{"id":49010,"date":"2014-12-18T05:02:46","date_gmt":"2014-12-18T05:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/12\/18\/so-this-is-who-we-are-part-2.html"},"modified":"2014-12-18T05:02:46","modified_gmt":"2014-12-18T05:02:46","slug":"so-this-is-who-we-are-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/12\/18\/so-this-is-who-we-are-part-2.html","title":{"rendered":"So This Is Who We Are (Part 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"

1. Our government tortures our war prisoners.<\/p>\n

2. Our film companies and movie houses cave in to blackmailing hackers to kill a film that someone didn't like.<\/p>\n

Not a proud week for America's principles.<\/p>\n

Originally shared by +Lee Dudley<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Are you f#@$!ing kidding me? So let me get this straight… American filmmakers using their free-speech rights make a comedy about killing North Korea's puny little version of Stalin. Puny Little Stalin hacks into Sony and embarrasses them with document disclosures (shame on Sony, really, for lax network security for which they are notoriously bad at). Then Puny Little Stalin threatens theaters in the U.S. if they show film. So far, so what, right? Here is the coup de grace: US THEATER OWNERS CAVE and pull the film from distribution.<\/p>\n

You'd think that in America where our companies are willing to let cancer patients die in order to make a buck that they would tell Puny Little Stalin to go fuck himself. But, no. In this case, they're actually afraid of Puny Little Stalin and would rather take a financial hit than potentially anger the fascist dictatorship of North Korea. Way to be spineless wussies, AMC, Cinemark, and Regal.<\/p>\n

Not only should we show the movie, Sony should distribute it on the internet for FREE if they're willing to shelve the movie and take a loss. To hell with Puny Little Stalin. And shame on those theater chains and Sony for not backing the free speech and expression that this film represents in the face of a deplorable regime's objections.<\/p>\n

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\nThe Sony hackers won: The Interview just disappeared from America’s biggest theater chains<\/a><\/span>
\nThe biggest movie theater chains in the United States have cancelled all current plans to show The Interview following threats to attack screenings of the film, according to The Hollywood Reporter….\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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1. Our government tortures our war prisoners. 2. Our film companies and movie houses cave in to blackmailing hackers to kill a film that someone didn't like. Not a proud week for America's principles. Originally shared by +Lee Dudley: Are you f#@$!ing kidding me? 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