Propaganda In Cinemas

[cassa333]

Since when did we start showing propaganda in cinemas?

I know we probably did with Pathe News reels years ago but I went to the cinema at the weekend with the kids to see Rise of the Guardians and there was a huge 'advert' for the Human Rights Act.

Do we realy need propaganda like this and is it the EU trying to grab the children before they become corrupted by us cynical adults?

[bibblebub]

you can probably sue them under the Human Rights Act

[cassa333]

lol

Infringing my enjoyment of the film :)

[jake-the-peg]

I think this was the funniest Human rights story this year

Sun Journalists trying to use it against News International!

That would be the same Sun journalists that spend their time telling everybody how dreadful it is?

Some mistake I'm sure!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/feb/15/sun-staff-news-corp-inquiry

[sandyRoe]

'I'm all right, Jack' and many of the Carry On films had a strong anti-working class subtext. Propaganda in the cinema has been going on for a long time.

[ichkeria]

The last time I went to the cinema I had to sit through quite a long session of propaganda stuff relating to future film releases and even some frightful nonsense insisting that Diet pepsi was actually drinkable ...

[jno]

did you never see any of those films telling you to look both ways before crossing the road?

I can't see anything propagandistic in telling people about the law as it exists. Giving a view on whether a proposed law should/should not be passed would be propaganda.

[Buenchico]

Since when did the EU have anything to do with the Human Rights Act?

The UK's obligation to comply with European Convention on Human Rights comes about because of our membership of the COUNCIL OF EUROPE, which has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with the EU!!! (The UK has been a member of the Council of Europe since before the EU even existed. Many 'non-EU' countries, such as Russia, are also members of the Council of Europe).

If the UK was to pull out of the EU, or even if the EU was to be be abolished, we would still be bound by our membership of a COMPLETELY SEPARATE body!

Stop reading the Daily Mail, Cassa333, and instead read the text of what we've actually signed up to:
http://conventions.coe.int/treaty/en/Treaties/Html/005.htm