BF2S Forums Should Smoking Be Banned In Movies? Arnie Says NO

Banning cigarettes in movies is stupidest idea I have heard all week

I believe they pixelate out smoking in some Asian countries, I might be wrong.

It is ridiculous, I believe art forms like movies should be a mirror to society and as such there should be no censorship. Age restrictions certainly but not censorship.

i thought for the first paragraph people were trying to ban smoking in the actual cinema..... people watching it.

i was like wtf people can smoke in CINEMAS in the us?!?

then i was like oh.
i agree with him

i smoke at the movies/cinemas

but it's the drive inn

i only go to our local drive inn, screw the multiplexes

Braddock wrote:

I believe they pixelate out smoking in some Asian countries, I might be wrong.

It is ridiculous, I believe art forms like movies should be a mirror to society and as such there should be no censorship. Age restrictions certainly but not censorship.

Thailand only.

banning gun violence would make a lot more sense.

beerface702 wrote:

i smoke at the movies/cinemas

but it's the drive inn

i only go to our local drive inn, screw the multiplexes

Man I wish we had stuff like that in the U.K.
No absolutely not smoking is the coolest thing ever, Solid Snake smokes and he is cool as fuck. People can say all these things about it influencing children but fuck em let them buy their fake and chocolate cigarettes.

Obviously in children's films they pretty much don't have any smoking so if the child ends up smoking maybe he has been watching movies above his age limit. Even then he shouldn't be able to get hold on them, besides some film's wouldn't be cool without a machine welding cigar toking hero.

It's down to the parent to teach and show their children there are choices all these bullshit laws are going to get parents complacent. A generation of children raised by their televisions and xbox's.

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HurricaИe wrote:

God Save the Queen wrote:

banning gun violence would make a lot more sense.

probably never gonna happen. you can show jack bauer torturing people on TV but the moment janet jackson's tit appears for a few seconds, it's the absolute worst thing in the world.

edit: wah118 while a kid's movie shouldn't necessarily be glorifying smoking, shouldn't it be the parent's responsibility to tell their kids that smoking is incredibly damn bad for you?

Yeah don't get me wrong HurriJew it's just that in general it would just be inappropriate for lets say erm, Kung Fu Panda to lit up a ciggie mid-fight.

wah1188 wrote:

HurricaИe wrote:

God Save the Queen wrote:

banning gun violence would make a lot more sense.

probably never gonna happen. you can show jack bauer torturing people on TV but the moment janet jackson's tit appears for a few seconds, it's the absolute worst thing in the world.

edit: wah118 while a kid's movie shouldn't necessarily be glorifying smoking, shouldn't it be the parent's responsibility to tell their kids that smoking is incredibly damn bad for you?

Yeah don't get me wrong HurriJew it's just that in general it would just be inappropriate for lets say erm, Kung Fu Panda to lit up a ciggie mid-fight.

very true, but as evidenced most movie studios know it'd be really bad PR to have a cuddly CGI bear smoking marlboros

On a side note, I only recently learned (and thus realized) that you can't have ads for cigarettes on TV.

Okay no supercars either, they are big pollutants and this is a major influence.

HurricaИe wrote:

Yeah, why not? We should go ahead and ban the consumption of alcohol in movies as well. Along with clothing deemed 'too tight' by this "Board of Morals" that's trying to ban it. They should also outright ban movies that show any political or social opinions that differ from that of the Board.

You're stretching too far. Smoking is odd that it is being targeted by what I assume to be health freaks that share some of the beliefs that your "Board of Morals" idea has. The people complaining are probably making the argument that smoking is a bad influence and shouldn't even be witnessed. Your Morality Board consists of those crazy uber-"family values" folks who are utterly against violence, sex, and everything else that is fun/entertaining.

I dislike the fact that smoking is currently the target of all this rage by interest groups and whatnot. Alcohol is a similar threat and how often do you hear about someone dying from secondhand smoke (if they're a waitress who works in a poorly ventilated room for years on end is one of the few ways I tihnk that it is possible). I'd prefer if alcohol were at least the target but thanks to "Big Alcohol" (if there is a "Big Tobacco," there must be one of these, too) those companies have the moolah to get prime commercial spots at the Super Bowl and no one complains. I don't need to list the ways it is detrimental here, and I'm certainly not condoning smoking, but like the singling-out of sex offenders, there should be equal treatment all around.

Braddock wrote:

Schwarzenegger against banning smoking in films

Actor-turned-politician Arnold Schwarzenegger has spoken out against anti-smoking campaigners trying to rid Hollywood films of cigarettes and cigars. The California governor, a renowned cigar aficionado, insists children need to be warned of the dangers of tobacco but argues that filmmakers who wish to feature smoking should be able to exercise their artistic freedom, particularly in period settings, according to FoxNews.com.

"I personally don't believe that we should erase cigarettes in movies," he said. "I don't believe that we should erase when someone smokes a cigar in a movie. I think that we should remind people and kids all the time about the dangers of smoking. To all of a sudden tell actors not to smoke a cigarette in a movie when they portray a character ... is ludicrous. I think this is going too far."

I agree with him. Discuss.

Gotta agree Braddock, PC and the pussification of America marches on.