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Originally Posted by Boo Radley  Ferman was, is and will always be, the most ignorant, arrogant, duplicitous, power hungry pervert that has ever been in the BBFC. He abused his authority and staff and projected his own perversions and hang-ups onto the working class to deflect attention away from his own inadequacies.
The tiny bit of good he did is vastly overshadowed by the ocean of bullshit and Draconian censorship he helped implement onto this country, of which the reverberations are still felt today, 30 years later.
He is no better than a Nazi book burner, in fact he is worse, as he had history and experience to call upon.
I spit in his face!   |
In would not go so far as to make the Nazi comparison. Given the genocide wrought by the nazis i'm loathe to make that comparison lightly.
Personally I think he was simply an autocrat.
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Certainly he misused his power on occasion but its also worth noting the hysterical masses whipped up into a frenzy by our rotten press.