The Video Banned By YouTube

M.I.A.'s new video for "Born Free" is too hot for YouTube! The video doesn't have any booty-poppin'...instead, it has (gasp) a political message! Well, there is a smidge of nudity but not the kind you really wanna see.  Anyway, Tuesday, YouTube yanked the so-called "real and explicit version" of "Born Free" from its site (but you can still find uploads from some crafty M.I.A. fans). YouTube claims the vid violated its rules which "prohibit content like pornography or gratuitous violence."

In the video, soldiers raid a building and arrest a young man, who's been singled out for arrest because of his hair color...basically, it's genocide for redheads.. The man (and his fellow prisoners) are then put in a concentration camp...watch.

Heaven forbid a video should actually have a message or a point of view that isn't simply looking out a Maybach window.

So, offensive? Too graphic? Too controversial?

What's your call?

And BTW, if you lost the actual words of the song while watching the video, here are the lyrics.

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M.I.A. to Obama: Return the Peace Prize

Rapper/singer M.I.A. wants President Barack Obama to give back the Nobel Peace Prize he won Friday.  M.I.A. is a member of the Tamil ethnic group.  She's against the Sri Lankan government and is often called a terror supporter.  M.I.A. took to her Twitter account to ask the President to return his award.

M.I.A. has never been afraid to be controversial. A member of the Tamil ethnic group, her positions against the Sri Lankan government have often resulted in being branded as a terrorist supporter. He...

M.I.A. has never been afraid to be controversial. A member of the Tamil ethnic group, her positions against the Sri Lankan government have often resulted in being branded as a terrorist supporter. He...

Methinks this gal ought to stick to getting high like planes.