Thursday, June 12
Few things make me appreciate the civil liberties we enjoy in this country more than a survey of what goes on in the rest of the World. This article reports that a panel of 15 Egyptian censors have decided to ban The Matrix Reloaded. Why, you ask? The censorship committe explains that
[d]espite the high technology and fabulous effects of the movie, it explicitly handles the issue of existence and creation, which are related to the three divine religions.
Existence and creation, huh? I don't know what y'all think, but I reckon that casts a mighty broad net.