Hypocrisy of the highest order

[marrael]

Edit: This miniseries is fucking 5 hours long???

May 7, 2004: On the television network that his company owns, Disney CEO Michael Eisner dismissed the idea that forbidding Disney subsidiary Miramax to distribute a controversial new documentary by Michael Moore was a form of censorship. "We informed both the agency that represented the film and all

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[cucumberseed]

Yeah, I'm spreading the word over at my pad. I'm going to try to set up the whole shebang with this stuff as well.

To hell with the mouse god. As much as I've come to love Kingdom Hearts, to hell with him.

Thanks

[marrael]

I've been against Disney for a long time but this takes the cake.

[marrael]

And you're being annoying, but I've held my tongue till now.

If you've got such a strong handle on the truth, you should be fighting all untruths. Instead, you seem to just be using this opportunity to deride everyone who disagrees with Disney's foray into propaganda disemination and pitying them for not being Keepers of the Truth like you are. Good way to win people over, congrats.

[anonymous]

No, no, no...I absolutely refuse to abide limited hangout shills for the Luciferian Easter Bunny Death Cult!

Seriously, my comment was meant half in jest. It is frustrating to see how the frame functions, however.

[cpxbrex]

I thought about this for a long time, and I can't support any call to, well, censor anything.

Do I think Disney-ABC is being hypocritical? Yes, absolutely. To say no to the distribution of Farenheit 911 but yes to this does appear quite hypocritical.

So, while I think it was wrong of them to decline distribution of Farenheit 911, I think it is equally wrong for people to call on them to reject The Path to 911. I almost certainly will think, given what is being said about the film, that it is terribly misleading and, indeed, an attempt to shift blame from Bush to Clinton. (Unlike some, here, I think that enough of the facts about Bush's behavior are already known to dramatically suggest that blame for this must be laid at Bush's feet; I do not say this as a supporter of Clinton but fer cryin' out loud! He was told that al-Qaida was planning an attack and did nothing! Not to mention the general pattern of Bush's incompetence.)

However, if one loves freedom of speech, I think one must accept and even to a large extent embrace

[cpxbrex]

ABC is within rights to show what they want, but we are also free to pressure them into avoiding gross misrepresentation and propaganda. :) In other words, making them change their minds.

[marrael]

That was me. Before logging in.

[cpxbrex]

Y'know, that's what a lot of people said about Farenheit 911. One person's true and factual account is another person's gross misrepresentation and propaganda. And, of course, there's also no way for you to say it is full of lies and propaganda 'cause you ain't seen it. Which is, in my mind, also a concern here -- that this is being condemned before it is being shown. That people are quick to condemn something that, y'know, might be intelligent and insightful.

I, myself, do not think that the cause of free speech is well served by creating an atmosphere of intimidation and trickery. I think it is far better served not by trying to prevent this or that message from getting out there, but letting it get out there and discussing it openly and honestly.

[marrael]

Sigh. You really don't get it, do you?

I've seen these links aplenty. Quite frankly, I don't care in the same way you care about it. I don't see the fucking point. If the whole truth about 9/11 comes out, will it help get the GOP majority out of Congress and the White House? Will it make Bushies STFU and go the fuck away? Will it fix the US foreign policy? Will it wake Americans up to the erosion of their rights? Will it fix the MSM? Will it fix people's health? I'm not even arguing against the contents presented. I just don't see the use of this.

YOU are free to read and do your research, but STOP giving me this stuff. I've done my reading, I know where to find this stuff, and there's other stuff I'd rather spend my time on. Stuff that can get somewhere. And that's basically it. Comprende?

[marrael]

Ah. So you DO want to be a jackass. Stupid me for giving you the benefit of the doubt