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To: Pyro7480
Boycott, yes. Work to get it rated NC-17, yes. Ban? No. No matter how revolting you find it (and I would tend to agree with you, myself), banning is not the answer. People will see it anyway, and all banning does it give those behind it a martyr complex to use to their benefit. We simply cannot resort to banning that with which we disagree. We can work to show others how and why it is wrong, but banning is counterproductive, to say the least.

To put it another way, as my pop once told me, if you want to show people that a man who disagrees with you is dead wrong, you don't silence him. You give him a soapbox and invite others to hear him speak, then counter his claims and show how wrong he is.

6 posted on 08/16/2004 1:48:10 PM PDT by Jokelahoma (Animal testing is a bad idea. They get all nervous and give wrong answers.)
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To: Jokelahoma

I think you misread - he doesn't want to ban the movie, merely the entire MGM/UA studio and related companies. A much smaller undertaking than merely 'banning' a movie...


17 posted on 08/16/2004 2:19:12 PM PDT by flashbunny (Click on my name!!! I dare you!!!)
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