tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post6287415413553425454..comments2024-03-28T09:22:36.967+13:00Comments on Offsetting Behaviour: Making an ass of the lawEric Cramptonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15831696523324469713noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-65929229299418017792014-01-23T11:48:44.808+13:002014-01-23T11:48:44.808+13:00That's all fixedThat's all fixedEric Cramptonhttp://offsettingbehaviour.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-31364949823309203062014-01-23T11:43:40.241+13:002014-01-23T11:43:40.241+13:00The quote made that clear, but the opening sentenc...The quote made that clear, but the opening sentence said: "From the Classification Office's recent decision regarding "Into the River", a teen-lit book." The classification office's decision is here: http://www.teddawe.com/Censors%20report%20on%20Into%20the%20River.pdf. It differs.<br /><br />And the bit on the Chair's view is reported here: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=11184942. Am in the process of trying to get his formal dissent.Graeme Edgelernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-75799859565262260042014-01-23T11:18:38.402+13:002014-01-23T11:18:38.402+13:00I thought that the quote made clear that it was a ...I thought that the quote made clear that it was a Board of Review tightening of the restrictions on the book, but I can make it clearer. All the film stuff is OFL's though. <br /><br /><br />Where did you find the bit on the Chair's view? Who the hell are these people?Eric Cramptonhttp://offsettingbehaviour.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-90523371827524579342014-01-23T10:46:47.942+13:002014-01-23T10:46:47.942+13:00They're about to increase the penalty for poss...They're about to increase the penalty for possessing objectionable publications (that you know to be objectionable) from 10 years imprisonment to 14 years imprisonment.<br /><br />I will note, however, that you can't blame the Classification Office for Into the River - the censor game Into the River an unrestricted M rating. Someone sought a review of that decision by the Film and Literature Board of Review. It was they who made it R13. Indeed, the chair of the Board wanted R18. You are not quoting from the classification office's decision, you are quoting from the Board's decision. They are entirely separate. The Censor and Classification Officers are full-time censors. The Board is there as a community check on the Government.Graeme Edgelernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-14089354427526083682014-01-23T10:46:44.958+13:002014-01-23T10:46:44.958+13:00More fun - it is apparently currently available fr...More fun - it is apparently currently available from the Rangiora library on the teen fiction shelf - https://ent.kotui.org.nz/client/waimakariri/search/results?qu=into+the+river&rt=TITLE|||Title|||false<br />The library recently went completely self-service check-out so they are bound to have lots of incriminatory evidence of the number of times they broke the law.RobSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-70105226074998505082014-01-23T09:30:45.137+13:002014-01-23T09:30:45.137+13:00Agree that there's disturbing stuff in Slumdog...Agree that there's disturbing stuff in Slumdog Millionaire. That's the point of it. Ample reason for RP16 rating. But to make it ILLEGAL to watch it with your 15 year old? Whoever came up with this system needs be taken out behind the shed and beaten with a big wet dirty stick.Eric Cramptonhttp://offsettingbehaviour.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-22337087496896716632014-01-23T09:28:04.546+13:002014-01-23T09:28:04.546+13:00On the plus side, there is zero enforcement. But i...On the plus side, there is zero enforcement. But it's still retarded.Eric Cramptonhttp://offsettingbehaviour.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-42056499608344748202014-01-23T07:33:24.491+13:002014-01-23T07:33:24.491+13:00Man, I nicked my mom's copy of Stephen King...Man, I nicked my mom's copy of Stephen King's "It" when I was 10, and tattled on myself after the third chapter. What would the regulators say?<br /><br />I was dismayed to see that the web address www.censorship.govt.nz was real.hprotagonistnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-78452973018951863922014-01-22T20:33:09.447+13:002014-01-22T20:33:09.447+13:00I told you before Eric, this is election year , y...I told you before Eric, this is election year , you can think I am joking but you must be careful what you say, for Gods sake even now I have dismissed Bryce Edwards from University of Otago.,This is New Zealand Mr Eric we rulepaul scottnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-52452479771254867892014-01-22T20:20:34.393+13:002014-01-22T20:20:34.393+13:00Slumdog Millionaire IIRC has a police brutality sc...Slumdog Millionaire IIRC has a police brutality scene and also some facially scarred women.<br /><br /><br />And I'm surprised Flowers in the Attic hasn't been banned for kids.Peter Metcalfenoreply@blogger.com