Alexandra Greene
I just made my first post on NoCensorshipAus (a new collaborative blog) about News Ltd’s puff piece on Australian Classification Board member Alexandra Greene.
Greene told the paper that she doesn’t consider her role at the ACB to be that of a censor, she merely informs people about what they are about to watch and if necessary restrict the content from being viewed.
That’s right. In the world of the Australian censor, banning (or ‘restricting’) films like Baise-Moi and Ken Park is not censorship. Protection no doubt?
Greene also says adults get offended because they’re worried their kids might understand double entendres in films. I think it’s more likely that those adults are simply offended themselves. Imagine a kid who got offended by a line in Shrek. I can’t.
