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I heard yesterday that the Exorcist was being banned from screening over easter, can anyone confirm this. I hope it isn't true as that is when I was going to see it. First they shut the pubs on good friday, now they are banning movies.
OK Bluey & Westy, point taken I have removed the comment you found offensive.

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Originally posted by mantis:
I heard yesterday that the Exorcist was being banned from screening over easter, can anyone confirm this. I hope it isn't true as that is when I was going to see it. First they shut the pubs on good friday, now they are banning movies.
Bloody christians, bring back the lions I say. :D
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I thought it was just Victoria, and they were only closing it on Good Friday. I resent the christian remark.

I hope you enjoy the movie...i thought it was good, altho it wasnt very scary, just wierd
 
I think its just Good Friday, mantis.

In fact what I heard was that NO scary movies were being shown on Good Friday, something to do with it being Friday 13th.

That's probably a crock, though.

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I hope it is only Vic then not here.
Mobs what are they thinking, not showing scary movies on friday 13th, that is when they usually have the scary movie marathons on in perth, which is what I am planning to go to if it isn't banned.

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macca
I am sorry if you resent the christian remark, but I resent not being allowed to do something, just because some religion considers that a holy day, OK if they want to observe it fine, but non christians should be allowed to do what they please on that day.

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Just heard that the Bracks goverment has decided to reverse the ban. So anybody can now watch it on good Friday.


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Originally posted by play on:
Just heard that the Bracks goverment has decided to reverse the ban. So anybody can now watch it on good Friday.
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Good. It was a stupid move to ban it. People can only be offendd if they pay the money to go and see it, right? The kind of people that would be offended by it, aren't the people who would be buying movie tickets to see it so why ban it?

What has good friday got to do with it. If people want to pay to see something, they are perfectly entitled to do so.
 
Originally posted by mantis:
macca
I am sorry if you resent the christian remark, but I resent not being allowed to do something, just because some religion considers that a holy day, OK if they want to observe it fine, but non christians should be allowed to do what they please on that day.
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But you're more than happy to get a day off because 'some religion considers it a holy day'.... or a holiday even.

Have a nice day at work next Friday, Sandie. ;)
 
You beat me to it Westy.

mantis that was about as sensitive as saying "Bloody Jews, bring back the ovens." or "Bloody Collingwood supporters, bring back season '99."

Just have your freebie long weekend and respect the story behind it - whether you believe in it or not.
 
Westy Boy

If we lived in a country that observeed religious holidays from another faith, I'm sure you would enjoy the holidays and not give a damn about their religious significance.

If you lived in Israel but were not a Jew, I'm sure you would enjoy the Passover holidays anyway - or would you go to work becase you are not believer ? hmmmm dunno about that !

Just like mantis can enjoy Good Friday and not be a Christian.

Dunno about the point you're trying to make really ?

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Thanks for that BSA,
Bluey of course I will enjoy the holiday, wht not, it is there, we don't get holidays for jewish , muslim etc holy days, so take them when you get them.
The point I was making, is why should people who don't believe in a religion be forced to abstain from doing what they want.
It would be like Joe Gutnick saying, ban football on saturdays.
Everyone should be allowed to worship or not worship as they see fit.

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Originally posted by Bloodstained Angel:

Dunno about the point you're trying to make really ?
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That's right BSA, you don't.

I’ll put it simply. If I'm willing to have a day off because of a generally accepted religion's holy day that I don’t believe in myself...... it would be fair to say that I should be willing to accept some of the 'constraints' that go with it.

You jumped to a couple of conclusions..... implying that I was hypocritical in my earlier post. Where did I say.... "oh, but- it's different for me if I was in that situation".?

But I’ll use your examples anyway...
Just as I would gladly accept a day off in Israel for a passover holiday, I wouldn't complain that I couldn't see an American trashy movie which ridicules Semitism .... because the wider public deemed it inappropriate to be shown on that day. But going by the thinking in this topic.... I should, as Bluey pointed out, jump on onto an Israeli bulletin board and say something as offensive as:- "Bloody Jews- Bring back the Holocaust".... to make a point about not being able to see Ben Schiller and Jerry Seinfeld in ‘Movie taking the piss out of Jewish people #636346334.’

Do I question the reasoning of other faiths in making decisions according to what their religion dictates on particular days? No. Do you think I should?

