tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899091925608643176.post2081539417706669881..comments2023-10-19T02:34:26.595-07:00Comments on Team Milton: Censorship and the Blending of Good and Evil Gideon Burtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08282494104976426309noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899091925608643176.post-26741559918946135992013-10-16T13:57:44.293-07:002013-10-16T13:57:44.293-07:00I once went to a film forum about Russian movies t...I once went to a film forum about Russian movies that snuck past the Soviet censors despite containing often really blatant criticisms of the Soviet government. One example that I remember was a cartoon about blue dinosaurs (I think the title was something like "The Blue Dinosaurs" or something like that). The speaker pointed out that the censors must have looked right past it, thinking that a cartoon that looked like it was for kids wouldn't make any sort of analogy about the problems of the Soviet government. So in their case they were able to get past censors based on the form of the media that delivered the criticism (a kiddie-looking cartoon in this case).<br /><br />Really cool article. Thanks for posting it!Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11701416359052801620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899091925608643176.post-54738059073004296892013-10-16T13:24:31.966-07:002013-10-16T13:24:31.966-07:00Censorship is extremely political. China's got...Censorship is extremely political. China's got a lot of similarities to this kind of censorship, especially with their "great firewall". I'd say though that it's hard to conclude from looking at this kind of censorship that censorship as a whole is bad or doesn't work, but yes politically driven censorship usually falls on its face and ends up looking quite ridiculous.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17110517683044038200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899091925608643176.post-55923294263006173862013-10-16T11:50:44.048-07:002013-10-16T11:50:44.048-07:00It's always about power and political agendas....It's always about power and political agendas. It's about people getting the power they feel they deserve at the expense of everyone else. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00293752144111620390noreply@blogger.com