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Posted by thad@thadlabs.com on 03/23/07 14:16
On Mar 23, 3:01 am, "the dog from that film you saw"
<d...@removethisportionbtinternet.com> wrote:
> <t...@thadlabs.com> wrote in message
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> news:1174611633.605716.214030@b75g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
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> > The cut that still bewilders me is the placing of the rat in the pink
> > breathing solution in THE ABYSS. The BBFC (British Board of
> > Film Censors/Certificators) claims they required that cut because
> > of trauma to the rat.
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> > Uh, didn't they realize the rat had already been placed in the
> > pink liquid when the movie was filmed? :-)
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> > And it's a rat, fer crissakes.
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> the BBFC have no choice - there's a specific law that prohibits the
> depiction of animal cruelty in films.
OK, but later in the movie humans are shown breathing the same pink
fluid with the same initial trauma (letting fluid into their lungs).
Does the UK value rats over humans? If so, misplaced values.
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