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M.I.A. Gets a video banned from Youtube
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I've just watched the video for Born Free, which the Metro are up in arms about (disclaimer: I would sooner wipe my arse with the Metro than believe a word of it, but people were talking about it in work).
The plot of the video (which I don't know if I should post up on these messageboards, due to its violence) is where red heads are rounded up and taken away in a bus, then forced to run through a minefield or gunned down. It's easy to see why the video is so controversial, as the violence is extremely graphic.
I was wondering what those people who have seen the video think of it.
I find it hard hitting (especially where a child is shot in the head), but then this is the reality for millions of people and a kind of reality which the artist has some experience of too.
Whilst we often applaud violence for the sake of violence (for example, the popularity of films such as the Saw series), a video with such deep political meaning is seen to be shocking...
What do others think?
The plot of the video (which I don't know if I should post up on these messageboards, due to its violence) is where red heads are rounded up and taken away in a bus, then forced to run through a minefield or gunned down. It's easy to see why the video is so controversial, as the violence is extremely graphic.
I was wondering what those people who have seen the video think of it.
I find it hard hitting (especially where a child is shot in the head), but then this is the reality for millions of people and a kind of reality which the artist has some experience of too.
Whilst we often applaud violence for the sake of violence (for example, the popularity of films such as the Saw series), a video with such deep political meaning is seen to be shocking...
What do others think?
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Compare this to the deep and even long lasting impact some films can have when broaching the topic (Schindler's list, the Pianist, children of men [to an extent]), I felt the way it was implemented let it down.
It shouldn't be censored though, I found it on YouTube, just here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEX8XrQOD0M
Yes, several years ago the US government decided that being ginger in the USA was to be made a felony. There was an amnesty at first, where Gingers could goto central processing facilities. Once there they were given a choice of their head being shaved, dyed or wearing a wig.
Those who didn't go are currently being rounded up.
Until now it's been an urban legend, but obviously this video has just emerged.
It's not that daft to be honest, they didn't want to be inundated with porn spammers
:eek2:
Yeah, thank god that doesn't happen on youtube. :chin: Well yeah, I get why they do it. It's easier to just say no nudity than make a judgement on it all. But it's still a sign of some pretty fucked up logic that has no problem with graphic violence or extreme racism, both of which are reasonably common on Youtube, yet has a complete blanket ban on someone possibly seeing a female nipple, even in the "not suitable for minors" section. That would corrupt our children, after all.
then again youtube is american-based and you know what americans are like, get excited over a bit of leg these days.
dont tell them they all come out of a vagina when they're born though, they'll freak out and demand mexicans be deported or something.
She asked if it was for real, not knowing if she was being sarcastic or not I decided on a sarcastic answer......
Looks like I fooled someone though
The artist is apparently very outspoken about Sri Lanka and human rights.