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Matrix Reloaded is Banned

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Egypt banned The Matrix Reloaded for being, "too religious," and promoting Zionism.
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Ah...Egypt, bastion of freedom and social peace. The gall of these fuckers to call it too violent. Dudes, maybe if you stopped churning out zealots willing to blowe themselves up over a fucking religion you can talk to me about something being too violent.
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Frankly, no big loss in this case. But the principle of that action is still galling.
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Those wacky egyptians!
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This is not surprising.

I wonder if people are watching a bootleg in Somalia?
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The article basically says that Egyptians can't handle the movie. If they watch it they'll riot or something: "Ahhhheeeee!!! Does free will exist?!!?! We must find the creator!!!!!!!! Ahheeeee!!!......"
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Jeez. It's just a movie. If that sort of thing can work up so many people, especially just a sci-fi movie...
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Re: Matrix Reloaded is Banned

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jegs2 wrote:Egypt banned The Matrix Reloaded for being, "too religious," and promoting Zionism.
I guess the only free city in the Matrix being called Zion didn't help...
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Alyeska wrote:
jegs2 wrote:Egypt banned The Matrix Reloaded for being, "too religious," and promoting Zionism.
I guess the only free city in the Matrix being called Zion didn't help...
Probably should have included a twin free city called Thebes...
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Well, now they don't get to see a crappy movie with no plot and boring action. Joy.
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kojikun wrote:Well, now they don't get to see a crappy movie with no plot and boring action. Joy.
Perhaps you would like to join them over in fundie pyramid land?
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Wicked Pilot wrote:
kojikun wrote:Well, now they don't get to see a crappy movie with no plot and boring action. Joy.
Perhaps you would like to join them over in fundie pyramid land?
I thought that place only existed in Super Mario Bros.?
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Raoul Duke, Jr. wrote:I thought that place only existed in Super Mario Bros.?
I believe that would be fundie pipe land.
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Wicked Pilot wrote:
Raoul Duke, Jr. wrote:I thought that place only existed in Super Mario Bros.?
I believe that would be fundie pipe land.
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Wicked Pilot wrote:Perhaps you would like to join them over in fundie pyramid land?
I'd rather not. I was merely commenting on how they banned a silly movie.
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too religious? Whatever :roll:
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Is the soundtrack banned too? Take out the Marylon Manson and I think it rocks.
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Y'know what? That will just make it more popular...

Now if they'd banned it for that retarded human battery concept... that would be worthwhile.
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jegs2 wrote:
Alyeska wrote:
jegs2 wrote:Egypt banned The Matrix Reloaded for being, "too religious," and promoting Zionism.
I guess the only free city in the Matrix being called Zion didn't help...
Probably should have included a twin free city called Thebes...
I was thinking the same thing. Or just dub that part out/replace it.
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Bummer, well the main cast pretty much are terrorists...
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Too bad for my friend. He's in Egypt right now. Or perhaps it's a good thing for my friend - I haven't seen the movie so I don't know if it's good or not...
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Dooey Jo wrote:Too bad for my friend. He's in Egypt right now. Or perhaps it's a good thing for my friend - I haven't seen the movie so I don't know if it's good or not...
Tell him to support the ban. Doing otherwise encourages massive stupidity.
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kojikun wrote:
Dooey Jo wrote:Too bad for my friend. He's in Egypt right now. Or perhaps it's a good thing for my friend - I haven't seen the movie so I don't know if it's good or not...
Tell him to support the ban. Doing otherwise encourages massive stupidity.
You want him to support censorship because of religious reasons?

Stupid movie or not, that's still a bad reason to support censorship.
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Dooey Jo wrote:Too bad for my friend. He's in Egypt right now. Or perhaps it's a good thing for my friend - I haven't seen the movie so I don't know if it's good or not...
Actually, my wife and I saw it last night, and we weren't impressed.
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