On Wed, 2003-11-05 at 14:33, Sasha Pachev wrote:
> Technology cannot eliminate inappropriate content. You cannot heal by 
> patching. You cannot make something wholesome by merely eliminating the 
> elements that have crossed a certain threshhold of tolerance. Even after 
> you've cleaned up, the content is still inappropriate - maybe there is no 
> swearing, but it is still does not edify, and if so it is still darkness. 
> Swearing is there to make it easier for you to tell the wolf apart from the 
> sheep, it is your friend, it is a spiritual safety device, it is like the 
> mark the Amlicites have put on their foreheads. Do not remove it.

This is a joke, right? Just because something is not "edifying" does not
make it immediately bad. There are plenty of movies that can be watched
for purely entertainment purposes. Not all things have to have some
higher spiritual message. In fact, if they did then I'd go crazy. 

-- 
Michael Golden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

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