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My two cents.
Being a Brit, I'm well aware of the BBFC and I think for a film board in a western and somewhat liberalised society, they are very sensitive when it comes to objectionable material.
I read a BBC report earlier and it said that it was one of only 11 films that the BBFC ever banned. Now, I'm quite interested in the Video Nasties phenomenon (though I've stated there's a few of the films, I don't think I'll ever watch because they're "too much" such as Cannibal Holocaust) and though most of them are now available uncut, I think there's at least 11 films on that list alone which still aren't distributable legally.
Though this is probably more the fact that the films never got resubmitted for classification than for the fact that these films would still be regarded as obscene. And some of the choices for the list were insane (for example banning The Beyond or Inferno and not Salo, which I've heard is pretty nasty)
But, I don't believe in censorship, at least not any heavy form of it. Do I find some things hard to stomach or offensive, of course I do, most people do. Do I feel that that should stop other people from watching these films? Certainly not.
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