p2pnet - rss feed: Oz ‘murder’ film got PG rating
p2pnet.net news:- A DVD calling for the murder of ‘infidels’ and describing Jews as ‘pigs’ received a PG rating from Australia’s Office of Film and Literature Classification, making it suitable for viewing by children, says Australian Associated Press.
Now Oz federal attorney-general Philip Ruddock is thinking about widening censorship laws to include a ban on pro-terrorism films.
“In my view we’ve got to deal with this urgently,” Ruddock told Macquarie Radio, says the story.
The film was among DVDs prepared by exiled Australian-born Islamic cleric Sheik Feiz Mohammed, it says, going on:
“The officials could meet this week, we could go through the consultation that’s necessary and we could endorse this within three weeks and have the code in place, if they’re prepared to co-operate.”
AAP says Ruddock asked the censors why they’d rated the film PG in the first place.
“We’ve looked at the these (Sheik Feiz Mohammed’s) sermons and we thought they were just ranting”, they said, adds the story.
Also See:
Australian Associated Press - Fast-track laws to target terror DVDs, April 16, 2007
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