I should agree to that. The freedom of choice, expression and movement also also going to be gone soon. What are we? Morons? Imbeciles? Idiots? Maybe the government has to do all the good thinking for us. We did make a mistake. Electing this government. I guess I am next time I am gonna vote more sensibly.
it was as if i was reading george orwell's 1984 all over again. thanks for speaking your mind. if this article is taken off the site tomorrow, we all know who is to blame.. THE STATE.
A ban on on screen smoking, close down of the dance bars,wats the govt tryin tu prove..... that they r the mentors.... God knows!!!!!!!!!!!!! GROW UP !!!!!!! Cant stop youth geting corrupt just by issuing a ban on screen smoking.....
The state is not deciding "everything" for you or dictating "every" aspect of your life. You'd understand the real problem if you ever go to the west where a large number of teenagers smoke (despite the ban of cigarette sell to under 18's). The west is a living proof that regulations like no-sell-to-under-18's are extremely ineffective, because children still see elders and movie stars smoking, they want to imitate. Children learn a lot by imitating, even smoking. Congratulations to the Censor Board for a right step.
government has every rights to do because government in democratic as it's we who elect them to represent us to the world. sure that portraying smoking on big screens have negative impact on teen age male and female as you can see it from statistical point of view. but even the law cannot stop teen agers to quit smoking. unless they prepare their mind to quit smoking, they can't and the move is to help them in sorting out the problem in one way! but why don't you understand this? if you want to show churchill or whoever it is in real through art, you have lot of good things to show about. you have churchill's famous speech, its not cigarrette for which he is famous but for his famous speech!
Agreed, we are moving to an orwellian paradigm. However, more interesting would be the various forms of protest against this step. Extreme actions require equally or more extreme counter-reactions. Some day, we might have no choice but to go on a strike a la "Atlas Shrugged".
I hear you man. I have exactly the same to say..just that you said it sooner. Rules and regulations such as that turn us...humans...into robots...there will be no individuality......everyone will be the same....and to the benefit of whom? a single narrow-minded individual high up in the government making all these rules? I'd rather all of us 'expand our minds' to the benefit of art and music than turn into a machine....
I think the ban is absurd. But at the same time I feel filmmakers should stop glorifying smoking as something heroic, cool, a man thing. impressionable teens hang on to everything that their idol does. its a social responsibility that should be left to filmmakers to fulfill. I am not opposed to showing smoking on screen per se but only the glorification of it. if the character has to smoke then he must be shown smoking. but why tend to hype it as something stylish? but a ban isn't the solution.
