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KrazyCat (![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} krazycat) wrote in ![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/community.gif){kind=small} fandom_wank,@ 2004-09-29 18:04:00 |
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George Lucas vs. the Stormtroopers
Look - another wanky article!
Highlights:
The opposition to Mr. Lucas' changes shows how far America has slipped off its foundation -- the idea that the individual has inalienable rights -- and is teetering on the brink of the sort of evil Galactic Empire that he imagined for the silver screen.
Not surprisingly, intellectual property thieves have found their champion in a Libertarian, who wrote: "As far as the morality of [stealing] Lucas' movie goes … [i]f destroying art means making more of it available in more pleasing versions, then I say let the destruction begin."
There is a word for this philosophy -- fascism.
The oppressive state depicted in Mr. Lucas' Star Wars -- the dreaded Empire -- has already had its day on earth. In fact, they had the last century, the bloodiest known to man, dominated by National Socialists and Communists. As witnessed in Germany and in Russia, tyranny typically begins with censorship. And censorship begins with the extermination of the individual's right to create, speak and write.
The evidence is unmistakable and it is everywhere, from government intervention in speech on talk radio, politics and the Super Bowl to efforts to eradicate sex, guns and cigarette smoking from music, television and movies. The assault on George Lucas' right to Star Wars is the latest example; it demonstrates that, when the state restricts speech, the mob will not only oblige -- it will offer suggestions.
Oh boy.
I don't know what to say.
Apart from
Get over yourself!
Look - another wanky article!
Highlights:
The opposition to Mr. Lucas' changes shows how far America has slipped off its foundation -- the idea that the individual has inalienable rights -- and is teetering on the brink of the sort of evil Galactic Empire that he imagined for the silver screen.
Not surprisingly, intellectual property thieves have found their champion in a Libertarian, who wrote: "As far as the morality of [stealing] Lucas' movie goes … [i]f destroying art means making more of it available in more pleasing versions, then I say let the destruction begin."
There is a word for this philosophy -- fascism.
The oppressive state depicted in Mr. Lucas' Star Wars -- the dreaded Empire -- has already had its day on earth. In fact, they had the last century, the bloodiest known to man, dominated by National Socialists and Communists. As witnessed in Germany and in Russia, tyranny typically begins with censorship. And censorship begins with the extermination of the individual's right to create, speak and write.
The evidence is unmistakable and it is everywhere, from government intervention in speech on talk radio, politics and the Super Bowl to efforts to eradicate sex, guns and cigarette smoking from music, television and movies. The assault on George Lucas' right to Star Wars is the latest example; it demonstrates that, when the state restricts speech, the mob will not only oblige -- it will offer suggestions.
Oh boy.
I don't know what to say.
Apart from
Get over yourself!
