As seen on a Facebook thread: My Cleanflicks Rant

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I've always been of the opinion that if you make the choice not to watch certain films or certain types of films, then that is exactly what you should do (or not do, I guess).  It is a personal choice, and nothing others say or do should affect it.  That should include others saying a film is good and you need to see it.  Seeing a movie in an edited form is still seeing the movie.  You're still buying into the idea that you need to watch it.  You're just refusing to watch all of it.

Having access to an edited version of the film (edited legally or otherwise, but we won't even go there) shouldn't change your choice of whether or not to watch it.  In addition to which, all you're doing is paying other people to think for you.  You're paying someone else to decide what is or is not appropriate for you to see.  You're paying someone else to watch something you yourself won't watch in order to make it acceptable to you.

Having somebody else edit a movie for you, instead of making the decision not to see it at all, is just as bad as not reading a book simply because a person or group of people got your local library not to carry it.  The more we allow others to think for us, the less we have to take personal responsibility for our decisions.

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