The Piano: No porn film

After reading the "Your Letters" column in The Jakarta Post (Aug.9, 1994) I was shocked to see my name below a letter that I had not written as printed. Not only had you modified the English in a rather awkward fashion but also cut out two of my main arguments about the film The Piano. The arguments were that The Piano is not a pornographic film and that censorship is superfluous when the laws of economics are applied.

I strongly protest the fact that you have put my name below a piece of writing that I had not written as printed. I hope you do understand the tremendous differences that separate `editing' from censorship.

PATRICK WACKER

New York