rec.arts.movies.past-films

> From: Okierazorbacker
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> Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2008 10:16:13 -0800 (PST)
> Subject: Re: Oh Lordy, the Bible-thumpers done crawled out of their slime pits
> in the Great White North...
>
> On Mar 1, 3:32 am, "G. M. Watson" wrote:
>> Things are suddenly getting ugly up here (Canada) for anyone who makes or
>> attends movies rated higher than PG. Following hard on the heels of my
>> recent claims that they had no profile in this country, the Christers are
>> suddenly oozing out of the snowbanks wearing sackcloth and ashes and
>> demanding expiation. No one in this country had ever heard of this
>> dime-store Savonarola (see below) or his little group of neo-Calvinists
>> before this week, so it's no real surprise they're not wasting any time in
>> jumping onto the coattails (and even claiming credit for) the Canadian
>> government's threatening actions.
>>
> Odd, isn't it, that those who are against censorship only cry foul
> when THEIR ox is being gored, then they cry out to censor the ox-
> gorer. If you're for free speech, it includes free speech for those
> whose position you oppose. Liberal hypocrites are exposed when they
> cry "hypocrisy."
>
> Those who are in favor of socialism, government-run health insurance,
> etc., have never worked for the government. I have. Long ago, thank
> God. Believe me, you don't want those clowns in favor of such
> things. Less government is better government.

I don't know which government you worked for, but where I live a good many
government workers tend to be in favor of (democratic) socialism, especially
when the government they work for is a conservative one; they get to have a
close-up view of the inequities of government policies designed primarily to
make the rich richer and devil take the hindmost.
If the alternative means that I either have to pay the entire bill for my
own or my loved ones' heart surgery or die, than I'll let the government
keep running my health insurance, thanks. I realize that guys like you are
almost always in favor of social Darwinism, but I don't belive that
"survival of the fittest" should equate with "survival of the most
financially well off".
GMW