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To: PROLIFE who wrote (1348)	7/21/1999 3:18:00 PM
From: jlallen	Respond to of 769667

When WILL you people learn that FACTS are irrelevant to the matter at hand? JLA

To: PROLIFE who wrote (1348)	7/21/1999 3:25:00 PM
From: Bill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Yet the more difficult task is trying to curb those LEFT WING WHACKOS in Hollywood. Ex-Presidents Join Appeal To Hollywood On Violence 3.11 p.m. ET (1912 GMT) July 21, 1999 LOS ANGELES — Former Presidents Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford joined forces with American academics and celebrities Wednesday in an appeal to Hollywood to curb children's exposure to "an increasingly toxic popular culture.'' Urging parents to call, write or e-mail industry executives, the appeal signed by 56 prominent Americans called on the entertainment industry to adopt a voluntary code of conduct to cut screen violence and sex that "threaten to rob children of normal childhood innocence.'' The signatories also included talk show host Steve Allen, country singer Naomi Judd and retired Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf. They published their "Appeal to Hollywood'' in the Los Angeles Times. They said there was a direct link between America's ''excessively violent and degrading entertainment culture and the horrific new crimes we see emerging among our young; schoolchildren gunning down teachers and students en masse, killing sprees inspired by violent films, teenagers murdering their babies only to return to dance at the prom.'' The appeal was the latest assault on Hollywood following the school shooting at Littleton, Colorado, in April in which two students killed 13 people and then themselves in a rampage through their high school. The massacre prompted nationwide soul searching about gun controls, violent video games and the disintegration of family life. President Clinton has criticized Hollywood repeatedly since the Columbine High School massacre and last month ordered a study on the advertising of movies, music and video games to children and a stricter enforcement of movie ratings. But the movie industry has resented being made a scapegoat and turned its fire on the powerful gun lobby for opposing restrictions on the availability of firearms. The Motion Picture Association of America, which represents the movie industry, said it had no comment Wednesday's open letter. Only six of the signatories had any link to the entertainment business. Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn), one of the organizers of Wednesday's appeal, said, "This is not a attack on Hollywood. It is an appeal to Hollywood to join us in a broad national effort to reduce the avalanche of messages that our kids receive about sex and violence.'' The campaign urges the industry to pledge an overall reduction in the level of entertainment violence, ban marketing of adult-oriented entertainment to young people, and suggests reviving TV's "family hour.'' It also called on parents to supervise their children more responsibly. "We appeal to those who are reaping great profits to give something back,'' the appeal said. "By making a concerted effort to turn its energies to promoting decent, shared values and strengthening American families, the entertainment industry has it within its power to make an America worthy of the third millennium.''