I replied to a Mopoer individually, not as a reply to all, suggesting Obama
wasn't that green when he left a carbon footprint bigger than driving a Hummer
for several years by just going on a date to New York for one evening. I was
told to keep my politics to myself. That was hypocritical as it gets since for
the past years on MOPO one of every three or four emails bashed Bush. I think
it is best we slow down the pile on negativity of which I just did some as well
in a previous post. I don't like being censored either, just because someone
disagrees with me. No I am not a racist because I dared to criticize Obama.
Brek
--- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Edwards" <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 9:38:09 PM GMT -07:00 US/Canada Mountain
Subject: Re: [MOPO] OT OKAY HOW MUCH TIME IS APPROPRIATE?
It's easy. You don't want to read someone's posts, just use the block sender
function that can be found on most mail programmes.
Someone, years ago, on MOPO sent me an email and told me they were doing just
that because of something I said that offended them.
For all I know, most of MOPO might block my email messages via MOPO (or
anywhere else for that matter).
It's called "self censorship" if you like. Like the delete key or the
"off"switch for other media/use. Or take note of discretionary advice on film
ratings, whatever.
Take it from someone who used to live under one of the most draconian of
censorship regimes (political and all the arts) and yes, I mean Australia....
censorship and banning is NOT the way to go - as we are learning yet again,
under what is supposed to be an "enlightened" "liberal" centre-Left government.
Scarey times.
Phil
----- Original Message -----
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Sent: Friday, June 26, 2009 1:24 PM
Subject: [MOPO] OT OKAY HOW MUCH TIME IS APPROPRIATE?
GUYS,
I agree with Franc 101% in his comment below. Yes Rod was
ghoulish, distasteful and almost shocking in posting such memorabilia mere
hours after Jackson dying. (Others may have felt it was scalding black humor
especially given how the Mexican Bordertown the quality of his buttons) But
banning an individual for poor judgement and behavior only creates our own
version of the OX BOW INCIDENT. And truly how much time IS appropriate before
posting memorabilia of a dead celebrity? I presently have a couple of rolled
Farrah Fawcett posters from the 1970's that came with a collection of 70's
posters? I just got through shooting them and then she rudely up and died.
Now I ask, should I wait a day, a week, a month? Did everyone pull
listings off Ebay of their JAWS posters when Roy Scheider died? Who here
didn't snicker at a "what wood doesn't float some 30 years ago?" Or when one
found out Ronald Reagan died who among us didn't wonder out loud "How could
you tell?"...........never mind the infamous "Teddy I think I'm
pregnant......We'll we'll cross that bridge when we get there or finally
lighting a match stick then zig-zagging in front of you ...LOOK RICHARD PRYOR
ON FIRE. Hell! Mr. Pryor himself LOVED that joke and used it to brilliant
effect in his post-freebase concerts.
No, outlawing poor taste on MOPO is wrong because then only outlaws will have
poor taste or taste bad.........good grief I sound like GW43.
In a message dated 6/25/2009 4:49:10 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:
As for the Mexican lobby card king, I don't agree at all with what he said. It
was tacky and tasteless but I disagree even more with those who think
censorship is the way to go. We live in America, not Iran. If you feel strongly
about it, don't bother opening this guy's e-mails.
FRANC
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