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Saturday, June 19, 2004

Oh, the Irony As you are hopefully aware, Michael Moore's new movie, Fahrenheit 9/11 is opening nationally on Friday, June 25th. If you're in the Syracuse, NY area, you can see it at the Westcott. Other folks can find out where it's playing by looking here. The tighty-righties have their panties tied all in knots over this, of course, and a right-wing group has set up a fake grassroots organization in hopes of pressuring theatres to not show the film. Ironic, isn't it, that the title of the film alludes to Ray Bradbury's novel Fahrenheit 451, which is about the banning and burning all the books in the world? Free speech is perhaps the most important, fundamental right we have in this nation, and censorship of this — or any other — film is both un-American and disgusting. It's interesting just how willing free-market capitalists are to abandon their "principles" when faced with opposing points of view. Fortunately, the aforementioned "grassroots" organization has made it easy for all of us to contact the courageous theatres that are willing to run Fahrenheit 9/11 by providing contact information, including e-mail addresses and phone numbers. I suggest that everyone e-mail these folks, thanking them for having the guts (not to mention the good business sense) to run this film. You can also use this plain-text file of e-mail addresses, if you don't want to track right-wing schmutz through your browser history. Then e-mail the good folks at "Move America Forward" at info@moveamericaforward.org to let them know how much you appreciate them making it so easy to show your support. More importantly, find the threatre(s) in your area that are showing the movie, and give them a call to let them know how important free speech is to you, and that you'll be there on opening night. A few well-funded right-wing nuts shouldn't be allowed to determine what information the rest of us are allowed to see.

posted by pjs 10:16 AM
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