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British Board of Film Classification (Accountability to Parliament and Appeals) Bill

As one who has lead a fairly sheltered life, despite appearances to the contrary, I too have had a look at some material in connection with this matter. Surely the point about ““SS Extermination Camp”” is not that it is a bad film but that it is a film about the gratuitous torture of human beings, and whereas today there is a bad film about torture on the market, tomorrow there could be a better film about torture. That is what concerns me. The minute that we have the public availability of a film that relies on that form of viciousness, the question of whether it is bad, good, aesthetic, well lit or well acted, is irrelevant. It is out there and another one could then follow it.
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
472 c1420 
Session
2007-08
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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