Tuesday, May 23, 2006
Da Vinci Code is JUST A MOVIE
Check out BobcatJH's post on Democratic Underground about the Da Vinci Code protestors.
As I mentioned in yesterday's post, the protestors are actually helping boost box office attendance by generating publicity for the movie. They just never learn. If you don't want someone to see something, don't tell them about it.
But BobcatJH makes a bigger point about how much better the world would be if these folks spent as much time doing something good for their fellow human beings as they do protesting. BobcatJH notes the protestors
He's right on. It is much easier to protest against something than to do something positive.
As I mentioned in yesterday's post, the protestors are actually helping boost box office attendance by generating publicity for the movie. They just never learn. If you don't want someone to see something, don't tell them about it.
But BobcatJH makes a bigger point about how much better the world would be if these folks spent as much time doing something good for their fellow human beings as they do protesting. BobcatJH notes the protestors
"fail to recognize the spectacular hypocrisy inherent in their outrage. The people who lecture everyone else about personal responsibility can't exercise it themselves. If they could only change the channel instead of filing a complaint, our lives would be so much easier. If they could only spend more time working for good than picketing a box office, the world would be a much better place. But they can't, because they realize that it's much easier to be against something than for anything."
He's right on. It is much easier to protest against something than to do something positive.
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this is of course the classic conundrum that banning something is the only guarantee a way to make sure the people read it. Surprisingly where I am in southern Alberta Canada [Canada's equivalent to the Bible Belt] there hasn't been much up here for protests.
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