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Aufregung bei den Filmfestspielen von Venedig: Wegen einer Masturbationsszene mit einem Kruzifix in dem Religionsdrama "Paradies: Glaube" erstattete eine katholische Organisation Anzeige gegen Regisseur Ulrich Seidl und dessen Team.
Commotion at Venice film festival: because of a masturbation scene with a crucifix in the religious drama "Paradise: Belief" a catholic organization has brought a complaint against director Ulrich Seidl and his team.
Come on. Don't exaggerate. There is a difference between PR's stuff in the church and a movie.
- Jake Friends come and go. Enemies accumulate.
Now compare that with the movie, which was made for a movie-audience. Really.
But I'd also point out that if writhing in front of the altar is a crime, then anybody who falls into a religious trance and starts speaking in tongues would also be a criminal. And while running from the custodians is not precisely legally protected, nor is it an outrageous violation of the space.
That's the problem with outlawing things based on them being in poor taste: It leads to fuzzy laws which are only selectively enforced. Mob rule, in other words.
And the mob does not like gays, atheists or social democrats.
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