I’ve been skimming over some net discussions on the upcoming Da Vinci Code movie release. It is incredible but hardly surprising that the same people who voiciferously insist that the movie be accompanied by absolutely no disclaimers or commentary, much less criticism, are those who insist that we live in a theocratic police state.<\/p>\n
Hmm. Only a few short weeks ago those same people were as noisy in their insistence that a few cartoons making fun of another religion’s founder be completely supressed.<\/p>\n
Now they’re insisting that a movie which is both universally acknowledged as a tissue of complete and utter fabrication, and literally blasphemous to its subject religion, must<\/i> be allowed to be promoted without any check, disclaimer or hint of criticism, much less a boycott.<\/p>\n
If we are<\/i> living in a theocracy, which religion’s is it?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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