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The government has decided that anything that does not
conform to their version of morality will be banned; in the interest of the
nation of course. Any manuscript, painting, photograph or film that does not
uphold the standards that our ‘conservative’ government holds true, will be removed
from the history books so that the innocent minds of the country are not
polluted by it. Any reproduction, for commercial purposes or otherwise will be
disallowed and anyone even held on suspicion of talking about such things will
be beaten up by the ideological goons that may or may not have the support of
the government.
The idea of the freedom of expression in this country seems
to be quite skewed when one notices that things relating to artistic
expression, depiction of reality and the cause of showing society the mirror
are viewed as being obtuse, rebellious even. And on the other hand, things
relating to the apparently ‘correct’ view of society, such as they are; that is
sanctioned by the government, are given a free hand even at the cost of the
resignation of the entire censor board.
I suppose if and when there comes a time in the history of a
nation when those who seek to portray the truth have to leave it and seek
exposure and asylum in foreign nations, that nation is not ready to face its
own ugly reflection in the mirror of reality. That nation is surely going down
a path where the government doesn’t want to show the truth to the people and
when that happens, I think it means all is not well in that nation.
If our government is not ready to accept the reality of an
abominable incident that took place in the national capital under their very
noses and is not ready to accept a film showing the inequities and shortcomings
of the state machinery and the minds of the perpetrators, the government needs
a reality check and a break from trying to keep the ugly truth from the people.
And if the government still wishes to just ban anything that
is worthwhile, go ahead. We will just download the stuff and then upload it
again till everyone gets to see what you’re trying to hide.
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