| BraLoD said: Wasn't the theaters that choose to not show it? And if Sony allowed it and it was attacked, I'm sure you would be a lot happier, right? And here I was thinking your people safety comes in the first place... |
Not really. Safety may be a concern, but conveience, efficiency, freedom, choice, etc. are weighed against safety all the time.
If North Korea is as dangerous as many people seem to think from this incident, then the US is not safe. After all, apparently they can and will attack us at slightest provocation so why wouldn't they just attack us anyways? I mean, do they think they'd get International support because "We attacked another nation that made a movie we didn't like!"
If someone or a group or a government is dumb enough to kill others because of speech, then yes, I choose the freedom of speech in spite of the consequence that small minded people get offended and actually murder others over it. We shouldn't appease psychopaths at the cost of expression. We all get offended all the time, 98% of us have the good sense to be civil about or displeasure. Don't go to the movie, tell others not to, even picket or boycott the movie. Once you threaten violence you lose all legitimacy...unless of course that threat actually gets what you want, then you validate it for all future arguments on this issue.
