I ask this, primarily reggarding the current ban on "The Golden Compass" by the Christian fundamentalists. This, and every time they try to protest or ban an event, a movie or a book, it always backfires tremendously. They screamed against Harry Potter...the sales will probably exceed 200 million dollars between movies and books. They screamed against the book, "The DaVinci Code". It remained on the NY times best seller list for three years. "The Last Temptation of Christ would have failed faster if the fundamentalists just kept their mouths shut, but instead succeeded BECAUSE of the protests.
Christian fundamentalists are not the only ones. Islamic fundamentalists also ordered a death sentence to Salmon Rushdie for a writing a chapter about a dream where Muhammed had sexual relations. If they left it alone, the barely functional book probably would have not have found its way into libraries, but the hullabaloo raised made it an international best seller.
2007-12-13 12:58:19 · 6 answers · asked by TeacherGrant 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
What say you?
2007-12-13 12:59:31 · update #1
Whoops....my fingers were too fast. I should have typed "regarding" on the first line. My typo, please forgive me.
2007-12-13 13:21:46 · update #2
Whoops...my typo in the first line should read "regarding". I really do know how to spell.
2007-12-13 14:30:52 · update #3
Yep. All they do is sell tickets. You could add bands like Marylin Manson to that list. He had a third rate Goth Metal band until the fundies got their panties in a bunch. Nobody would know him if they had shut up about it.
2007-12-13 13:03:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
The fundamentalist ban on the Golden Compass hurt the movie quite a a bit. Though popular it got only about half the opening expected. Don't try and speak for something you apparently know nothing about.
2007-12-13 21:06:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Antitheist atheist fundamentalists stunts do not work either
The last temptation of Christ bombed anyway
2007-12-13 21:02:02 · answer #3 · answered by James O 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Sounds like something I've thought of before.
2007-12-13 21:01:19 · answer #4 · answered by Cameron C. 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because, thankfully, a lot more people exist who see manipulative and hysterical ploys for what they are.... and ignore them.
2007-12-13 21:01:08 · answer #5 · answered by kriosalysia 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because they don't have the biased ACLU on their side.
2007-12-13 21:01:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