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From: barnett@ut-sally.UUCP (Lewis Barnett)
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Subject: Re: ST ban in Texas
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Date: Tue, 25-Jun-85 15:58:04 EDT
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> 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

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