Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ut-sally.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!gatech!ut-sally!barnett From: barnett@ut-sally.UUCP (Lewis Barnett) Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Re: ST ban in Texas Message-ID: <2187@ut-sally.UUCP> Date: Tue, 25-Jun-85 15:58:04 EDT Article-I.D.: ut-sally.2187 Posted: Tue Jun 25 15:58:04 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 27-Jun-85 06:12:57 EDT References: <2374@topaz.ARPA> Organization: U. Texas CS Dept., Austin, Texas Lines: 21 > From: Dave Godwin> > > I don't believe that the ban is still in effect. I do not recall > all of the banned episodes specifically, but do recall exactly that the > episode 'Bread and Circuses', ... > was banned because the culture on this planet had parallels to > both the Romans, and to an underground christian culture based upon it's > own Christ figure. > The powers that be stepped on the episode, apparently because > Earth is the only planet in the cosmos God is looking out for. > No, the ban isn't still in effect. (or at least enforcement is very lax. :-) I saw "Bread and Circuses" on Austin's ABC affiliate just last week. Lewis Barnett,CS Dept, Painter Hall 3.28, Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX 78712 -- barnett@ut-sally.ARPA, barnett@ut-sally.UUCP, {ihnp4,harvard,seismo,gatech,ctvax}!ut-sally!barnett