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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
I'm not sure Parks Canada should have standards based on content, provided that the content isn't illegal or something... That being said, I'm inclined to think, "well if it was a movie about how the KKK is fantastic, I would be pretty understanding about them shooting that down". Given that intuition, I'm not sure how this should work... but I just can't imagine who at Parks Canada is qualified to be the arbiter of what is and what isn't acceptable movie content. It can't be "what anyone anywhere might find offensive", obviously.
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Obviously, and I doubt the driving factor is "we don't want to offend anyone" which is what it's sort of being made out to be.
I assume it's as simple as: if you make a movie in a National Park, it should follow our standards of good taste. That sounds subjective, but if Parks Canada has a set standard (that we aren't aware of and applies to all films made in our parks, which is possible) then it's fine.
Given the government's own long history with rocky aboriginal relations, I assume content that plays with negatively characterizing aboriginals doesn't interest them.
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Originally Posted by polak
Also, isn't this going against Freedom of speech? Should I not be able to tell a story and use whatever race or ethnicity in whatever role I choose? Films use whites, blacks, asians, indians and aliens as the bad guy all of the time. Aboriginal people are off limits for some reason? Stupid.
I guess I forgot how no aboriginal person has ever done anything bad in the history of time.
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I guess you forgot that free speech doesn't have anything to do with making whatever film you want in a Canadian Park. As with anything, you have to follow the rules set out by the controlling organization.
You honestly can't find any other examples where certain places/organizations have limits as to what you can and can't say? No code of conduct? Not at work? Not on a message board perhaps?