July 30, 2003

Get Serious

KUALA LUMPUR - A Malaysian government minister has called on Islamic authorities to ban Hollywood actor Jim Carrey's latest film "Bruce Almighty," newspapers reported on Tuesday.
In the comedy, Carrey plays the role of a television reporter who is given the power of God for a week.

"It's not appropriate to show the film in this country," Abdul Hamid Zainal, a minister in the Prime Minister's Department, was quoted as saying.

The minister said censors should refer the film to the Islamic Affairs Department to decide whether it should be screened. Just over half of Malaysia's 24 million people are Muslim.

"We cannot equate ourselves with God -- even as a joke," Abdul Hamid said.

I can't imagine living in a place that would not allow me the freedom to watch a movie because the government/religious authorities (who are basically one and the same) are offended by the premise, regardless of how funny and light hearted that premise may be. I just think that totally sucks. All this crap where religion dictates what an entire country of people can and cannot do. I know it is that way in a lot of places. Lighten up people! Life is too short to be that serious.

Posted by Maria at July 30, 2003 04:28 PM
Comments

*looks at Maria's last few sentence's*

I recommend you avoid:

Saudi Arabia
Jordan
Egypt
Iran
Syria
Certain portions of Iraq (work in progress, check back later)
Pakistan
Parts of India
Any number of African countries
China
Any number of PacRim island nations

Posted by: evilmike at September 15, 2003 04:09 PM