If I was to accept a job in India.... I wouldn't go into a restaurant demanding they kill a cow so I could eat beef. Once again going along the lines of this thread, I should consider myself some kind of political prisoner with India's customs impeding on my freedom..... "let me eat beef you bloody Indians!!!" ?

So Mantis is saying that anyone religious who finds the movie offensive and belittling religion, so decides to not screen it on one of the most important days in their calendar (regardless of the country/religion involved).... should just show it so people can watch a stupid movie on their day off? .... oh sorry I forgot .... “it’s Friday the 13th!!!!” :rolleyes:

Sandie was complaining that she couldn't watch ONE movie, on ONE day, because of religion.... i just pointed out that the opportunity for her to even be considering going to the movies during the day, was because of the religious holiday in the first place, and she should respect that. If she doesn’t like the fact that the religious day results in certain ‘leisurely activities’ not being allowed ... ignore what the holy day represents/ results in altogether and go and work on that day. It was tongue in cheek btw.

So pretty much all I’m saying is that, the overall faith\country shouldn’t have to change a thing to accommodate me. For what it's worth, I am religious, but I disagreed with the consideration to ban the movie on Good Friday... but I do respect it. Just my opinion of course.

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Originally posted by mantis:
Thanks for that BSA,
Bluey of course I will enjoy the holiday, wht not, it is there, we don't get holidays for jewish , muslim etc holy days, so take them when you get them.
The point I was making, is why should people who don't believe in a religion be forced to abstain from doing what they want.
It would be like Joe Gutnick saying, ban football on saturdays.
Everyone should be allowed to worship or not worship as they see fit.
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By all means Mantis choose wether or not to be religious.
But at the same it is hypocritical to celebrate christmas and easter, and not celebrate and respect good friday.

It is a day the majority of the population hold in sum degree of respect for good friday. So its not the minority forcing beliefs onto the majority, but rather the majority forcing it onto the minority.

In my opinion you cannot choose which religious holidays to celebrate and respect, its either all in or all out.
 
Well said Westy... couldn't have said it better myself. Well actually I could have, but, you know, that would be churlish...


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Sabre
I don't choose to celebrate on these holidays, that is all they mean to me, a holiday, like the queens birthday, it is actually april 21, but it is celebrated in june in the eastern states & october in the west. we still all have the day off though, same thing with xmas & easter for non christians.
My point is why should non christians have to give up going to footy, the pub, casino, or seeing the movie they want. Australia is a free country supposedly, not held down by religious beliefs. Freedom of speech & choice.

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What utter crap Sandie. There is no such thing as absolute freedom. There are prices to pay for living in this society... or don't you pay taxes? If you don't like society.... the next plane for Afghanistan, departing from Tullamarine, is at....

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Originally posted by sbagman:

What utter crap Sandie. There is no such thing as absolute freedom. There are prices to pay for living in this society... or don't you pay taxes? If you don't like society.... the next plane for Afghanistan, departing from Tullamarine, is at....
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Typical christian attitude, don't follow the endoctrine move, I am an aussie, but not a christian, there are a lot of reasons why I'm not.
Your god is so great, look at the suffering that little children go through, if he is so great why doesn't he protect them. Any so called god that let's little children suffer should not be revered. End of story.
Don't come back with it will be a better life after your dead. Children should be able to enjoy life now. Sorry but christianity sucks. Innocent people still suffer, if I was god they wouldn't.



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So it sounds like you are indeed anti-Christian Sandie. And that is your right to be like that. But does that mean you are opposed to this because it is what you call an infringement on your rights, or merely because it is a Christian belief which is doing so?

Whether you know it or not, you've already lost the arguement by your rubbish about feeding Christians to the lions, innocent little children etc etc. That's not the point. The point is conceeding a small amount of ground out of respect for others.


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Geeze how long did it take you to work out I am anti christian, lol, I love & care about people, no matter what religion or the colour of their skin, if I was a christian I would only care about fellow christians & let others fall by the wayside.

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Don't let your anti-Christian senitments cloud the topic then, which they most obviously are. What if, I dunno, the Anzac day diggers said "out of respect for the memory of our fallen, please don't watch the Exorcist on Friday". Would you do it? Even if it were so nonsensicle, would you do it?


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