Egypt - Land of Sucking.

[SkullNinja]

"The official Egyptian censorship body on Monday banned the release of Warner Bros.' The Matrix Reloaded on the grounds that it presents ideas about existence and creation that are at odds with the three major religions (presumably Islam, Christianity and Judaism). The Australian newspaper The Age quoted Madkour Thabit, head of the censorship body as saying, "There is no specific scene to which the committee objected but it is about the movie as a whole."


At least they could have banned it for a legitamate reason, like the fact that it had no real plot and was just one big special effect. What a bunch of losers. This Madcow Thabit idiot needs to have a boot in the ass attitude adjustment. Make me happy I live in America, even with all the crap that gets produced every year.

[Neville]

Heard they showed the first one, though, although they believed it to be "covert sionist propaganda". Whatever.

[Paquita]

That's so gay!! Anybody thats going to convert their religion after watching "The Matrix Reloaded" is stupid!  That's insulting the intelligence of people in Egypt!  That can't be the real reason!  Maybe they just really hate Jada Pinkett Smith?

love colleen

[Evan3]

I dont know, on a recent census, a few thousand British put down Jedi as their religion, more British put Jedi than Jewish or Buddhist. There is now a movement trying to get 100,000 "converts" it needs to actually be a religion.

[raj]

If you can't understand it, ban it.

So I guess the Taliban couldn't understand kites.

[Ash]

Taking many things away like that will eventually lead to their leaders' downfall.  
More than just films though....it'll be a culmination of lots of factors.
(though it may take some time)

Look at Iran where thousands of young people are protesting the rule of the powerful Muslim clerics that have an iron grip on the country.

These leaders ARE insulting their populations' intelligence and alienating them at the same time.

I'm glad I live FAR away from that crappy part of the world!



Post Edited (06-12-03 15:40)

[Jim Hepler]

Well, at least they had a long discussion about the film before deciding to ban it.  The BBFC bans films in the UK without really even doing that.  

/me wonders where Iran would be if we hadn't propped the Shah up for so long, which created a bitterness and eventual power vacuum that helped Ayatolah sieze power

[Brother Ragnarok]

This...this is why I hate religious authority.  Individual people can believe whatever they want, that's cool.  But religion as a whole is absolutely retarded.  It's just another excuse to kill people and be s**tty to each other, simple as that.
As far as The Matrix not converting people, check out this site - www.sixsixfive.com
One of the newest updates is the author messing with a kid who believes he's in the Matrix.  That and the site is just funny as all hell in general.
And yes, the Matrix should be banned worldwide for being a derivative boring pile of dog vomit.

Brother R