Smack my bitch up
November 16, 2005Had a nice day at school today. There were some… Minor quirks with Annemarie’s photos when transmitting them to my iBook (I’m organizing all the photo’s and then I’ll burn 19 CDs for everyone). ‘Minor quirks’ says it best, by the way, I’ll leave it at that. After school, me, Marco, Gleufie, Linda, and Martin went for a drink at the pub inside the main university building.
I bought the greatest hits album by The Prodigy yesterday. It *rocks*. I’m now listening to “Smack My Bitch Up”, you know, the song (plus its video) which got banned in the US because of the censorship they have over there.
When was it banned in the US? I know MTV refused to show the video (after their first showing, anyway), but it’s not like the government ever banned the song or the album.
Comment by Andrew — November 17, 2005 @ 2:10 am
The government didn’t ban the video either, as far as I know.
Comment by Andrew — November 17, 2005 @ 2:11 am
Where did I mention the government?
Comment by Administrator — November 17, 2005 @ 8:27 pm
Well then what’s wrong with corporations self-censoring? Their viewers didn’t want it on the air, so they didn’t show it. Not really a big deal, we could just look elsewhere for it. I’m sure there are TV channels in your country that don’t play certain content.
Comment by Andrew — November 18, 2005 @ 1:11 am
Plus, I don’t think it was necessary to issue such a blanket statement like “[it] was banned in the US because of the censorship they have over there.” By saying that, you’re implying that it was banned in the entire US (that’s how I read it, at least); “banned from MTV” would be a more accurate statement. Besides, if you really want to complain about censorship, you need look no further than the UK.
Comment by Andrew — November 18, 2005 @ 1:26 am
Erm..Andrew, why are you making such a big deal of this, and continue replying on your own posts?
Comment by Wendy — November 20, 2005 @ 6:01 pm
Censorship is censorship, no matter who imposes it upon who. Censorship is bad, in every sense, in every aspect, as it hides things that shouldn’t remain hidden. This is about something as trivial as a music video– but we all know less trivial things don’t make it to American TV either– like images from Iraq, Abu Graib, you name it. Oh, they get shown– but to a far lesser extent than in ie. Europe. TV networks are afraid to loose ratings if they report on things that somehow don’t fit the American Dream, thus creating a biased an incomplete image of the world.
And basically the government is sustaining that media censorship by claiming that anything putting American soldiers in a bad daylight is ‘Un-American’ and ‘anti Patriotic’.
Comment by Administrator — November 20, 2005 @ 6:22 pm