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\n MPs have given a final warning to TV stations to cut back on violent
\n shows like the Simpsons if they want to avoid censorship.<\/p>\n
State Duma deputies overwhelmingly voted for a motion warning television
\n channels to cut down on the amount of violence they show.<\/p>\n
It called on television companies to more strictly adhere to a voluntary
\n code of conduct signed in June by the chief executives of six leading national
\n channels to avoid promoting a "cult of violence and cruelty".<\/p>\n
The move came after the Simpsons was given a hard core adults-only rating
\n and blamed for corrupting Russian schoolchildren and degrading family values.<\/p>\n
MP Yelena Afanasyeva said: "The experts gave just the result we feared.
\n They found the Simpsons were crammed with violent and aggressive episodes.
\n These cartoons also introduce antagonism between children and parents." <\/p>\n
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\n in Russia but embraced in the Muslim
\n Middle East<\/a>? What’s up with that?<\/em><\/p>\n