I do wish the moderator of this listserv would eliminate
this type of message along with the porn announcements.
Isn't there someone who oversees this listserv?

             Ben Varner


Pam Wolf wrote:
>     “A PR firm has formed a ‘grassroots’ group called ‘Move America
>     Forward’ to harass and intimidate theater owners into not showing
>     Fahrenheit 9/11, [a documentary that tells what the media hasn’t
>     about 9/11, Bush, and the Iraqi War]. These are the same people who
>     successfully badgered CBS into canceling the Reagan mini-series a
>     few months ago. And they are spending a ton of money this week to
>     threaten movie theaters that even think about showing our movie.
> 
>     A little over 500 theaters have agreed to show the movie beginning
>     this Friday, June 25. There are three national/regional theater
>     chains that, as of today, have not booked the movie in their
>     theaters. One theater owner in Illinois has reported receiving death
>     threats.
> 
>     The right wing usually wins these battles. Their basic belief system
>     is built on censorship, repression, and keeping people ignorant.
>     They want to limit or snuff out any debate or dissension.” Taken
>     from Michael Moore.com
> 
>     I have already found factual inconsistencies with the Move America
>     Forward website. As an American, I am deeply concerned about freedom
>     of speech. Without the Weinstein brothers distributing the film,
>     legal censorship would have occurred, and the film would not have
>     been released. The reasons for Disney prohibiting the distribution
>     of the film range from not wanting to anger Jeb Bush and lose tax
>     breaks for Disney World in Florida to not wanting to alienate
>     families because of the film’s content [this is the same company
>     that distributed all the Quentin Tarentino films, of which I am a
>     fan, but you can see the double standard here] to their fear they
>     would not make money.
> 
>     Let’s prove them wrong.
> 
>     I urge you to do at least one of these three things:
> 
>     1.Copy, paste, and email this email to everyone you know, asking
>     that they do the same.
> 
>     2.Go see the film opening weekend, thereby sending a critical mass
>     message about freedom of speech.
> 
>     3.Call the business line of any theatre showing the film and thank
>     them.
> 
>     Again: SUPPORT FREEDOM OF SPEECH…LET US MAKE UP OUR OWN MINDS.
> 
>     The following website will show you where the film is playing in
>     your area:
> 
>     www.f911tix.com <http://www.f911tix.com/>
> 
>     Thank you
> 

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