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Permalink Reply by Will Faithless Sophia on September 11, 2011 at 3:23pm

Nope you are completely right and not paranoid. The bible & koran need at least an R rating if you actually follow the rating criteria. Atheist thought is still considered 'dangerous' even by public secular organizations.

Permalink Reply by Karina on September 11, 2011 at 3:30pm

Sad, isn't it?

Permalink Reply by Patricia on September 11, 2011 at 3:25pm

Paranoid or what!!!! I don't understand what these brainwashed are so afraid of if their beliefs are so strong & 'true'. I really wish these idiots would mind their own damn business & leave others to think for themselves.

Permalink Reply by Karina on September 11, 2011 at 3:51pm

So much for "teaching the controversy", right?

Permalink Reply by Patricia on September 11, 2011 at 5:09pm

I'm rather pessimistic about the future for the younger generations because it'll get them one way or another it seems.....if not western religion, then islam is ready to tell everyone what & how to believe......sick!!!!!

Permalink Reply by TNT666 on September 12, 2011 at 12:22pm

Nope, it's not the publisher:

"Google image search"

Permalink Reply by TNT666 on September 12, 2011 at 1:07pm

Which is why I didn't say it was the TPL... only stated that it's not the publisher :)

I live at the other end of the country... so I'll leave that task of proofing this out to those in Toronto.

Permalink Reply by Karina on September 12, 2011 at 3:20pm

After a bit of research, I have discovered that it is neither. It is the Ontario Film Classification Board who decides. Having read the guidelines now, http://www.ofrb.gov.on.ca/english/classification_guideline_en.pdf, I still don't understand why it would be rated as PG. My suspicion is that this is a case of misconstrued fear of atheists.

Permalink Reply by Karina on September 12, 2011 at 4:04pm

BTW, thanks for the information, I'll make sure to attend!

Permalink Reply by TNT666 on September 12, 2011 at 12:25pm

Karina, I haven't listened to these tapes, but I really can't imagine anything "violent" or "sexual" in them. Therefore, it seems to me in any case, that this is strictly based on religious bias.

Frankly, with the new government in Toronto, I am not surprised at this kind of practice.

 

Having not listened to them, I can't be sure of their content... however... if this is a case of religious bias, we Canadians should be hounding the TPL with complaints.

For this purpose, may I ask if you yourself found this food on the TPL shelf?

Permalink Reply by Karina on September 12, 2011 at 3:27pm

There is definitely nothing that, in my opinion, would justify that rating. I'm thinking about writing to the TPL and asking why...

 

As for the DVD, I highly recommend it. It's a series of six interviews that Jonathan Miller did back in 2003 and which were cut off for another production. Seeing how valuable they were, the BBC decided to release them in full under the title The Atheism Tapes.

 

I didn't find it on the shelves; I put a hold on it online and stopped by my local TPL branch to pick it up. It was only when I got home that I noticed the sticker and felt that it was totally unjustified, as I was already familiar with the material.

 

If you can't get it through your library, the interviews are available on YouTube.

Permalink Reply by TNT666 on September 12, 2011 at 3:55pm

I'm definitely going to try and get it through inter-library loan here in Whitehorse Yukon. We don't have our own film rating board, and usually end up using BC's, sometimes Alberta's.

 

I highly suggest we all write to the Ontario Film Review Board and express our disagreement.

Ontario Film Review Board Rating system... notice the little bit on blasphemy... I wonder if that's what did it in...

Also notice that this title does not show up in their own database... odd

 

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