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Originally Posted by Gojirosan  No, but their reckless use causes far more damage to animals and children than any kind of hideous fighting sport. |
But not in a fictional film!
The point is that inflicting brutality - or death - on a sentient being (animal or human) should be of obvious concern. Whilst I disagree with the cut to Inferno, I am glad the BBFC removes sequences of suffering inflicted upon helpless animals (note, however, they do not remove scenes filmed for a documentary so, if you wanted to do a piece on chickens in a battery farm, I imagine you'd be okay).
(I'm not a vegetarian actually: Ironically, given this discussion, I still eat chicken.
And I don't subscribe to animal rights - animal welfare, yes. So I'm not arguing my own intrinsic thoughts here, I'm merely pointing out why I think some degree of "protection" is needed).
This is an interesting dicussion, by the way, but I guess maybe we should get back to Inferno?