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From 1990 to 1994, Moriarty starred as Ben Stone on Law & Order. He left the show in 1994, alleging that his departure was a result of his threatening a lawsuit against then-Attorney General Janet Reno, who had cited Law & Order as offensively violent. Moriarty criticized Reno’s comment, and claimed that not only did she want to censor shows like Law and Order but also such fare as Murder, She Wrote. He later accused Law & Order executive producer Dick Wolf of not taking his concerns seriously, and claimed that Wolf and other network executives were “caving in” to Reno’s “demands” on the issue of TV violence. Moriarty published a full page advertisement in a Hollywood trade magazine, calling upon fellow artists to stand up with him against attempts to censor TV show content. He subsequently wrote and published The Gift of Stern Angels, his account of this time in his life. (Moriarty, Michael (1997). The Gift of Stern Angels. Exile Editions. ISBN 1-55096-183-7. )

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Thanks for the post. Now I have some reading to do.

I have to tell ya', I greatly admire those who stand on principle, those who truly "walk the walk". It's been my absolute human goal since 1996.

You can lose a lot of money that way. LOL

America. Together. Again Fred Thompson for President '08

I think JC "walks the walk"...
J.C. Watts Delivering the Republican Party response to President Bill Clinton's "State of the Union" Address (1997)

"America needs to be a place where all of us can feel a part of the American dream. But it will not happen by dividing us into racial groups. It will not happen by trying to turn the poor against the rich. It will not happen by asking Americans to accept what is immoral and wrong in the name of tolerance."