No Charles Darwin movie?

A response to the film trailer posted by pangeaprogress.
"Don't let them censor you America. Boycott the boycotters."

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• film
• darwin
• boycott
• freedom
• of
• thought
• evolution
• education
• science
• movies

[ThisIsGrand]

According to the Chicago Reader it is showing at the Renaissance Place Cinema in Highland Park, IL.

Oh yes, and the movie was the Critic's choice for this week, they gave it a stellar review.

Hope is not lost for my country, yay!

[soulfetcher]

That's great to hear! A victory for the good people of the USA.

[grits011]

It is a shame that people in the United States, where I live, would choose to exercise the power of boycott to censor free expression rather than encourage it. This is typical of a creationist movement that seeks to silence voices and subvert scientific knowledge to compensate for their failure to make headway in the academic world. However, their success in this campaign of censorship also reveals their weakness, which is their fear of knowledge and reason prevailing over superstition.

[soulfetcher]

True, but so far this century it has proved to be a devastatingly powerful weakness! The high moral ground it claims (and its resulting political clout) stifle open negotiotion and enflame war against "enemies"; and its fear of information impedes scientific & medical research, & encourages persecution of non-mainstream groups.

This so-called weakness has to precipitate change - and that must come from action, not benign toleration or pitying dismissal, from the reasonable.

[wangocopperboom]

I'm an American believer! Who do I need to boycott? I'm go for it!

[soulfetcher]

Well, If that was happening where I live (NZ) I'd find out the major distributors here. Then I'd email them saying that I was no longer going to fatten their pockets with my $s for providing me with their usual mind mush. They haven't got the moral fortitude to carry a major film in case it effects their bottom line so I'd add that I was going to get all my friends to do likewise. Don't underestimate people-power. It could also improve the quality of our entertainment :-)

[pangeaprogress]

A voice of reason and pathos-thank you for sharing-we need more voices like yours

peace

[Zentz29]

I absolutly agree!!

[papersplease]

I think the last film I saw at a cinema was District 9. I very rarely see films in cinemas these days and tend to wait for them to be released on DVD (what's the rush?). However, I will be making a special effort to pay full price to see this film on the big screen.

[EllenRebecca3]

Love your voice. :-) Charles Darwin's work fascinates me.

[TeamDarwin1809]

amazondotcom has this for sale but if ordered now will be back ordered to late june last I checked.......correct me if I am wrong. But I will definately be owning this movie soon.

[ThisIsGrand]

You've never listened to the Non-Prophets or watched the Atheist Experience have you? Those guys aren't passive in the least and work to encourage people to speak out and be heard.

[light22362]

we need this to be news worthy. get it on CNN, world news tonight and all the media newspaper, radio, TV, cable etc. We need to get a petition to get this movie in the USA. people need to know that people are making decisions for them. Taking their freedoms away. we need to be outraged! How dare they tell us what we can and cannot watch. where is your outrage people!? They censor our history books. start a petiotion get it online get help with people that care about our freedoms and liberties.

[Downfurlife]

Dawkins has a has a more relevant book on EVOLUTION: The Greatest Show On Earth. Check that out.

Atheists in America are a bunch of passive pussies. No on will ever speak out against this.

GL and fuck religion :)

[saxmanchiro]

This biology teacher, teaching in the public school system of the USA, teaches the fact of Evolution and the evidence for it. Just wanted folks out there to understand that there are many like me doing the same but we still have school boards who allow the opposite, teachers who bring in their theistic views into the science classroom. Science does NOT allow opinion or bias into it's methodology and that is why we all trust it's findings with our lives every day. There is hope for us.

[meatpupette]

well, might u be able to mail me a copy?

i'll project it on the front ov my house for everyone to see lol