Archive for 21 November, 2011

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Call Duty Modern Warfare DVDKeith Vaz, perennial whinger about computer games has compiled his usual parliamentary motion call for more censorship of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.

Early Day Motion 2427

Primary sponsor: Keith Vaz
Sponsors: Jeremy Corbyn, Alan Meale, Bob Russell*

That this House:

  • is deeply concerned about the recently released video game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, in which players engage in gratuitous acts of violence against members of the public;
  • notes in particular the harrowing scenes in which a London Underground train is bombed by terrorists, bearing a remarkable resemblance to the tragic events of 7 July 2005;
  • further notes that there is increasing evidence of a link between perpetrators of violent crime and violent video games users; and
  • calls on the British Board of Film Classification to take further precautions when allowing a game to be sold.

Only the sponsors have signed the motion so far.

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UK 2011 Bounty Blu-ray at UK Amazon released today on 21st November 2011
UK 2011 Bounty R2 DVD at UK Amazon released today on 21st November 2011
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Human Centipede Full Sequence DVDThe Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence) is a 2011 Netherlands/UK horror by Tom Six with Laurence R Harvey and Ashlynn Yennie. See IMDb

The film was unbanned by the BBFC and passed 18 for very strong bloody violence and gore, and sexual violence after 2:37s of BBFC cuts for:

  • UK 2011 Bounty Blu-ray at UK Amazon released today on 21st November 2011
  • UK 2011 Bounty R2 DVD at UK Amazon released today on 21st November 2011
  • UK 2011 cinema release

The film found fame where it was earlier banned by the BBFC for:

  • UK 2011 Bounty R2 DVD

BBFC Comments: Very Distressing

Based on article from bbfc.co.uk

THE HUMAN CENTIPEDE II (FULL SEQUENCE) is a horror sequel, this time about an asthmatic London car park attendant called Martin who has become obsessed with the film THE HUMAN CENTIPEDE (FIRST SEQUENCE). Martin decides to kidnap a number of people and construct his own human centipede by stapling them together. The film was classified 18 for very strong bloody violence and gore, and sexual violence. Prior to classification, the BBFC required cuts to remove several elements of sexual and sexualised violence, sadistic violence and humiliation, and a child presented in an abusive and violent context.

Although the BBFC was clear that the original version of the film was potentially harmful in its portrayal of violent acts and sexual and sexualised violence, the classified version of the film, which omits the most explicit moments of sadistic violence, sexual and sexualised violence, and the killing of a newborn baby, does not pose a credible harm risk, although some viewers may find it very distressing.

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Old BaileyThe decision by the Court of Appeal to overturn the public order conviction of a young suspect who repeatedly said ‘fuck’ while being searched for drugs, was described as unacceptable by police representatives last night. They claimed the ruling would undermine respect for officers. [They probably meant undermining 'fear' of officers ,who can currently hand out their own brand of 'justice' using the Public Order Act'].

Overturning Denzel Cassius Harvey’s conviction, Mr Justice Bean said officers were so regularly on the receiving end of the rather commonplace expletive that it was unlikely to cause them harassment, alarm or distress.

Harvey was fined 50 for using strong language while they attempted to search him for cannabis in Hackney, east London. He told officers:

Fuck this man. I ain’t been smoking nothing. When the search revealed no drugs, he continued: Told you, you wouldn’t find fuck all. Asked whether he had a middle name, he replied: No, I’ve already fucking told you so.

Magistrates at Thames Youth Court found him guilty in March last year after hearing that Harvey’s expletives were uttered in a public area while a group of teenage bystanders gathered around.

Appealing against his conviction, Harvey claimed that none of those within earshot, especially the two hardened police officers, would have been upset by his swearing.

Mr Justice Bean agreed that the expletives he used were heard

all too frequently by officers on duty and were unlikely to have greatly disturbed them. The judge added that it was quite impossible to infer that the group of young people who were in the vicinity were likely to have experienced alarm or distress at hearing these rather commonplace swear words used.

Peter Smyth, the chairman of the Metropolitan Police Federation, said:

If judges are going to say you can swear at police then everyone is going to start doing it. I’m not saying that police officers are going to go and hide in the corner and cry if someone tells them to ‘F’ off, but verbal abuse is not acceptable and this is the wrong message to be sending out.