(Click title above.)Given the ACLU wing of our Supreme Court, it is just a matter of time and torture before national speech codes first edit and then burn Bibles. Those who think free speech is not under assault are high beyond reality.
Witness: From http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/man_sues_bible_publishers/2008/07/10/111626.html?s=al&promo_code=65BF-1
Bible Publishers Sued for Anti-Gay References
Thursday, July 10, 2008 10:51 AM
By: Rick Pedraza
A Michigan man is :seeking $70 million from two Christian publishers for emotional distress and mental instability he received during the past 20 years from versions of the Bible that refer to homosexuality as a sin.
Bradley LaShawn Fowler, a gay man, claims his constitutional rights were infringed upon by Zondervan Publishing Co. and Thomas Nelson Publishing, both of which, he claims, deliberately caused homosexuals to suffer by misinterpretation of the Bible.
Fowler, 39, is seeking $60 million from Zondervan and another $10 million from Thomas Nelson.
According to a USA Today report, Fowler’s two separate suits against the publishers claim the intent of the Bible revisions that refer to homosexuals as sinners reflect an individual opinion or a group's conclusion.
Fowler says the deliberate changes made to first Corinthians, chapter six, verse nine caused him "or anyone who is a homosexual to endure verbal abuse, discrimination, episodes of hate, and physical violence ... including murder."
Fowler, who is representing himself in both lawsuits, claims the publishers are misinterpreting the Bible by specifically using the word homosexuals, which made him an outcast from his family and contributed to physical discomfort and periods of demoralization, chaos and bewilderment.
“These are opinions based on the publishers and they are being embedded in the religious structure as a way of life," he tells a local NBC TV station affiliate in Grand Rapids.
Fowler admits that every Bible printed is a translation that can be interpreted in many ways, but he says specifically using the word “homosexual” is not a translation but a change.
Fowler says Zondervan Bibles published in the ‘80s used the word homosexuals among a list of those who are “wicked' or unrighteous and won't inherit the kingdom of heaven.”
Zondervan, for its part, issued a statement to the Grand Rapids press stating it does not translate the Bible or own the copyright for any of the translations it publishes.
“We rely on the scholarly judgment of the highly respected and credible translation committees behind each translation and never alter the text of the translations we are licensed to publish,” the statement reads.
“We only publish credible translations produced by credible Biblical scholars.”
U.S. District Judge Julian Abele Cook Jr., who will hear Fowler’s case against Thomas Nelson, says the court “has some very genuine concerns about the nature and efficacy of [Fowler’s] claims."
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Critical Thinking Is Forbidden, no longer just Politically Incorrect:
Re — Fahrenheit 451:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit_451:
The novel presents a future American society in which the masses are hedonistic, and critical thought through reading is outlawed. The central character, Guy Montag, is employed as a "fireman" (which, in this future, means "book burner"). The number "451" refers to the temperature (in Fahrenheit) at which a book or paper autoignites. A movie version of the novel was released in 1966, and it is anticipated that a second version will begin filming in 2008.
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Bradbury has stated that the novel is not about censorship; he states that Fahrenheit 451 is a story about how television destroys interest in reading literature, which leads to a perception of knowledge as being comprised of "factoids", partial information devoid of context, e.g. Napoleon's birth date alone, without who he was.
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Fahrenheit 451 takes place in an unspecified future time in a hedonistic and rabidly anti-intellectual America that has completely abandoned self-control, filled with lawlessness in the streets, from teenagers crashing cars into people to firemen at Montag's station who set their mechanical hound to hunt various animals for the simple and grotesque pleasure of watching them die. Anyone caught reading books is, at the minimum, confined to a mental hospital while the books are burned. Illegal books mainly include famous works of literature, such as Whitman and Faulkner, as well as The Bible, and all historical texts.
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He said in a 2007 interview that the book explored the effects of television and mass media on the reading of literature.
