Christian groups slam Golden Compass

scaeagles · 12-04-2007, 07:55 AM

I am selectively outraged by selective outrage, and not outraged by my own lack of outrage at some things outrageous, and similarly outraged at the lack of outrage over what I am outraged about.

However, I have no problem with any group of anyone expressing their issues with a given movie or book or whatever. Sometimes it simply shows the idiocy of the groups in questions (for example, when there have been calls to ban the "racist" book Tom Sawyer because of the use of the "N" word - even though it uses it in such a way as to demonstrate the evils of racism), and other times I find it informative. Granted, I was not interested in this movie at all, but I found this information to be worthwhile, simply because I don't want to support that which is in opposition to my beliefs. Some people aren't like that, and that's OK. I can't stand the sound of Streisand or see a movie with George Clooney in it for the same reason.

12-04-2007, 07:55 AM	#11
scaeagles I LIKE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,819	I am selectively outraged by selective outrage, and not outraged by my own lack of outrage at some things outrageous, and similarly outraged at the lack of outrage over what I am outraged about. However, I have no problem with any group of anyone expressing their issues with a given movie or book or whatever. Sometimes it simply shows the idiocy of the groups in questions (for example, when there have been calls to ban the "racist" book Tom Sawyer because of the use of the "N" word - even though it uses it in such a way as to demonstrate the evils of racism), and other times I find it informative. Granted, I was not interested in this movie at all, but I found this information to be worthwhile, simply because I don't want to support that which is in opposition to my beliefs. Some people aren't like that, and that's OK. I can't stand the sound of Streisand or see a movie with George Clooney in it for the same reason.
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