves from that situation. Therefore your cost remains x dollars, not an additional punitive amount, which is what you've offered up.
Earlscourt Lad obviously thinks it's beneficial for the current government to meddle with our society's morals in despicably conniving and underhanded ways. Yes, let's fund only inoffensive, wholesome films that the whole family can enjoy. To hell with all those liberal, free-spirited, lefty directors who want to poison the minds of our children! Quick, close the gates to the community!