The Manila city council has passed a resolution banning The Da Vinci Code from being shown in the city, and a congressman is now trying to get it banned nationwide (INQ7.net).

Nice job, guys! Let's defend the Christian faith! Amen! Amen! And while we're at it, why don't we also ban the sale of all Dan Brown books? Oops, too late... those bad bad books have been on the bestseller lists for the like last two years or so. But hey, it's still not too late to arrest all those Dan Brown fans and throw them in jail! Yeah!

Jesus Christ, our government is full of morons.

It's fine if the owner of a theater decides not to show a movie for whatever reason--the SM chain of cineplexes has a policy of not showing R-rated films. But for the government to come in and ban theater owners from showing a popcorn movie... what the hell is that? And what's next? Passing a law that bans restaurants from serving meat dishes during Holy Week?

Historically, the Christian Church has dealt with "heresy" by burning the books of heretics, and sometimes, even burning the heretics. Thankfully, the Church has gradually lost much of its political power in the last few centuries. But now, the government is going into the ring as the Church's tag team partner? Great.

To the Manila city council and all the government officials who want to ban The Da Vinci Code: go fuck yourselves. We are free to watch whatever we want. A government that claims to be democratic should have no business telling people what to watch, what to read, and what to think.

For Christ's sake, leave us alone.