Re: OT: Catholic Censorship


"abe slaney" <abeslaneyis@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Lookingglass wrote:
>
>> I do not deny organized religion the right to show their superstitious
>> programming on TV... why do they want to deny me the right to view a
>> satiric cartoon that pokes fun at those superstitions...? If they don't
>> like the program, no one is forcing them to watch... just like I don't
>> watch the religious programming...!
>>
>> Where is the lack of fairness in this?
>
> So you're more tolerant than they are. That doesn't change the fact that
> under the law, they are *free* to express their opinion of the show, as
> are you.
> A lot of people here, including myself, contacted NBC regarding the sleazy
> Chapman-slanted "tribute" to Lennon on 12/08. That doesn't mean I wanted
> to deny anybody their "right" to view the show. It just meant that I had
> ethical issues with the program and I wanted NBC to know that, even if I
> was just a checkmark on a list. Maybe if Lennon fans were as organized as
> the Catholic Church, the program would not have run. In any case, it would
> have been NBC's *free* call to make, and make no mistake, whatever call
> had been made, it would have been based entirely on revenue projections.


If all they wanted to do is "express their opinions" I would have no
objection. But what some of these organizations want to do is DENY me the
right to read or view what I chose to read or view, or for that matter, the
free exchange AND DISCUSSION of ideas. That is wrong. That is the agenda
being pushed.

....but the world still turns... and hopefully EVOLVES... ;^)

dave (...words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup...)
www.Shemakhan.com


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