Kuwait Bans Fahrenheit 9/11

Yes, I know we've been mumbling about it for a while but I was mortified to read it in the news just now. As expected, Kuwait has banned Fahrenheit 9/11 from being shown here because.... well just read the damn article. It's too embarassing!

KUWAIT CITY - Kuwait, a major U.S. ally in the Persian Gulf, has banned Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11" because it deems the movie insulting to the Saudi Arabian royal family and critical of America's invasion of Iraq, an official said Sunday.
"We have a law that prohibits insulting friendly nations, and ties between Kuwait and Saudi Arabia are special," Abdul-Aziz Bou Dastour, cinema and production supervisor at the Information Ministry, told The Associated Press.

He said the film "insulted the Saudi royal family by saying they had common interests with the Bush family and that those interests contradicted with the interests of the American people." The ministry made the decision to bar "Fahrenheit 9/11" in mid-July after the state-owned Kuwait National Cinema Co. asked for the license to show the movie. The company monopolizes cinemas in Kuwait, but all movies must first be sanctioned by government censors.

OK STOP! I CAN'T TAKE ANYMORE!!!

It's OK for the US theatres to show movies critical of their own president, but noooo.. we can't show it here so we don't piss off some perceived American bogeyman who doesn't really give a shit what we show. As for the Saudi royal family... don't get me started!!!

An American guy I met yesterday told me that our leaders fully support the Republicans in the upcoming election. I corrected him and told him that they only support the otherwise irredeemable Dubya because he's Bush, Jr. the son of the first George Bush who was president when Kuwait was liberated by the US-led coalition.

Yes, folks... we can apply our backward tribal mentality to US politics too!