INDIA: Censors lukewarm to 'Fahrenheit 9/11' (ToI via Asia Pacific Media Network)

The censor board has held up the clearance of "Fahrenheit 9/11", Michael Moore's controversial documentary. It was scheduled to be released on Oct 15th. It has now been referred to a revising committee for its opinion.

One suggested reason is that the censor board wants to avoid offending the American authorities.

W T F?

The film has been running in the US for over 3 months without any problem and the Indian censor board was to review it before release? What are they thinking?

This is the same illiogical thought process that led the censor board to bleep out 'Mujahideen' in a Bond film (The Living Daylights) to avoid offending the then Afghan government. It was ridiculous then and it is even more ridiculous now.