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To: g_w_north who wrote (167548)	4/11/2003 3:01:36 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1577996

It was not a political platform for Tim Robbins or the president of the Hall of Fame. If these celebrities (who really have no standing to have a louder voice than the rest of us) want to have a platform to shove their uninformed, incompetent opinions down the throats of an unsuspecting populace, it seems only fair that they should suffer the consequences of their own stupidity. If they can't stand the heat they ought to stay out of the kitchen. These people are given an ultra-large platform to speak out about subjects on which they're largely ignorant. It doesn't seem unreasonable that people who are associating with them by choice may make different choices as a result of what these celebrities say.

To: g_w_north who wrote (167548)	4/11/2003 3:08:32 PM
From: Joe NYC	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577996

gw, Horsesh*t. The Hall of Fame president should be turfed. It was a celebration of a movie that was voted the best sports movie of all time by Sports Illustrated readers. It was not a political platform for Tim Robbins or the president of the Hall of Fame. Don't you think that when the Hall of Fame sponsors an event, that they have some interest that the event ends up a Hall of Fame event, and is not hijacked into something else? Suppose the Hall of Fame has a suspicion that it is likely that the event his organization sponsors will be hijacked into an anti-war rally. Is he obliged to provide platform for something like that? If he is obliged to do just that, where is his freedom of speech, freedom of speech of his organization? Joe