Friday, June 10, 2011
Bibliography
4. American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression. “kidSPEAK!”. kidSPEAK! (2001). Accessed on 8 May, 2011 <http://www.kidspeakonline.org/>
Final Findings
According to the Encarta Dictionary, censorship is the suppression of something regarded as objectionable, whether it be a quote from a movie, lines written in a book, or even graphics on a computer game.
In Australia, censorship is one of the most highly monitored subjects within the general public. Australia being a Federation, censorship is divided between both the states of Australia and the federal Government.Fact of the matter is that Australia has one of the most strictest censorship boards that the world has.
The blog in general was a negative outlook on the issue on censorship, but although in some posts there was a positive light shed on some forms of censorship. In this blog there were a few statements about movies that had been banned, which had in turn given the public much relief.
http://vodpod.com/watch/2364956-internet-censorship-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly-
In 1980, Ruggero Deodato an Italian director put together his film, "Cannibal Holocaust". But upon this films release, it ruffled many feathers including those of the classification board. As one of the previous blog posts states, this film was said to contain "snuff" qualities and from then on had been banned from the general public. After all the controversy had wavered and a cut version was released, the ban was then revoked and released into the general public.
Many complaints have also been made over the "Saw" series, which had started off as an Australian film, and then American directors buy the story off the original directors. Known as "torture porn" the Saw series has caused a lot of controversy, quoted as being "disgusting, pointless and disturbing".
The majority of the posts in this blog were related to bans that didn't make sense in some peoples perspectives.
Another point that had been made was the "World Church of the Creator" websites and blogs. Many are said to convey white supremacy and racism toward our public. Filters on the Internet are working overtime in order to filter out all of the websites that are said to be disturbing and may be harmful to thhe general public.
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/391767/5_reasons_why_the_saw_movie_series.html
The Mortal Kombat series has been a beloved addition to the video gaming world ever since the year 1992, but the recent ban of the latest Mortal Kombat, has angered many gamers around Australia. Although to some people, what is seen as a game of absolute gore and disgust, most individuals have grown up with this game in the arcades and are disappointed to see it banned.
On another note, parents are banding together to ensure that many classic novels are banned from their childrens school libraries such as, Harry Potter, due to the fact that it contains "witchcraft" and "supernatural themes". Along with parents creating their own website favouring banning these novels in schools, other adults have also banded together forming their own website KidSpeak, in order for kids to get the chance to have their own say.
http://childrensbooks.about.com/cs/censorship/a/banharry.htm
In reference to the final blog post made, many items of clothing have also been banned from shelves and internet sites due to the "obscenities and vulgar comments" that are on them. Many professionals have stated that "too many qualities of life are taken away due to the obscenities that are thrown our way and made a way of life".
In conclusion, for individual perspective censorship is a matter of opinion in some cases, but as it is found, most cases are just seen to be mutual feelings that some things just need to be banned.
In Australia, censorship is one of the most highly monitored subjects within the general public. Australia being a Federation, censorship is divided between both the states of Australia and the federal Government.Fact of the matter is that Australia has one of the most strictest censorship boards that the world has.
The blog in general was a negative outlook on the issue on censorship, but although in some posts there was a positive light shed on some forms of censorship. In this blog there were a few statements about movies that had been banned, which had in turn given the public much relief.
http://vodpod.com/watch/2364956-internet-censorship-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly-
Many complaints have also been made over the "Saw" series, which had started off as an Australian film, and then American directors buy the story off the original directors. Known as "torture porn" the Saw series has caused a lot of controversy, quoted as being "disgusting, pointless and disturbing".
The majority of the posts in this blog were related to bans that didn't make sense in some peoples perspectives.
Another point that had been made was the "World Church of the Creator" websites and blogs. Many are said to convey white supremacy and racism toward our public. Filters on the Internet are working overtime in order to filter out all of the websites that are said to be disturbing and may be harmful to thhe general public.
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/391767/5_reasons_why_the_saw_movie_series.html
The Mortal Kombat series has been a beloved addition to the video gaming world ever since the year 1992, but the recent ban of the latest Mortal Kombat, has angered many gamers around Australia. Although to some people, what is seen as a game of absolute gore and disgust, most individuals have grown up with this game in the arcades and are disappointed to see it banned.
On another note, parents are banding together to ensure that many classic novels are banned from their childrens school libraries such as, Harry Potter, due to the fact that it contains "witchcraft" and "supernatural themes". Along with parents creating their own website favouring banning these novels in schools, other adults have also banded together forming their own website KidSpeak, in order for kids to get the chance to have their own say.
http://childrensbooks.about.com/cs/censorship/a/banharry.htm
In reference to the final blog post made, many items of clothing have also been banned from shelves and internet sites due to the "obscenities and vulgar comments" that are on them. Many professionals have stated that "too many qualities of life are taken away due to the obscenities that are thrown our way and made a way of life".
In conclusion, for individual perspective censorship is a matter of opinion in some cases, but as it is found, most cases are just seen to be mutual feelings that some things just need to be banned.
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Personal Experience, Bad Experience.
The story starts with a very controversial t-shirt that my friend had bought online, thinking it was hilarious he bought it and decided to wear it when we both went shopping. Before I go on, his shirt read "Alcohol, Firearms, Tobacco: Whose Bringing The Chips?", if from memory I'm not mistaken!
Back on topic, we went into JB-HiFi and one of the employees in the store asked for us to get out, not knowing what was going on I asked what the problem was. The store clerk answered and said that there had been many customer complaints about my friends t-shirt and we needed to leave the store. Thinking that this was ridiculous, my friend put up an argument, stating that it was just a shirt and no harm was coming out of wearing it. But the store clerk in the end, got her supervisor and he politely asked us to leave.
Now to be quite honest, I think that whole experience was disappointing, because to think that there had been a lot of customer complaints just because of a "controversial" t-shirt my friend decided to wear. In my opinion, there was no rude remarks stated on that t-shirt directed at anyone in particular, it was just a piece of clothing with dry humour marked on it, nothing more. Now if it was something more like this that I found on a t-shirt website, "Keep it Flying" referring to the "redneck hillbillies" which I think is horrible, and this can cause much controversy. Also, there was another t-shirt that I found awful that stated "Talk Shit, Spit Blood". Now people can have every right to complain about that shirt as it is displaying a bit of violence with no humour intended.
I don't understand why people have gotten so sensitive about specific subjects nowadays, but I think that some just need to lighten up and have a laugh, of course this is circumstantial! Making sure that the piece of clothing is within taste, and that it isn't racist or abusive.
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