I've added the following to the top of that post, and reprinted it here because it shouldn't just get lost in everyone's already-read backlog:
I am, in fact, keenly aware of
the miscarriage of justice visited upon the creator of the Ghost Rider by the courts. In short: they've bankrupted a sick old man by ordering him to pay damages to Marvel/Disney, one of the largest multinational combines in the world.
I thought long and hard about seeing the movie after hearing about this, but finally came to a compromise:
I donated several times more than the ticket price directly to Mr. Friedrich. That's a whole hell of a lot more effective than a boycott, by my assessment.
Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the show?