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- From: gmark@cbnewse.cb.att.com (gilbert.m.stewart)
- Subject: Re: Malcolm X controversies
- Organization: AT&T
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- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 23:37:32 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.233732.21484@cbnewse.cb.att.com>
- References: <1992Nov16.203141.9077@reed.edu> <2B095FD9.13757@news.service.uci.edu> <1ec3epINNm3m@bigboote.WPI.EDU>
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- In article <1ec3epINNm3m@bigboote.WPI.EDU> jseaver@bigwpi.WPI.EDU (Jason John Seaver) writes:
- >In article <2B095FD9.13757@news.service.uci.edu> assist@orion.oac.uci.edu (ASSIST Coordination Site) writes:
- >>
- >>>In article <=qt1x1_@rpi.edu> kimp@rpi.edu (Phil Kim) writes:
- >>
- >>>>I heard that some people are protesting against the opening of X. Any
- >>>>one know why?
- >>>
- >>Because there are alot of ignorant, small-minded people out there
- >>who believe that just because a film is made about African Americans
- >>that some sort of violence or "trouble" will be incited if the film
- >>is shown. There are also some people objecting to the flag burning
- >>and Rodney King beating shown at the beginning of the film. Perhaps
- >>they just cannot stand being faced with the reality of the society
- >>they live in and they prefer to maintain the illusion of their
- >>own little "sheltered" world. Either way, I think it is reprehensible
- >>that where or how often ANY movie is shown would be determined by the
- >>ethnicity of the actors involved or by issues addressed in the movie
- >>that are "less than comfortable" to the general public. This is
- >>censorship, plain and simple.
- >
- > No, it's not. Censorship is when the government orders something to
- >be changed or excised or forbids it from being released. This is people
- >trying to influence their (privately owned) local theater. Although I
- >consider that to be obnoxious, it's not censorship.
-
- In the first place, folks, you have to keep in mind that some trouble
- was related to a film in recent past, and this has been repeatedly
- reported via the news. It's no surprise that some folks are going to
- respond to it by voicing concern, regardless of what others think
- the facts are.
-
- In the second place, there are a lot of ignorant and small-minded
- people, and that includes not only those worrying about a movie, but
- often those that get so worked up over a movie that it incites them
- to violence.
-
- In the third place, it's a bit ironic that any folks should
- protest the showing a movie about a man who was reevaluating his
- philosophies and searching for personal truth until his dying day,
- while assuming that this kind of movie has somehow a "bad" message,
- don't you think? In the end, the biggest enemy is ignorance.
-
- GMS
-
-