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The Big [Censored] Theory

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1444 points feross | 6 comments | 29 Aug 22 17:34 UTC | HN request time: 0.909s | source | bottom
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briantakita ◴[29 Aug 22 19:35 UTC] No.32642516[source]▶
Companies & Governments in the US & West censor for political reasons. Why is this any different?
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1. Bakary ◴[29 Aug 22 20:16 UTC] No.32642992[source]▶
What sort of TV shows are censored in the West?
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2. ur-whale ◴[29 Aug 22 20:38 UTC] No.32643233[source]▶
> What sort of TV shows are censored in the West?

When was the last time you saw a pair of boobs on an US sitcom?

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3. Bakary ◴[29 Aug 22 21:21 UTC] No.32643727[source]▶
Game of Thrones? I'm not really a TV guy.

I was specifically intrigued by what the GP saw as political censorship, but I see what you mean.

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4. carapace ◴[29 Aug 22 21:22 UTC] No.32643732[source]▶
There's an episode of South Park that featured the Prophet Mohamed (Super Best Friends) that was uncontroversial when it aired, but now you can't get it anywhere. They did a very good bit about it in "Cartoon Wars". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartoon_Wars_Part_I (They deserve like a Pulitzer Prize or something for CW, it's genius.)

It's not illegal to depict the Prophet, it's religious courtesy. (Also, it might interfere with profit (no pun intended.))

5. 867-5309 ◴[29 Aug 22 22:02 UTC] No.32644123[source]▶
boob ^1 /buːb/

INFORMAL

noun

1. BRITISH an embarrassing mistake. "the boob was spotted by a security expert at the show"

2. NORTH AMERICAN a foolish or stupid person. "why was that boob given a key investigation?"

plenty of pairs of both on American sitcoms!

6. ur-whale ◴[30 Aug 22 12:42 UTC] No.32649635{3}[source]▶
> Game of Thrones

Game of Thrones is a sitcom in your world?