Comments on: Now cable operators impose censorship! http://www.opti-mystic.net/blog/2006/08/21/now-cable-operators-impose-censorship/ Right of centre and left of right. Right about everything! Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:49:23 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: kinjal.kothari http://www.opti-mystic.net/blog/2006/08/21/now-cable-operators-impose-censorship/comment-page-1/#comment-24006 kinjal.kothari Sat, 16 Aug 2008 06:25:29 +0000 http://www.opti-mystic.net/blog/2006/08/21/now-cable-operators-impose-censorship/#comment-24006 THERE ARE VARIOUS WAYS LIKE LOCKING THE CHANNELS OR T.V ITSELF. SO WHEN PARENTS ARE OUT THEY CAN OPT FOR THIS METHOD THAN GOVT RESTRICTING THE CHANNELS AS A WHOLE THERE ARE VARIOUS WAYS LIKE LOCKING THE CHANNELS OR T.V ITSELF. SO WHEN PARENTS ARE OUT THEY CAN OPT FOR THIS METHOD THAN GOVT RESTRICTING THE CHANNELS AS A WHOLE

]]> By: S.S.Ahluwlia http://www.opti-mystic.net/blog/2006/08/21/now-cable-operators-impose-censorship/comment-page-1/#comment-2982 S.S.Ahluwlia Sat, 07 Oct 2006 13:19:57 +0000 http://www.opti-mystic.net/blog/2006/08/21/now-cable-operators-impose-censorship/#comment-2982 Ekta Kapoor should be held accountable for the harms she is doing to our society by showing irrelevent and 'not possible things in real life'. Society is being dragged towards un-natural way of life. THIS is poision to our society. This should stop immidiately. Ekta Kapoor should be held accountable for the harms she is doing to our society by showing irrelevent and ‘not possible things in real life’. Society is being dragged towards un-natural way of life. THIS is poision to our society. This should stop immidiately.

]]> By: The Opti Mystic http://www.opti-mystic.net/blog/2006/08/21/now-cable-operators-impose-censorship/comment-page-1/#comment-2588 The Opti Mystic Fri, 08 Sep 2006 04:49:12 +0000 http://www.opti-mystic.net/blog/2006/08/21/now-cable-operators-impose-censorship/#comment-2588 <strong>Bhupathy>></strong> You are right in that anyone, including Pratibha Naithani, should not try to judge what is good for the society as a whole. The society is made up of individuals and each individual, if an adult, should have the right to choose. However, she is right in being worried for children. When children are exposed to content unsuitable for their age group, an avenue for their abuse is kept open. This abuse may take any form. So she is right about being worried. However, her problem is that the solution she is trying to impose is far worse than the problem. We know that if there is even a small demand for something that is restricted, then black market in that commodity flourishes. And when children get exposed to the content illegally, there is very little that the parents can do about it. The better solution is to keep eveything above board and then exercise self-regulation rather than asking the government to do that for you. Bhupathy>> You are right in that anyone, including Pratibha Naithani, should not try to judge what is good for the society as a whole. The society is made up of individuals and each individual, if an adult, should have the right to choose. However, she is right in being worried for children. When children are exposed to content unsuitable for their age group, an avenue for their abuse is kept open. This abuse may take any form. So she is right about being worried. However, her problem is that the solution she is trying to impose is far worse than the problem. We know that if there is even a small demand for something that is restricted, then black market in that commodity flourishes. And when children get exposed to the content illegally, there is very little that the parents can do about it. The better solution is to keep eveything above board and then exercise self-regulation rather than asking the government to do that for you.

]]> By: The Opti Mystic http://www.opti-mystic.net/blog/2006/08/21/now-cable-operators-impose-censorship/comment-page-1/#comment-2587 The Opti Mystic Fri, 08 Sep 2006 04:40:28 +0000 http://www.opti-mystic.net/blog/2006/08/21/now-cable-operators-impose-censorship/#comment-2587 <strong>Unknown Indian>></strong> I agree. However, in this case the High Court was sticking to the law as it stood. Pratibha Naithani's complaint took refuge in the letter of the law and the court upheld it while ruling that the cable operators could not legally broadcast "A" rated content or unrated content on TV. The courts don't make the law... the government does! Courts have to follow the laws. However the point is... if a law itself is ambiguous and ill-thought-out, then should the courts intervene and go beyond the law while considering the basic rights/freedoms in the constitution as sacrosanct! This is where the High Court failed. I would have expected the aggrieved parties to appeal to the Supreme Court... but the cable operators didn't do that. They valued their business more than their consumers' rights. Unknown Indian>> I agree. However, in this case the High Court was sticking to the law as it stood. Pratibha Naithani’s complaint took refuge in the letter of the law and the court upheld it while ruling that the cable operators could not legally broadcast “A” rated content or unrated content on TV. The courts don’t make the law… the government does! Courts have to follow the laws. However the point is… if a law itself is ambiguous and ill-thought-out, then should the courts intervene and go beyond the law while considering the basic rights/freedoms in the constitution as sacrosanct! This is where the High Court failed. I would have expected the aggrieved parties to appeal to the Supreme Court… but the cable operators didn’t do that. They valued their business more than their consumers’ rights.

