Bahamas bans 'Brokeback'

[Brookstone]

I have to disagree with this decision. People should be able to choose whether they want to see the film or not, for themselves. Not because a small group of people objects to it.

http://entertainment.sympatico.msn....V2&show=True&number=5&showbyline=True&abc=abc

 

[Bud123]

To all you Brokeback fans out there - sorry your movie didn't win an Oscar .........
but it's still good coming in number 2

 

[leyla's eyes]

hopefully it was banned because it was just a terrible movie and not because of the gay content.

i can't remember seeing that bad a movie in a long time. no surprise it lost out to crash which wasn't that good of a movie either.

 

[LancsLad]

To all you Brokeback fans out there - sorry your movie didn't win an Oscar .........
but it's still good coming in number 2

You're saying the actors were s**t disturbers.

 

[Brookstone]

hopefully it was banned because it was just a terrible movie and not because of the gay content.

i can't remember seeing that bad a movie in a long time. no surprise it lost out to crash which wasn't that good of a movie either.

If you read the article, you'll see thats the exact reason why they banned it cuz of the gay content. Personally, I'd rather educate ppl on subjects rather then banning it completely.

Quotes from the article:
“The board chose to ban it because it shows extreme homosexuality, nudity and profanity, and we feel that it has no value for the Bahamian public," Chavasse Turnquest-Liriano, liaison officer for the control board

"Films of that nature should be banned because [they go] against the Christian principles of our country," resident Stephanie Hanna called into the show.

 

[leyla's eyes]

should have been banned for being a bad movie as well. what a peice of crap gay stuff notwithsatnding.

 

[ruck]

I beg

hopefully it was banned because it was just a terrible movie and not because of the gay content.

i can't remember seeing that bad a movie in a long time. no surprise it lost out to crash which wasn't that good of a movie either.

to differ.

Crash was an amazing movie that surfaced many hidden racists traits.
It also exposed how racism is almost accepted as long as it is put in a PC sort of way.

Brokeback I don't know anything about because I have not watched it. I don't like romance and relationship movies, period. Whether it's gay or straight, they all bore me to no end.

As far as Bahamas goes. They are very anti-gay. The general concensus in the Caribbean is that "botty boys" are wrong. In fact, I believe there was a hit song in Jamaica about killing "botty boys."

Just a thought.

 

[leyla's eyes]

to differ.

Crash was an amazing movie that surfaced many hidden racists traits.
.

average at best out of a less then stellar crop this year to choose from. but thats why we differ.

 

[ruck]

average at best out of a less then stellar crop this year to choose from. but thats why we differ.

oh no, please don't say "good night and good luck".

 

[leyla's eyes]

there really wasn't anything too good this year. it wasn't a banner year for good movies.

 

[Terbevore]

Statistics......

I just happened to have the 2001 edition of the "Pocket World in Figures" published by the Economist on my desk and I took a look at what it had to say about certain aspects of the Bahamas. Guess what country has the highest AIDS rate in the world? Yup, the Bahamas..... at least in 2001 and I can't imagine things have changed much in the last few years. The rate was/is:1,046.6 cases per 100,000. In my opinion with this kind of infection rate, in addition to the drug-dealing and violent crime, makes me think the Bahamas has more to worry about than the screening of a movie about a couple of lonely cowboys.

 

[leyla's eyes]

I just happened to have the 2001 edition of the "Pocket World in Figures" published by the Economist on my desk and I took a look at what it had to say about certain aspects of the Bahamas. Guess what country has the highest AIDS rate in the world? Yup, the Bahamas..... at least in 2001 and I can't imagine things have changed much in the last few years. The rate was/is:1,046.6 cases per 100,000. In my opinion with this kind of infection rate, in addition to the drug-dealing and violent crime, makes me think the Bahamas has more to worry about than the screening of a movie about a couple of lonely cowboys.

are you sure it isn't haiti?

 

[Terbevore]

Statistics Redux........

I double checked my source, "Pocket World in Figures" (2001 edition) published by the Economist and on P. 74, it clearly puts the Bahamas at the top of the AIDS heap at 1,046.6 per 100,000 population. Bermuda was ranked number 4 at 540.6 per 100,000 population. Hati came in at number 35 having 111.9 per 100,000 population. The book states that: "AIDS data refers to the total number of cases reported to the World Health Organization up to November 15, 1999".

"I am surprised as well by these numbers and I am going to check my old standby the "CIA World Factbook" for confirmation although I am not sure if the World Factbook specifically mention AIDS. Stand by folks and I'll see what I come up with...........

 

[Terbevore]

Leyla's eyes are wide open......

Leyla, I'm very impressed by your instincts in naming Hati over the Bahamas as the largest per capita repository of HIV. I checked the CIA World Factbook on the Net and as of 2003, Hati had a 5.6% AIDS rate in their population and the Bahamas had 3%. The two sources I have cited are contradictory, but the numbers are equally horrifying! Also, it was interesting that underneath the presentation of the total population figures for both countries, there was a qualifier which follows:

note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2005 est.)

The CIA world Factbook can be seen at:

http://geography.about.com/library/cia/blcindex.htm

 

[shack]

The rate was/is:1,046.6 cases per 100,000. In my opinion with this kind of infection rate, makes me think the Bahamas has more to worry about than the screening of a movie about a couple of lonely cowboys.

I think I heard somewhere once a long time ago that there's a high incidence of AIDS among gays. Maybe the Bahamian government heard this rumour also and is trying to not promote gay sex.

 

[LancsLad]

I think I heard somewhere once a long time ago that there's a high incidence of AIDS among gays. Maybe the Bahamian government heard this rumour also and is trying to not promote gay sex.

Why shouldn't happy people be allowed to have sex in Bahamas. Oh, sorry , you meant the other kind of "gay". Not that there's anything wrong with that.