Government Mandated "Culture" Protection
And of course, we're NOT talking about the Patriot Act or anything else along the lines of "Protecting the American People from the Scourge of other Peoples and Cultures....".
Try the other way around.
Th UN Convention on "Cultural Diversity" is meeting to discuss adopting a new plans that would allow countries to treat flims, plays, and other entertainment items outside of normal trade agreements. Which means that if the government of Canada wants to tax to oblivion the movie "Canadian Bacon", they can do so in the name of preserving their cultural heritage.
Or lets just call it what it should be called. The "Anti-American Cultural Act". The AACA would prevent countries like China from presenting shows as dreadful as "Everyone Loves Raymond" or the culture-destroying "CSI: Miami" in public or private. Since these shows could be "damaging" to society and culture as a whole, you know that it would only be a short step to start BANNING anything that is outside a countries "native culture". Once again, allowing governments to choose what it's people should watch.
All brought to you by your friendly, neighborhood UN. The people in the nice blue hats....