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To: Constitution Day; humblegunner
"It's just a movie. If your faith is so weak as to be threatened by a movie, you have larger issues."

First of all, it's a movie marketed to middle-schoolers. They are by definition immature on a variety of levels, including emotional, social, and cognitive. Hence a particular vigilance on their behalf, not applicable to mature viewers like you and me.

Second, what if some moviemakers marketed a film using very lifelike CGI's with disturbingly familiar features, illustrating the general idea that All the women in your family are ten dollar whores (Don't hit me. This is just an analogy.) Would you think a good reposte from me would be, "If your faith in your wife, mother, sister, daughter, is so weak..."

No? With all due respect, I think you'd be interested -- not necessarily in censorship, i.e. prior restraint enforced by the government --- but in robust private criticism and boycott which would result in minimizing their viewership and their box office returns. To say the very least.

43 posted on 12/07/2007 10:22:43 AM PST by Mrs. Don-o (With all due respect.)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

I find boycotts to be such a lefty tactic.

I also think they can backfire when used against books, music and movies. They may generate enough publicity that they make people curious as to what all the brouhaha is about.

If you want to boycott, there’s nothing I can do to stop you, nor would I.
Have an excellent day.


51 posted on 12/07/2007 10:37:31 AM PST by Constitution Day (Everything was fine until membership lost its privileges)
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