[Spartan01]

Originally Posted by Scalded Dog

It's not about the movie, or whether somebody likes an actor or not, or even whether or not a person would have gone to see it. It's not about how it's easier to cancel the screenings, and subsequently the entire release. 'Easy' is not how America does things... at least it was not in the past.

Now we have set a precedent: Of course it's easier to roll over and give in, in the short term, but now we've shown that with a little sabre- rattling, the United States of America will do what it's told to do by whoever. NOT a good precedent. It smells a lot like negotiating with terrorists.

Granted, it's private industry, not government that has "given in" to the demands. But, private industry (movie theaters on American soil) doesn't have the confidence that America will "have its back" when threatened by weasel boy and his minions. And, now that we've shown a weak spot that we can be controlled with, does anybody think that this won't happen again and again?

What if some country thinks that the filthy unwashed Americans who eat pork products need to change their ways? Or, some country decides that our refusal to force a religious belief on our citizens is repugnant, and needs to be changed... or else? What if a culture does not like that women here allowed to drive and vote and not be classified one or two steps lower than dogs... and they want to change our evil ways? What if it turns out that some country decides that legalizing cocaine is what we will do?

Of course, those seem like extreme examples, but we have certainly opened the door to letting somebody else decide what we will do, as long somebody else threatens Americans and makes a good bluster. We have given up what the First Amendment protects, just because we were told to by NoKo... what else will we give up, for whom, and for what reasons?

I'm sorry, I disagree.




What you should have said was "Fat Weasel Boy."