Censorship At It's Worst

[jayfish]

This story is from my local paper (The Grand Rapids Press) and appeared 5/15/04.

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All of a sudden, medieval torture isn't such old news

Saturday, May 15, 2004

By Cami Reister
The Grand Rapids Press


Children visiting the Middle Ages exhibit opening next week at the Public Museum of Grand Rapids will be able to dress up in medieval garb, train like a knight in shining armor and feast on authentic food of the era.

What they won't be able to do is see a demonstration of a torture rack pulling a captive Stretch Armstrong doll to its limit or murals depicting other forms of torture.

With photos of prisoner abuse in Iraq at the hands of American soldiers appearing on the nightly news, museum officials this week decided to pull the rack and mural from the exhibit "Gratia Dei: A Journey Through the Middle Ages." They also will retool a summer program designed to show the life of a medieval prisoner.
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There you go folks, a little piece of censorship that the public either never picks up on or embraces outright. What is the problem here? It's all fun and games until your hero's are the evil torturers? Can someone give me one good reason why this form of censorship is acceptable? Do we, as a society, really need to be dumbed down any more than we already are?

Jay

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