Showing posts with label censorship. Show all posts
Showing posts with label censorship. Show all posts

Monday, July 7, 2008

Censoring the Declaration of Independence

This is along the lines of what I've been trying to say when voicing my concerns about Independence Day.

Quoted from this viral video on YouTube from ScrewCensorship.com.

Censoring the Declaration of Independence
Every July 4th Americans celebrate a revolutionary document - The Declaration of Independence signed July 4th, 1776. The Declaration talks about the necessity "to dissolve the political bonds." About "unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." Most radically of all it says "That whenever any form of government becomes destructive to these ends, IT IS THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE TO ALTER OR ABOLISH IT, and to institute new government..."
But some people don't want us to get that message...
If you go to the Jefferson Memorial you will see that the engraving of the first lines of the Declaration of Independence leaves out "the consent of the governed." and our "right to alter or abolish" government...
Then there is this movie reading of the Declaration which closes the door to Independence hall just as we get to that important phrase...
Don't let the government and the media censor the Declaration of Independence
It's time to celebrate the Fourth of July for what it really is...
"Right to Alter or Abolish the Government DAY!" A true people's holiday!


There are so many things about the government that we should be altering. Why not think about these things when we're setting off our fireworks?


Sunday, June 15, 2008

Satan Banned From Television.

While watching intro scenes of 80's and 90's cartoons on YouTube, I ran into this 5 minute long claymation clip that looked oddly familiar. The first time I saw it, the title was only "very creepy, disturbing children's cartoon banned from tv." In the clip, three children meet an angel named Satan. They are freaked out, but urged on by the redhead in the group (I loled at that- a few Juggernauts are known for their red hair) go through a door to chat with Satan on an island that's floating in the middle of blackness. They proceed to make a little village out of sand, which Satan blasts life into. Unfortunately, the little people in the sand village start fighting over a cow, so Satan kills them, then destroys the village.



I'll admit that it's creepy, but I really think I watched this as a child. I can't find any solid evidence anywhere as to whether it was really banned from tv. From the bit of research I did, the feature length claymation follows three kids around as they ride in a hot air balloon with Twain and end up in a number of Mark Twain's stories, one being The Mysterious Stranger (aka Satan). Others include the The Diary of Adam & Eve, Tom Sawyer & Huck Finn and The Damned Human Race. Another strange thing about it, though, is that the kids are trying to get off the balloon because Twain is trying to end his life by running the balloon into Hailey's Comet, due to his disgust with the human race.

Pretty hefty stuff.

I can't wait to rewatch it.

The full length movie is linked here at watch-movies.net.