Posted by the dog from that film you saw on 03/23/07 14:38

<thad@thadlabs.com> wrote in message
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> On Mar 23, 3:01 am, "the dog from that film you saw"


>> > Uh, didn't they realize the rat had already been placed in the
>> > pink liquid when the movie was filmed? :-)
>>
>> > And it's a rat, fer crissakes.
>>
>> 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.
>
>



it's GENUINE animal cruelty they don't allow - simulated is fine!
if the abyss had drowned some people for real in it's quest for
entertainment i dare say that they may have taken issue with that also.


--
Gareth.

That fly... is your magic wand.
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