MOTION PICTURE POSTERS
Sir, — While agreeing that some form of general supervision is necessary for the maintenance of a suitable standard of morality in motion picture posters, I am of opinion that, to specialise in poster censorship alone, would be as absurdly unfair as is the present system of censoring films rigidly and allowing stage plays comparative freedom. The paper jackets of certain types of novels, the contents of many cheap magazines at present flooding the market, the words of many popular songs, and the sentiments expressed in hundreds of books and novels are more morally reprehensible than the majority of picture posters. The fact is that the whole principle of censorship in its application to amusement, literature and art is most unsatisfactory. History has proved time and time again that moral behaviour and public taste are psychological questions far too subtle to be dealt with by the off-hand method of legislation. One cannot teach a child to be honest merely by removing the temptation to steal, because there must come a time when this temptation cannot be removed. Moral education is the only cure for dishonesty, just as it is the only real barrier against the pernicious influences of life. REASONABLE.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 878, 23 January 1930, Page 8
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202MOTION PICTURE POSTERS Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 878, 23 January 1930, Page 8
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