But some seem to be carried away, degenerating into abuse,blackmail,being uncouth, vindictive and outright pornography.
Freedom is most powerful when used with restraint and commonsense.
Conservative opposition lawmakers said the Australian Broadcasting Corporation had overstepped good taste with a scene in which actors playing Gillard and her partner Tim Mathieson cuddled naked and used the flag — with its historic ties to Britain and Australia’s Queen Elizabeth — as a sheet.
“Having sex in the prime minister’s office under the Australian flag is the last straw for me. It is sick. I’m offended and we should take a stand,” one lawmaker who could not be named told a closed door meeting of MPs, a conservative spokesman told a press briefing.
Another MP called for a rethink of taxpayer funding for the ABC, saying the program degraded the office of prime minister, currently held by center-left Labor rival Gillard, while monarchists said the use of the flag was disrespectful.
“I think a bit more discretion when using the flag is appropriate, even when you are trying to make a joke,” Australians for Constitutional Monarch head David Flint told Australian media.
What is purely a personal affair has been brought into the open unnecessarily.
The Karnataka Film Producers Association (KFPA), has no business to interfere in the personal lives of people, let alone ban an artist.
The concept of banning an artiste is contrary to Right to Work and is not Constitutionally valid.
These strong-arm tactics must stop what ever be the issue.
The Association is not a Law enforcing Authority.
Now the question of Vijayalakshmi retracting her statement
It is curious to note that major chunk of the actor‘s properties are in the name of Vikayalakshmi and the actor’s parent live separately.
And this is not the first time she has brought the quarrel in public.
Media has been paying too much attention on this issue.
Does any one see any design?
If one has an affair, it is his business.
If the wife can not correct him or live with him why not go in for a divorce?
The Producers Association has come with egg on its face.
They have been taking funny and arbitrary decisions which bids ill for the Karnataka Film Industry.
They ban dubbing other language films in Kannada, force theaters and malls to screen Kannada Films for a minimum period.
They issue red cards for actors at the drop of a hat.
They should know Film is business and not a place for sentiments.
It is better for them to know marketing rather than take silly measures which will affect the Sandalwood Film Industry in the long run.
(I remember some joker went on TV when there was some tamasha cricket match featuring Film Stars ( around IPL 2011 time) stating that the Film Producers encourage these games to raise funds to produce more Kannada films and the actors will go and play in villages of Karnataka.!)
Story line.
Actor had family feud with his wife Vijayalakshmi whom he beat blue to the extent that she had to be hospitalized;she had initially lodged a complaint with the police in Bangalore that he attempted to murder her on more than one occasion;she retracted her statement and withdrew her complaint couple of days later;police still fight the case in the court;KarnatakaFilm Producer‘s Association slapped a ban on the actressNikita Thukralfrom acting in Kannada Films.
Film personalities keep quiet on the ban.
First family of Kannada films Rajkumar Family condemns this autocratic behavior to the extent of considering floating a parallel Producers’ Forum.
Chastened the Producers’ Association revokes the ban by a letter dripping with sarcasm, addressed to Nikita Thukral.
In a below-the-belt response, Muniratna on Thursday read out contents of the letter that announced the lifting the ban on her.
‘The letter said, “It is our foolishness to ban a Kannada actress with good tradition, culture, respectful, saint, one with all virtues, without a black spot, with heart like milk, polyglot artiste. We have realised that it was our mistake to ban such a good lady. The reason for taking back the ban is that many intellectuals have said the ban was wrong.” The letter also says that Parvathamma was like a mother who had brought them back on the right track. Muniratna also announced a ban on the word ‘ban’ from the Kannada film industry though it was clear that the producers association has no powers to impose such a ban.’ http://www.bangaloremirror.com/article/10/2011091520110915213018426a573e138/Muni-Niki-win-in-L%E2%80%99Affaire-Darshan.html
Parliament’s Home Affairs committee “deplored” obstruction by News International when lawmakers first tried to probe accusations of illegal eavesdropping by journalists working for Murdoch, and criticized police for failing to investigate the case properly.
The committee’s report does not mention either Murdoch by name.
“When there has been a major discussion overseas, when people have seen telephones hacked into, when people have seen individuals grieving have to deal with all of this, then I do think that causes us to ask some questions here in our country,” Gillard said.
• BSkyB – can he assure the house the bid was not raised in any of his meetings with News Corp figures? Did he discuss it with the culture secretary?
• Coulson – Miliband runs through warnings about Coulson that Cameron has received or could have received, and media coverage such as the New York Times investigation into phone hacking. Why did Ed Llewellyn turn down the offer of a police briefing? Because the PM was compromised – “he was hamstrung by a conflict of interest”. Why did alarm bells not ring in Cameron’s office.
The Media Baron Rupert Murdoch is being questioned by the British Parliament to-day.( Live coverage has been blogged)
The story of how avarice and lust for fame has driven people to the height of depravity unfolds below.
JULY 18: Sean Hoare, a former reporter for the News Of The World who blew the whistle on the extent of phone hacking at the paper has been found dead at his home.
:: Rebekah Brooks‘ lawyer has denied she is guilty of “any criminal offence” as she prepares to appear before a group of MPs investigating the phone-hacking scandal.
:: The Prime Minister has said Parliament will meet on Wednesday to discuss the phone-hacking scandal after Britain’s top police officer resigned, delaying the summer recess.
Rupert Murdoch is referred to as RM and his son James JM. Rebekah Brooks is referred to as RB.
JM: It is a matter of great regret, my father’s, and everybody at News Corp and these are standards that these actions do not live up to, the standards that our company tries to live up to all around the world.
JM: It is our intention to put these things right, to make sure they don’t happen again.
James Murdoch: ‘If we were to do it again I’d still make the payments, but I’d go to the police next time.’ Incredible they didn’t go to the police the first time.
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News Corp. Watch:
James: I was aware that the settlement was for damages from illegal activites.
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