RIGA – To maintain the law and order, our political leaders and their minions will not stop at anything. This is probably why Latvian PM Aigars Kalvitis decided today to create a pornography evaluation commission. The commission will evaluate film, picture, video and computer production for its legality. The commission will publish its opinions whether materials contain child pornography or violate the new anti-pornography law, adopted last March.
According to a press release from the Interior Ministry, the commission will consist of representatives of several ministries and experts. The Ministry of Culture representatives will be on hand to answer a question whether one’s work is art or that other thing.
Will there be a rating system? In the UK the BBFC (British Board of Film Classification) rates films according to the age at which it can be seen – U (suitable for all), 12A (kids under 12 must be accompanied by an adult), 15, 18, and R18 (can only be sold in a licensed sex shop).
Or will it just be a yes or no situation, whereby it is either art or porn?
The commission only deals with locally-produced things, I presume. There is already a rating system in place in cinemas and to a lesser extent on TV. It seems the purpose of the commission is to determine whether a work violates the anti-pornography law.