Should tobacco usage scene's be deleted?

[Roger]

Oh wonderful. Just when you thought it was safe to leave the house and venture into the cinema all the scenes have been deleted save for the credits. That is if there's no smoking in the credits.

 

[Mike in Seattle]

Yes, this is a censorship question many people are contemplating.:rage: Any thoughts?

Clearly the answer is NO, said scenes shouldn't be deleted. By the time you get through deleting all the scenese that in some way offends someone, you have nothing left.

 

[Twitch]

It's sad that a group of movie people have decided to copy politicians with "feel good" legislation, as it were. It is simply a case of publically appearing to do something positive while nothing in the real world is affected whatsoever.:eusa_doh:

 

[carebear]

This is a post on a similar thread on a different forum I frequent (which devolved into a "stupid Lucas" fest).

This is an excerpt from an article a friend read.

I thought the imagery was REALLY good...

"With the dialogue in most movies reduced to either one star screaming at the other star as the car they’re driving goes out of control, or one character sitting in front of a computer terminal, and after tapping a few keys, turning to the other characters and saying, “I’m into the system,” a little smoke-’em-if-you-got-’em goes a long way. The ponderous, wooden dialogue of the recent Star Wars movies would have seemed zesty and sharp if only Yoda had dangled a Marlboro from his greenish lips. “Begun,” he says, taking a long, slow, last drag, “the clone war has.” And then he tosses the butt to the ground and grinds it out with his tiny little foot."