]]> By: Bhupathy http://www.opti-mystic.net/blog/2006/08/21/now-cable-operators-impose-censorship/comment-page-1/#comment-2544 Bhupathy Mon, 04 Sep 2006 13:32:13 +0000 http://www.opti-mystic.net/blog/2006/08/21/now-cable-operators-impose-censorship/#comment-2544 I dont know who is Pratibha Naithani to decide what Indians should watch. If she wants her kids not to watch movies let her control them. No channels are screening Adult movies now and i dont know the role High Court in interfering peoples leaving behind lot of issues of National Interest Behind. If parents dont want their children to watch this material let them use parental lock. Internet , DVDs and Cds are a majot source of Porn and i dont think kids of current gets ruined of just watching some scenes on a movie. I think Pratibha Naithani wants to be the cultural police . Piss off Pratibha Naithani I dont know who is Pratibha Naithani to decide what Indians should watch. If she wants her kids not to watch movies let her control them. No channels are screening Adult movies now and i dont know the role High Court in interfering peoples leaving behind lot of issues of National Interest Behind. If parents dont want their children to watch this material let them use parental lock. Internet , DVDs and Cds are a majot source of Porn and i dont think kids of current gets ruined of just watching some scenes on a movie. I think Pratibha Naithani wants to be the cultural police . Piss off Pratibha Naithani

]]> By: Unknown Indian http://www.opti-mystic.net/blog/2006/08/21/now-cable-operators-impose-censorship/comment-page-1/#comment-2517 Unknown Indian Sat, 02 Sep 2006 05:21:04 +0000 http://www.opti-mystic.net/blog/2006/08/21/now-cable-operators-impose-censorship/#comment-2517 Agree with you fully. But this is not the first time that the Bombay High Court has poked its nose into things it has nothing to do with. For my rant on this, please read <a href="http://unknownindianrantings.blogspot.com/2006/08/bombay-high-court-strikes-again.html" rel="nofollow"> this </a> Agree with you fully. But this is not the first time that the Bombay High Court has poked its nose into things it has nothing to do with. For my rant on this, please read this

]]> By: The Opti Mystic http://www.opti-mystic.net/blog/2006/08/21/now-cable-operators-impose-censorship/comment-page-1/#comment-2475 The Opti Mystic Thu, 24 Aug 2006 17:32:43 +0000 http://www.opti-mystic.net/blog/2006/08/21/now-cable-operators-impose-censorship/#comment-2475 <strong>Srinivas >></strong> You are absolutely right about star movies and hbo. I don't recall having seen a single '18' rated movie in a long long time. They limit themselves to '15'. But the problem is that the courts will not necessarily recognize these certifications. They want all content that is to be shown in India to be certified by our censor board. And we know the arbitrary parameters used to rate our movies by our censor board. If they have anything to do with it, hardly any '15' rated movie would get shown in India as almost all of them might get classified as 'A' in India. As far as Pratibha Naithani is concerned, I'm sure she has no evil designs of controlling the minds of Indians by deciding what they ought to watch. She has the right to protest against what doesn't suit her sensitivities. But asking the court for a ban is a bit draconian! :-) Srinivas >> You are absolutely right about star movies and hbo. I don’t recall having seen a single ‘18′ rated movie in a long long time. They limit themselves to ‘15′. But the problem is that the courts will not necessarily recognize these certifications. They want all content that is to be shown in India to be certified by our censor board. And we know the arbitrary parameters used to rate our movies by our censor board. If they have anything to do with it, hardly any ‘15′ rated movie would get shown in India as almost all of them might get classified as ‘A’ in India.

As far as Pratibha Naithani is concerned, I’m sure she has no evil designs of controlling the minds of Indians by deciding what they ought to watch. She has the right to protest against what doesn’t suit her sensitivities. But asking the court for a ban is a bit draconian! :-)

]]> By: srinivas http://www.opti-mystic.net/blog/2006/08/21/now-cable-operators-impose-censorship/comment-page-1/#comment-2470 srinivas Thu, 24 Aug 2006 12:20:19 +0000 http://www.opti-mystic.net/blog/2006/08/21/now-cable-operators-impose-censorship/#comment-2470 prathibha naithani wants the whole country to see what she views. star movies and hbo show nothing objectionable.they do less harm than mega serials of ektha kapoor etc.infact star movies and hbo show good quality movies which local film makers don't provide. prathibha naithani wants the whole country to see what she views.
star movies and hbo show nothing objectionable.they do less harm
than mega serials of ektha kapoor etc.infact star movies and hbo
show good quality movies which local film makers don’t provide.

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