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On another occasion, Bradbury observed that the novel touches on the alienation of people by media:
“In writing the short novel Fahrenheit 451 I thought I was describing a world that might evolve in four or five decades. But only a few weeks ago, in Beverly Hills one night, a husband and wife passed me, walking their dog. I stood staring after them, absolutely stunned. The woman held in one hand a small cigarette-package-sized radio, its antenna quivering. From this sprang tiny copper wires which ended in a dainty cone plugged into her right ear. There she was, oblivious to man and dog, listening to far winds and whispers and soap-opera cries, sleep-walking, helped up and down curbs by a husband who might just as well not have been there. This was not fiction.”
Witness: From http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/man_sues_bible_publishers/2008/07/10/111626.html?s=al&promo_code=65BF-1
Bible Publishers Sued for Anti-Gay References
Thursday, July 10, 2008 10:51 AM
By: Rick Pedraza
A Michigan man is :seeking $70 million from two Christian publishers for emotional distress and mental instability he received during the past 20 years from versions of the Bible that refer to homosexuality as a sin.
Bradley LaShawn Fowler, a gay man, claims his constitutional rights were infringed upon by Zondervan Publishing Co. and Thomas Nelson Publishing, both of which, he claims, deliberately caused homosexuals to suffer by misinterpretation of the Bible.
Fowler, 39, is seeking $60 million from Zondervan and another $10 million from Thomas Nelson.
According to a USA Today report, Fowler’s two separate suits against the publishers claim the intent of the Bible revisions that refer to homosexuals as sinners reflect an individual opinion or a group's conclusion.
Fowler says the deliberate changes made to first Corinthians, chapter six, verse nine caused him "or anyone who is a homosexual to endure verbal abuse, discrimination, episodes of hate, and physical violence ... including murder."
Fowler, who is representing himself in both lawsuits, claims the publishers are misinterpreting the Bible by specifically using the word homosexuals, which made him an outcast from his family and contributed to physical discomfort and periods of demoralization, chaos and bewilderment.
“These are opinions based on the publishers and they are being embedded in the religious structure as a way of life," he tells a local NBC TV station affiliate in Grand Rapids.
Fowler admits that every Bible printed is a translation that can be interpreted in many ways, but he says specifically using the word “homosexual” is not a translation but a change.
Fowler says Zondervan Bibles published in the ‘80s used the word homosexuals among a list of those who are “wicked' or unrighteous and won't inherit the kingdom of heaven.”
Zondervan, for its part, issued a statement to the Grand Rapids press stating it does not translate the Bible or own the copyright for any of the translations it publishes.
“We rely on the scholarly judgment of the highly respected and credible translation committees behind each translation and never alter the text of the translations we are licensed to publish,” the statement reads.
“We only publish credible translations produced by credible Biblical scholars.”
U.S. District Judge Julian Abele Cook Jr., who will hear Fowler’s case against Thomas Nelson, says the court “has some very genuine concerns about the nature and efficacy of [Fowler’s] claims."
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Critical Thinking Is Forbidden, no longer just Politically Incorrect:
Re — Fahrenheit 451:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit_451:
The novel presents a future American society in which the masses are hedonistic, and critical thought through reading is outlawed. The central character, Guy Montag, is employed as a "fireman" (which, in this future, means "book burner"). The number "451" refers to the temperature (in Fahrenheit) at which a book or paper autoignites. A movie version of the novel was released in 1966, and it is anticipated that a second version will begin filming in 2008.
....
Bradbury has stated that the novel is not about censorship; he states that Fahrenheit 451 is a story about how television destroys interest in reading literature, which leads to a perception of knowledge as being comprised of "factoids", partial information devoid of context, e.g. Napoleon's birth date alone, without who he was.
....
Fahrenheit 451 takes place in an unspecified future time in a hedonistic and rabidly anti-intellectual America that has completely abandoned self-control, filled with lawlessness in the streets, from teenagers crashing cars into people to firemen at Montag's station who set their mechanical hound to hunt various animals for the simple and grotesque pleasure of watching them die. Anyone caught reading books is, at the minimum, confined to a mental hospital while the books are burned. Illegal books mainly include famous works of literature, such as Whitman and Faulkner, as well as The Bible, and all historical texts.
....
He said in a 2007 interview that the book explored the effects of television and mass media on the reading of literature.
....
