Comments on: The Golden Compass – Please See, if Just to Counter the Boycott http://closetscifigeek.com/2007/12/12/the-golden-compass-please-see-if-just-to-counter-the-boycott/ science fiction news and reviews for closet nerds Sat, 11 Jun 2011 09:11:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Mike http://closetscifigeek.com/2007/12/12/the-golden-compass-please-see-if-just-to-counter-the-boycott/comment-page-1/#comment-26436 Mike Thu, 13 Dec 2007 00:13:05 +0000 http://closetscifigeek.com/2007/12/12/the-golden-compass-please-see-if-just-to-counter-the-boycott/#comment-26436 It does appear to me that the controversy was a bit overblown. Apparently there are plenty of religious people who support the film. Here's a good roundup of opinion that I came across. http://findingdulcinea.com/news/entertainment/-The-Golden-Compass--Is-a-24-Karat-Controversy.html It does appear to me that the controversy was a bit overblown. Apparently there are plenty of religious people who support the film. Here’s a good roundup of opinion that I came across.

http://findingdulcinea.com/news/entertainment/-The-Golden-Compass–Is-a-24-Karat-Controversy.html

]]> By: Teresa http://closetscifigeek.com/2007/12/12/the-golden-compass-please-see-if-just-to-counter-the-boycott/comment-page-1/#comment-26434 Teresa Wed, 12 Dec 2007 23:48:41 +0000 http://closetscifigeek.com/2007/12/12/the-golden-compass-please-see-if-just-to-counter-the-boycott/#comment-26434 I'm taking my cousin to see this on Sunday. She read the books and love them. I read quote in USA Today and decided that it was a must see for me as well: "Rarely can one movie annoy stalwart defenders of Christianity and atheists alike." My father, unfortunately, is part of the boycott. However, I think the extent of his activism is "Please don't see it." We're too sensitive and have lost sight of taking care of each other and respecting other ideas. Whatever happened to "live and let live"? I’m taking my cousin to see this on Sunday. She read the books and love them. I read quote in USA Today and decided that it was a must see for me as well: “Rarely can one movie annoy stalwart defenders of Christianity and atheists alike.”

My father, unfortunately, is part of the boycott. However, I think the extent of his activism is “Please don’t see it.”

We’re too sensitive and have lost sight of taking care of each other and respecting other ideas. Whatever happened to “live and let live”?

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