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I worked in the TV/broadcast industry and there isn’t any good stuff even on the pay channels any more. its all been dumbed down, the money has gone, the creativity has gone and the talent has gone. I hardly ever watch idiot box, it is only there for when my mum and sister visit. they too have noticed the drop in quality, including production quality.

The only projects getting any real funding are violent crime drama series (even true crime reporting is getting shit these days).

you’d be better off getting a cheapo security camera (wired to the telly), putting it in the garden (if you have one) or even out of the window and watching the goings on in the garden or street. I don’t mean spying on people, you’d be amazed at what sort of nature is found even in the urban areas..

@p0ly 385014 wrote:

Geert getting banned from showing Fitna the movie in the UK? I’ve listened to his speeches about Islam and i don’t think he’s racist. Muslim people threatened to storm the houses of parliament if he turned up, taking away free speech!! what a joke.

Around that same time he had recently come to notice of the Netherlands criminal justice system and been up before Court which meant as an EU nation our Border Agency is obliged to investigate him!

The ban was eventually lifted after he was seen not to be a threat. He did turn up to the UK and showed his film before various politicians, with no more security procedures than any other controversial politician.

if he claims to be for freedom, why does his party want to end the policy of tolerating soft drugs, squatting, and vastly increase the powers of the authorities in NL?

@Iacchus 385301 wrote:

im all for this, there needs to be a showdown bout freedom of speech, especially after the recent south park episode where so much was censored for poking fun at the issue

South park doesn’t even get shown in conservative Islamic countries. Its the Yanks who are censoring it themselves due the backlash from their own right wing boycotting advertisers. Yanks tend to forget about free speech when it starts costing them money.

All these mad mullahs were around 30 years ago or more, and though they oppressed their people, the West (apart from some left wing human rights activists) didn’t give a shit as long as the oil flowed cheaply and freely. As soon as their angry youth decided they were being ripped off for the oil and fought their corner (which was going to happen one day), its all kicked off.

perhaps if people used less oil there would be less to fight over? then again 30 years ago folk were saying just that and they were ignored.

BTW its also American companies what work with foreign nations to censor the internet….

@Iacchus 385311 wrote:

i dont really care what they do in islamic countries.. they need to develop at their own pace, but I am angered by religious minorities scaring modern liberal societies into censorship through threats of violence

Unfortunately what is happening is the religious groups are working across their differences despite the fights over resources, they have a lot of common ground with regard to moral values. its one of the main reasons why drugs remain illegal worldwide..