POV: Dan, Dakota, and Morality

[susanbones2003]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboyminn at ...> wrote:
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> bboyminn:
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> I'm going to stray slightly from the central topic of 
> this group while I rant a bit, but I hope to bring it 
> back on or close to the appropriate topic by the end.
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> First, Christin, keep in my that I wasn't expressing my 
> personal opinion, but what I preceived to be the opinion 
> of the American public at large. Also, keep in mind that 
> there is a radical contingent here in the USA that thinks 
> Harry Potter is the Spawn of the Devil and the prelude to 
> the second coming (maybe sligtly over stated).
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> The problem here in the USA, a country which I dearly love, 
> is that we let fanatics and fundimentalist force an 'all 
> or nothing' context to politics. For example, in our zeal 
> to protect children we frequently go to extremes. I can 
> think of once case where a guy was prosecuted for video 
> taping a child's birthday party, but because the video tape 
> tended to show all the children photographed from the neck 
> down, they we sure he was thinking dirty thoughts. So, they 
> called his poorly made but innocent video tape 'child 
> pornography'. Now, I never heard whether the prosecution 
> was successful. I can't imagine that it was. But it shows 
> how extreme things can get here. 
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Jen interjects:
Steve, I know you didn't mean to, but you sound like you are poo-
pooing the real and deadly crime of child pornography which exists in 
spades here and most westernized countries. Please don't confuse the 
current vogue of blaming everything wrong with America 
on "fundamentalists and fanactics" with the dedicated people working 
to end the heart-breaking crime of child pornography.

Dan obviously wants an acting challenge and I can think of no greater 
challenge than playing the disturbed boy in Equus. More power to him.

Best to you and yours from just another one of those pathetic 
American prudes...
JenD.
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> Just a few more thoughts.
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> Steve/bboyminn
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