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The One Place on Earth Not Destroyed in '2012'(Director admits fear of Fatwa)
yahoo.com ^ | 11/3/09 | Jonathan Crow

Posted on 11/04/2009 9:46:51 AM PST by rintense

When I interviewed director Roland Emmerich a few months ago about his upcoming disaster flick "2012," the first question I asked was, "Why do you like killing the world?" His response: "It makes for a good story."

Over the past fifteen years, Emmerich has crafted some great tales about global doom, featuring some spectacular scenes of destruction. He had aliens zap the White House in "Independence Day," he let a massive lizard flatten New York City in "Godzilla," and he sent killer tornadoes through downtown Los Angeles in "The Day After Tomorrow."

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Director admits fear of fatwa led him to spare Kaaba. Spineless fool
1 posted on 11/04/2009 9:46:53 AM PST by rintense
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To: rintense
Whats the sense in being courageous and provocative if it means putting oneself in harms way?

Those folks in Hollywood aren't stupid.

2 posted on 11/04/2009 9:53:55 AM PST by skeeter (Pterocarya fraxinifolia)
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To: rintense

The story doesn’t say the kaaba isn’t desytroyed...they just didn’t show it get destroyed. I don’t blame them...is filming that worth having some radical animal put a price on your head or your family’s heads? I don’t think so.


3 posted on 11/04/2009 9:55:13 AM PST by pgkdan ( I miss Ronald Reagan!)
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To: skeeter

Yet, destroying sacred Christian sites is ok because, really, who is afraid of the Amish? Oy.


4 posted on 11/04/2009 9:56:15 AM PST by rintense (You do not advance conservatism by becoming more liberal. ~ rintense, 2006)
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To: pgkdan

On the other hand, I don’t think many of us will enjoy the ultimate results of such self-censorship here in the Home of the Brave.


5 posted on 11/04/2009 9:58:07 AM PST by skeeter (Pterocarya fraxinifolia)
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To: rintense

>>>>> the Kaaba, the cube-shaped structure located in the center of Mecca

Thanks for letting us know the target. Hope we can find some flak.


6 posted on 11/04/2009 10:12:13 AM PST by halfright (My presidents picture is in the dictionary, next to the word, "rectum".)
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