The Bible: Too Obscene and Violent for Kids?Tommi Avicolli Meccabyline‚ May. 22‚ 2007Over 800 people in Hong Kong have complained to the Television and Entertainment Licensing Authority (TELA), the local censoring body for the publishing industry, asking it to declare the Bible too smutty and violent to be read by those under 18. The complaints come in the wake of controversy over a sex survey in a university student magazine that was deemed indecent by the Obscene Articles Tribunal. Students objecting to the designation launched a website, www.truthbible.net, which calls for supporters to lodge complaints against the Bible with TELA. The site is in Chinese. If deemed obscene, the Bible would be sealed and stamped with a warning. It would only be sold to persons over 18. |