On another occasion, Bradbury observed that the novel touches on the alienation of people by media:
“In writing the short novel Fahrenheit 451 I thought I was describing a world that might evolve in four or five decades. But only a few weeks ago, in Beverly Hills one night, a husband and wife passed me, walking their dog. I stood staring after them, absolutely stunned. The woman held in one hand a small cigarette-package-sized radio, its antenna quivering. From this sprang tiny copper wires which ended in a dainty cone plugged into her right ear. There she was, oblivious to man and dog, listening to far winds and whispers and soap-opera cries, sleep-walking, helped up and down curbs by a husband who might just as well not have been there. This was not fiction.”
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In surrendering freedom of expression, we pollute freedom of thought and access towards truth. Our interests turn to conflicting distortions and to distortions about distortions. Instead of light of truth, we come to choose sides in order to seek blind vindication. Examples: "McCarthism;" "Swiftboating."
In surrendering freedom of expression, we pollute freedom of thought and access towards truth. Our interests turn to conflicting distortions and to distortions about distortions. Instead of light of truth, we come to choose sides in order to seek blind vindication. Examples: "McCarthism;" "Swiftboating."
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Red Alert Moderates must man the firehoses!
3 comments:
From http://blogs.rny.com/sbw/stories/storyReader$686 : “The freedom to offend reflects the bedrock principle of society, with the caveat that the freedom to offend does not imply the necessity to do so.” See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Steyn; http://www.hrea.org/index.php?base_id=147; http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6379/is_200801/ai_n25542244.
Loss of privacy:
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2008/09/beyond_the_palin.html.
Comment by Dlanor, at http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/11/obama_declares_war_on_conserva.html:
Re: "So would it be alright for liberal interests to buy up all the radio stations (hypothetically) "
If that were to happen, then the market would need to be regulated.
So far, that has not happened.
And, so long as market forces prevail, that won't happen.
My Q: Would it be alright for conservative interests, when they regain political power, to write and enforce regulations requiring all cable tv outlets to provide equal time for approved conservative opinions and/or opiners (hypothetically)?
The point: All Americans (and I believe there is such a thing as an American dynamic) should respect freedom of expression. But it is liberals who are writing speech codes, insisting on political correctness, shouting down conservative speakers, destroying conservative billboards, and creating media and academic fiefdoms for limiting broadcasting to pure, socialistic propaganda.
Comment by Dlanor, at http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/11/a_damned_defeat.html:
RE: "There is no secret any longer about the ideology of these people, or about their close alliances with Islamic radicals, destructive Leftist billionaires and Saudi influence buyers."
Yes, we should now know enough to apprehend that the coming consolidation of governmental control will be a rape of American style freedom.
It is tragic that a majority of women, Jews, and Catholics swooned for this. It is reprehensible and scurrilous that a majority of journalists, academics, and wall street players furtively abetted. But, at least the masks are now off (and also off the Republican Bluebloods), so we know who are sheep and who are corrupt opportunists.
Knowledge is power. Now we must marshal and use it.
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Legalize and regulate pot. Leave regulation of abortion up to the States. A federal candidate ought not be pro-choice or pro-life, but pro-Constitution. Judeo-Christian traditions and values should be relatively unhindered and respected, but not enforced as such by secular authority. For goodness sakes, don't mess with marriage.
Bluebloods only show their ignorant asses when they hold their noses around moral believers. We can go into the wilderness for awhile and emerge stronger, without Blueblood ninnies (who stand in fear that Palin's cajones are bigger than theirs).
We are going to have to get strong enough to reassert adult supervision and, when needed, to get back in the faces of socialist-moral-anarchist-mental-adolescents (aka, "smama's," or "faux elites"). Put "return to sender" on their dead fish.
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See http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2008/11/rahm_emanuel_and_the_classless.html:
I can see rewarding voluntary public service with college assistance incentives. I do not see the point of taxing folks like myself to guarantee 4 years of college for every derelict. For many people (like a lot of Democrats), formal education beyond high school just avails them with educations that are too much for their intellects. That, and more time to sponge off the State while making contacts with community organizing rabble-rousers. Take these folks' dead fish and send it "return to sender." My goodness, isn't it time yet for these 40 some year old's to G-R-O-W U-P!?
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