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To: Dr. Eckleburg
They are a means of common ground among different people, and when we as a country can agree on a story as being worthwhile and meaningful, that says something about who we are and what matters to us.

The pornography industry is a billion dollar business. Keep that in mind before you feel encouraged by the failure of just one film written by an atheist.

Conservative Christian films and liberal atheist films will both do well at the box office in the near future. Trying to use the success or failure of individual movies as a pulse on American society is more likely to be frustrating and fruitless than worthwhile.

38 posted on 12/09/2007 9:20:26 AM PST by GunRunner (Thompson 2008 - Security, Unity, Prosperity)
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To: GunRunner

Pornography isn’t massively targeted towards indoctrinating children. That’s a straw argument, and I’m fairly certain you know it too. There’s no ad-campaign by Coca-Cola or Burger King for anything Porn related.

But I’m also very happy that a terrible movie is bombing at the box office. Word of mouth is spreading that it’s not very well put together. Maybe because they tried removing a lot of the ‘anti-Christian messages’. Look at its score on RottenTomatoes. 43%. Narnia: 76%. Harry Potter (Sorcerer’s Stone): 79%

I was also happy when that stinker Gigli didn’t make money. And that wasn’t for political reasons. Just issues of taste.


51 posted on 12/09/2007 9:39:11 AM PST by rom
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To: GunRunner

The pornography industry is a billion dollar business. Keep that in mind before you feel encouraged by the failure of just one film written by an atheist.

Yours is a non-sequitor. Pornography is not specifically aimed at one faith. The author targeted Christianity.


98 posted on 12/09/2007 2:09:11 PM PST by sgtyork (The secret of happiness is freedom, and the secret of freedom, courage. Thucydides)
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To: GunRunner

“Conservative Christian films and liberal atheist films will both do well at the box office in the near future. Trying to use the success or failure of individual movies as a pulse on American society is more likely to be frustrating and fruitless than worthwhile.”

Ok, we get it. Your libertarian leanings are showing. The anything goes part of it that keeps any libertarian leanings I have myself in check when it comes to social issues.


159 posted on 12/10/2007 3:04:22 AM PST by flaglady47 (Thinking out loud while grinding teeth in political frustration)
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