> Why? It seems to me that the difficulties of interpretation are too
> great, and the chances of destroying aesthetic value and wrongly
> denying freedom of expression, too high.
Dear William,
Except artistic work is subject to review if it is intended for mass
distribution. At one time they tri
It seems to me that fictional works ought to be free from review by
Baha'i institutions. Perhaps there are exceptions to this general
rule - the notion of fiction is probably not that clear - but I think
the strong presumption should be that fiction, as well as stage
plays, films etc, are not r
: Saturday, January 17, 2004 7:54 PM
> To: Baha'i Studies
> Cc: Stockman, Robert
> Subject: Re: Review of fictional work
>
>
> Dear Tim,
>
> I'm ccing this message to Rob Stockman since he runs the Review Office and
> is in a better postion to answer your questi
Dear Tim,
I'm ccing this message to Rob Stockman since he runs the Review Office and
is in a better postion to answer your questions. But I'll tell you what I
know (or at least think I know.)
You wrote:
"1. If a character in a story believes things and does things
that would be easily recogni
I have a few questions about the need to submit fictional work for review.
1. If a character in a story believes things and does things
that would be easily recognizable to a Baha'i, but the name Baha'i
is not explicitly mentioned, does the story have to be reviewed
at the Baha'i nation
