To: calreaganfan
The Hayes Code was not government censorship. The Hollywood studios enacted the code as a preventative measure to avoid government censorship. Self-regulation was prefarable to government regulation (and eventual censorship).
112 posted on
09/04/2005 1:53:56 AM PDT by
Wormwood
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To: Wormwood
"The Hayes Code was not government censorship"
That was exactly my point. I guess that means we agree.
To: Wormwood
Thank you, I was googling it trying to find info.
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