rant and rave
rant:
Censorship. Why do I bother to bring it up? Well, one of my cousins told me that a couple of her teachers had badmouthed the latest Harry Potter book without even bothering to read it. There seems to be an overabundance of people that are eager to hop on the boycott bandwagon without becoming fully educated on what exactly they are boycotting.
I can’t seem to locate the original source of the following quote but it holds true in this particular context; Know Thine Enemy. Isn’t that the truth? If you truly think about it, your own ignorance is put on public display when you criticize or chastise something that you are not sure about. When you base your inflammatory accusations on conjecture, you are bound to have some holes in your argument. I’ve met plenty of people like my cousin’s teachers, people who say “well I heard it was bad so I have a real problem with it!” one example off the top of my head would be the movie “Dogma” by Kevin Smith. I remember when it was released, they televised people who were picketing some theatres and there were angry articles written online and all this nonsense. People to were saying “Ooooooohhhh!!!! It’s a horrible movie!!!! I’m going to protest!!!” When it came down to it, a good majority of the people boycotting the theatres NEVER HAD SEEN THE DAMN THING. I saw it and loved it. It was a comedy and yes it was pretty racy but it brought up some very interesting discussion points about faith and religion. If you haven’t seen it, I’d recommend it. One of Kevin Smith’s best movies and one of the funniest (probably one of the more intelligent ones as well).
How do you think investigations are run? How about trials? The investigators attempt to get inside the mind of their “opponent”. They formulate theories on how the suspect would think. They say “if I were….what would I do?”
The lawyers sit their clients down and say, “they will ask you this question and this question. Let’s get prepared for them”.
Know Thine Enemy. Knowing what you’re talking about gives you a firm argument and that’s a step ahead. Don’t bitch and whine about a book or film if you are only basing your dislike on what someone else has said. You have your own brain; USE IT
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Manny WON!!! Yeeeeeeeey, proud to be NOYPI!!!!!
