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Predjudice, or Standing on one's Personal Belief?
- Thread starter Motokid
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blueboatdriver
Member
Show the film. People can make up their own minds whether to but a ticket or not.
Miss Shelf
New Member
It's Utah. What more can I say?
but if you own a theater, you can decide what gets shown. There are quite a few movies I wouldn't show if I owned a theater, and none of them deal with homosexuality. It's a good thing I don't own a theater because nothing would get shown, due to my pickiness.
However, as a theater owner, you want to make money, so you show the "hot" movies to draw customers in. Maybe that owner could afford to decide not to show it.
but if you own a theater, you can decide what gets shown. There are quite a few movies I wouldn't show if I owned a theater, and none of them deal with homosexuality. It's a good thing I don't own a theater because nothing would get shown, due to my pickiness.
However, as a theater owner, you want to make money, so you show the "hot" movies to draw customers in. Maybe that owner could afford to decide not to show it.
Miss Shelf
New Member
so what? it's a free country!
Miss Shelf
New Member
oh, okay then! 
Shade
New Member
Yes. But from that story it's not perfectly clear why it's not being shown (even though we can all guess). Of course the owner has the right, subject to whatever legal obligations he has entered into with the distributors, to show or not to show whatever he wants. But at the same time, if people suspect it is for homophobic reasons, they have the right to boycott his business and affect his pocket.
As for the comment from the right-wing pressure group spokeswoman that pulling the film "tells the young people especially that maybe there is something wrong with this show," she couldn't be more wrong. Publicised 'bannings' (I use the word advisedly, as I know it's not actually banned, he's just 'choosing not to show it') are always but always counterproductive as they simply increase interest in the film and appetite to see it.
As for the comment from the right-wing pressure group spokeswoman that pulling the film "tells the young people especially that maybe there is something wrong with this show," she couldn't be more wrong. Publicised 'bannings' (I use the word advisedly, as I know it's not actually banned, he's just 'choosing not to show it') are always but always counterproductive as they simply increase interest in the film and appetite to see it.
Motokid
New Member
How much "suffering" is really going on if people have to drive to a different movie house to see a picture?
Why is it narrow minded for a man to have a strong ethical opinion about something, and stick to it regardless of how PC it is?
Isn't it narrow minded to condemn him for taking a stance about something he believes so strongly in? He's basing his decision on personal ethics over the almighty dollar. To me he shows courage not cowardice.
Why is it narrow minded for a man to have a strong ethical opinion about something, and stick to it regardless of how PC it is?
Isn't it narrow minded to condemn him for taking a stance about something he believes so strongly in? He's basing his decision on personal ethics over the almighty dollar. To me he shows courage not cowardice.
Motokid
New Member
Stewart said:Less of the questions. Let's read your thoughts on the subject.
I didn't think you'd need to ask, but since you did, even with a wink...
The owner has every right to pick and chose what he shows in his theater.
The public has every right to decide how much of their business they give this man in the future.
ruby
New Member
Motokid said:
Theres no suffering going to a different picture house even if it pisses you off!
Gay people should be exceped for who they are,christ its 2006 hes living in the dark ages!
What if hes son was a closet gay and come out,would he disown him because he feels so strongly about gays?
Miss Shelf
New Member
Let's face it. There are still a lot of people who are uncomfortable at the thought of homosexuality. I wouldn't call that homophobic. Many of us oldsters were raised with a set of values and morals that are hard to change. It wasn't that long ago that having a baby out of wedlock was enough to make the mother have to leave town to avoid ostracism. Things change, some more slowly than others, and trying to shove change down peoples' throats just creates more resistance.
Unless that movie theater is in a very small town and many miles from a multiplex, people can just go to another theater if they really want to see it.
Unless that movie theater is in a very small town and many miles from a multiplex, people can just go to another theater if they really want to see it.
Motokid
New Member
Why is it that it's up to everyone with extremely strong christian beliefs to accept homosexuality but it's not up to everyone else to accept those with strong christian beliefs?
I don't see why everyone can't live in harmony yet still have different opinions. I don't see this guy yelling that the movie should never have been made, he just doesn't want to show it in his theater.
Nothing wrong with that in my mind.
I don't see why everyone can't live in harmony yet still have different opinions. I don't see this guy yelling that the movie should never have been made, he just doesn't want to show it in his theater.
Nothing wrong with that in my mind.
Miss Shelf
New Member
ruby said:
I just want to make it clear that I wasn't talking about myself specifically. People can be uncomfortable with the homosexuality and still love the person. It just takes time to accept, and I hope that most people would come to accept it. Besides, there are other personal issues besides homosexuality that aren't widely accepted and embraced these days. Many people are uncomfortable around chronically ill, mentally ill, handicapped, and terminally ill people, and people of other races for that matter. We just aren't sure how to treat them. In a perfect world, everyone would accept these things, but we aren't living in a perfect world.
Stewart
Active Member
Motokid said:
Because those with "strong Christian beliefs" are selective about what's Christian. The clue is in the name: Christian; you know, the one who said "love thy neighbour" and was all about forgiveness and acceptance. Of course, when those with "strong Christian beliefs" want to be selective they go to the Old Testamant, a Jewish tome.
To answer your question, though, those with "strong Christian beliefs" should have more pressure to accept homosexuality because Christianity is already accepted in society. Society needs to accept homosexuality to move on.