Posted on 06/10/2005 11:30:59 AM PDT by F14 Pilot
WRONG!!!
In a perfect world the first amendment wouldn't cover celebrities.
They think it is just find to pay to see his moives while he preaches against all American and prays for Death to America......forgeting if thye have offspring they might someday be under feudalism........but they echo he is a hell of an Actor!
Should Penn ever return to the US he should be taken by the authorities and shot for Treason!
It runs in the family...
Activism is a tradition in the Penn family - passed down to Sean by his father Leo. Leo Penn, a writer, director, and actor, was blacklisted during the McCarthy era. When he was called before the notorious House Un-American Activities Committee, and asked to expose Hollywood Communists, Leo Penn refused to name names. With Leo's influence, Sean grew up politically and socially aware. Although his political roots trace back to the 1970s, it is Sean's recent activism that has gained notoriety.
Leo Penn's acting career ended in the early 50s when he refused to name names before the House Un-American Activities Committee and was branded a Communist. Blacklisted in the movie business, he turned to television directing.
Camera of Sean Penn, Journalist, Confiscated in Iran
By E&P Staff
Published: June 12, 2005 8:15 PM ET
NEW YORK Iran was rocked by bombings on Sunday, killing at least nine and wounding more than 30, as dozens of journalists from around the world gathered in advance of the presidential election this Friday. One of those journalists, actor Sean Penn--covering the events for the San Francisco Chronicle--was involved in a separate incident, and had his video camera confiscated for a time.
Several hundred women at a sit-in outside the entrance to Tehran University demanded rights revoked after the 1979 Islamic revolution. As chants and taunts arose, police and plainclothesmen surrounded the demonstrators, pushing away those trying to join the group. Officials also cut off cell phone service in the area, and challenged reporters near the area.
In the process, they briefly seized the video camera of Penn, 44, who arrived in Iran as a reporter for his friend Phil Bronstein, editor of the San Francisco Chronicle.
Penn was spotted on Friday with a notebook in hand covering a prayer service. He has also written about his visits to Iraq for the Chronicle.
One of the five bombs that exploded Sunday went off in the center of Tehran. The violence was the most serious in Iran in more than a decade.
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000955320
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