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Re: HBO Max is failing the classic Tom and Jerry

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No, but anyone in the public could potentially become part of such a group. So, what they disallow for what they consider a special group they are also disallowing for themselves.

Yes, that is essentially how laws and government work. I give up my own individual rights to extort the public, and in exchange I get the security of knowing I won't be exploited.

The question is who is exploiting whom in this situation.

Re: HBO Max is failing the classic Tom and Jerry

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There's a third choice - just show it unedited. Put a disclaimer if needed. You can still buy a copy of mein kampf and read the loonery Hitler wrote. You don't learn from history by denying it's existence.

I'd be fine with making the mouse cartoon available for people who want to study/ experience cartoon history but not showing it unedited on a streaming service where most people who watch it are kids.

But Game of Thrones which features torture and rape is fine to show unedited?

Either what these censored cartoons showed is somehow worse than realistic depictions of rape and torture.. or we're being inconsistent.

Re: HBO Max is failing the classic Tom and Jerry

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I'd be fine with making the mouse cartoon available for people who want to study/ experience cartoon history but not showing it unedited on a streaming service where most people who watch it are kids.

But Game of Thrones which features torture and rape is fine to show unedited? Either what these censored cartoons showed is somehow worse than realistic depictions of rape and torture.. or we're being inconsistent.

> But Game of Thrones which features torture and rape is fine to show unedited?

Or one of the shows has appeal to children as central to its market role, and the other was designed, marketed to, and always rated for adult audiences.

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