[Stone Mountain]

When blasphemous films or plays are not met with a cry of public outrage, critics tend to write favorable or neutral reviews. On the other hand, when people speak out against blasphemous plays and films, critics follow suit.

When blasphemous films or plays are met with a cry of public outrage, they provide millions of dollars of free publicity to the movie and expose people to it that might not have even heard of it before. This movie would never have been mentioned in the news, or for that matter probably not even here on FR if it wasn't for all the people telling us not to see the movie. And as I pointed out before, I can't speak for anyone else, but when someone tells me not to see something, it makes me want to see it even more...

[concernedAmerican1]

So I suppose you would also think that the 10 Commandments make people want to do the contrary to that which God established? I doesn't make any sense, sorry. An honest person knows how to control himself -- following your thought pattern, the police promote crime by fighting against it. Cancer research must promote more cancer? Grammar rules must foster poor English? Traffic signs must cause more accidents? Counter-terrorism promote more attacks? Airport security promotes expolsives? etc, etc,

A culture that entertains itself on blasphemy, i. e. the Da Vinci Code, is a culture in serious crisis.

[Pyro7480]

This movie would never have been mentioned in the news, or for that matter probably not even here on FR if it wasn't for all the people telling us not to see the movie.

The book has sold 40 million copies, so I think that is kind of moot.