The word “terrorist” is too offensive for television viewers’ ears, according to a new edit by TBS of the 1980s classic film, “Back to the Future.”

A recent airing of the film starring Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd showed that the network not only edited out the word “terrorist” from a scene, but also changed the camera angle so that viewers did not even catch a glimpse of it.

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In the film, Doc Brown is shot by Libyan terrorists for refusing to build an atomic bomb. He tricks the madmen by giving them pinball machine parts and stealing plutonium to power his time machine.

Later, Marty McFly (played by Fox) is back in time and writes a letter to warn Doc Brown about the attack. That’s the scene from which the word “terrorist” has been removed. Check it out below:

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Think about the things people see on television — murder, sex, profanity. Whether on network or cable, viewers get one form or another of it all. Yet the word “terrorist” is too much for people to handle. We now have to censor ourselves to please madmen who commit awful acts of human violence and indecency? Is this the insane point of political correctness we’ve reached? Now the word “terrorist” is offensive?

Censorship like this will do no one any good. It will only play a role in spreading the kind of ignorance that helps people remain blind to what is going on around us in the world.