--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings
<no_reply@>
> > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > The path to 9/11 and other myths.
> > > >
> > > > All I heard about this is that it is not historically
accurate,
> > > > and historians have asked for it to be pulled, and that it
was
> > > > orchestrated by some right wing shennanigans in Holywood
> >
> > I don't think any "historians" asked for it to be pulled.
>
> BTW, it would seem I was wrong about this. Judy
> posted some letter by supposed "historians"
That Barry has to attempt to cast doubt on the
status of Arthur Schlesinger, of all people, as
a legitimate historian speaks volumes about the
validity of his position.
All of the signatories to the letter, as it
happens, are prominent historians.
that
> I missed because I normally click past all of her
> posts without reading them.
R-i-i-i-i-i-ght, Barry. <snicker>
It was only when I saw some of the things she
> was quoted as saying about this film and what
> she wanted to do about it in other people's posts
> that I got involved in calling her what she is,
> a censor.
Wrong, as I've already pointed out.
> Anyway, I was wrong above. The letter does exist,
> and it goes even further than Judy did in its
> appeal to censorship. It calls for the broadcast
> to be halted. Judy just wanted it to be moved to
> pay TV, where fewer people would see it...
The letter says, "We strongly urge you to halt the
show's broadcast..."
Censorship is an enforceable order by an authority.
To call an attempt to persuade ("strongly urge") by
members of the public, who have no power either to
order or to enforce, "censorship" or even "an appeal
to censorship" is a dangerous misuse of the term and
a serious misunderstanding of the nature of free
speech and the First Amendment.
There would be nothing wrong with Barry making an
argument that the broadcast should proceed as
scheduled. Barry, however, fails to make such an
argument and instead resorts, as is his unfortunate
wont, to ad hominem and an appeal to emotions rather
than facts or reason.
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