17 May 06
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According to the most recent issue of Time magazine, some Catholics in India plan to protest the Da Vinci Code movie if their government does not ban the movie. Their protest will take the form of fasting, starving to death if necessary, until the movie is banned.
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17 May 06
Originally posted by DoctorScribblesThey won't die. The holy spirit will supply them with spiritual nourishment.
According to the most recent issue of Time magazine, some Catholics in India plan to protest the Da Vinci Code movie if their government does not ban the movie. Their protest will take the form of fasting, starving to death if necessary, until the movie is banned.
Please join me in offering lucifershammer encouragement and support in this endeavor.
18 May 06
Originally posted by DoctorScribblesYa know, if you really wanted to support him you could do a sympathy hunger strike to the death....That would be schweeeeeet.
According to the most recent issue of Time magazine, some Catholics in India plan to protest the Da Vinci Code movie if their government does not ban the movie. Their protest will take the form of fasting, starving to death if necessary, until the movie is banned.
Please join me in offering lucifershammer encouragement and support in this endeavor.
Let me know how it turns out.
Just a thought.
RTh
18 May 06
Originally posted by Ringtailhunter"Just a thought"
Ya know, if you really wanted to support him you could do a sympathy hunger strike to the death....That would be schweeeeeet.
Let me know how it turns out.
Just a thought.
RTh
Yes, and an unoriginal, unimaginative one at that.
Go back to sleep.
18 May 06
Originally posted by lucifershammerThat adage cuts both ways.
What's the old adage? Your freedom ends where my nose begins.
You have the freedom not to go view the Da Vinci Code in theatres. You have the freedom not to buy it on DVD. You have the freedom to boycott in whatever crazy manner you wish. What you do not have the freedom to do is to stop other people from watching it if they so wish.
18 May 06
Originally posted by XanthosNZUnder ideal circumstances, I agree. But these are not ideal circumstances - India is a country very sensitive to religious topics and religious minorities like Christians face violence almost on a daily basis. The Government has a right to decide if a particular film like the DVC could contribute to it. I don't think it will - but I'm not "on the field" in India.
That adage cuts both ways.
You have the freedom not to go view the Da Vinci Code in theatres. You have the freedom not to buy it on DVD. You have the freedom to boycott in whatever crazy manner you wish. What you do not have the freedom to do is to stop other people from watching it if they so wish.
FWIW, the film has been cleared for viewing in India with a disclaimer:
http://ww1.mid-day.com/news/city/2006/may/137511.htm
I expect it will be a moderate hit in urban regions, but rural audiences will get turned off by all the lecturing and references to arcane European secret societies that no one really cares about.