I know that this post is very different from any others that have been put up, but I thought it was very relevent to discuss. So, this is something my parents brought up the other night at dinner, apparently the Canadian federal government has passed a bill the will limit funding, cease funding for arts etc that they find to be innapropriate for Canadians to view. This is an excerpt from an article talking about some aspects from this bill. I you think that this is something important or valid that you would like to respond to please do so. What do you think about it, is it something we should be worrying about, do you think that it could lead to a more drastic censorship of arts?
A new bill that would give the federal Heritage Department the power to deny funding for films and TV shows it considers offensive is creating shock waves in the industry.
Changes now before the Senate to the Income Tax Act that would allow the federal government to cancel tax credits for projects thought to be offensive or not in the public interest. The amendments have already been passed in the House of Commons.
The amendment to Bill C-10 would allow the Heritage Minister to deny tax credits for Canadian productions, even if federal agencies such as Telefilm and the Canadian Television Fund have invested in the production.
'It sounds like something they do in Beijing.'— Director David Cronenberg
This excerpt was from the cbc news website, so if you want more info heres the link:
http://www.cbc.ca/arts/film/story/2008/02/28/film-tax-credits.html
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That's... ridiculous. I think that people are far too easily offended by things. When did everything become politically incorrect? How is this a democratic country with such drastic censorship? (Okay, it's not that drastic yet, but there's no doubt that something like this could easily change into something worse.)
The most intelligent and thought-provoking things are often offensive to at least one person. As long as no one's getting hurt (physically), sometimes people need to suck it up and not be bothered with others. Coexisting with things that offend you in a society where you have freedom of expression is much better than having to conform with the government's "peaceful" ideal which restricts your rights.
I agree with "stephanie" that is ridiculous. Why can't people except everything? When did we become sensitive? I understand that there are things that offend people and we have to respect that but that's taking away people's freedom of expression. If someone is offended by something I think they should just suck it up and not look at it or watch it. How are they to decide what is offensive to people and what isn't?
I think that the government is a little late to bring up this bill. There is already so many things on tv and in our literature that it almost seems pointless to restrict them. While this may stop some people from being offended by things that they see on tv, these same people could very well experience things that are just as offending or worse in real life. This is just another example of the government acting on a whim without really thinking about the repercussions before hand.
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