Freedom of expression and government handouts
03.12.08 (10:25 pm) [edit]Boy the Canadian film industry is sure up in arms about this bill (C-10) that would exclude films from government tax credits if their material is, shall we say, "offensive"&mda sh;at least, that's what all the pundits are saying. Usually they are saying this at the same time they are calling it unqualified censorship. I don't know if I'm for or against this legislation, but the more I hear hotheads like Atom Egoyan bring the long battle against censorship into this, the more I like it. This whole debate reminds me of the hypocrisy behind the freedom of expression concept, that it only be to the benefit of liberals. If censorship is the government not subsidizing movies sometimes, then I guess censorship is not such a bad thing.
I'm all for censorship then! Bring it on!