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You know what? I watch pirated DVDs like most other Malaysians but personally I like to watch "ORI" shows by going to the cinemas.

 But that's another story.

Just last night, something happened to me to compell me to go out and get a pirated DVD. I was watching 28 days -an old show by Sandra Bullock about alcohol and drug abuse and rehabilitation. I think it's quite a good show despite it's age.

It was shown on TV3. I was 'getting into' the show as it was getting interesting. Then, there was unexpected 'jumps' where something was skipped and it made me confused. One of my housemate told me that they actually 'censored' a part. It was when Sandra Bullock got so drunk she ruined her sister's wedding. That part was completely snipped off. That was a critical part of the story that made the other parts of the story make sense.

Hoping that it was a isolated 'snip', I continued watching. No prizes for guessing that the 'censoring' continued throughout the whole show. TV3 butchered the show !!

I cannot even begin to think the reason for the censoring. According to my friend, there was no parts of the show that were lewd, containing nude scenes or vulgar words. It was rated PG-13 for heaven sake!! I was just baffled. AND FURIOUS!!!

I switched off the TV I went out immediately that night and visited a nearby DVD pirate shop for the first time and bought the show. 

Thanks TV3. You gave me less reason to watch TV. Pirated DVDs are the way to go if you don't want to get high blood pressure from watching good shows getting butchered.