Dear Blick, Herb, and WeatherCat world observers,
Seth Rogan is not humourous to me and I would not pay to see the movie, but this hack at Sony followed by their threats is just not right. Forcing your value system onto someone else has sad precedence all down through history. I have no problem engaging in a discussion with someone else about their values and beliefs; that is how I learn new things. But every person has to have agency in order to choose for themselves. Dictatorships have not been happy experiences for anyone (other than perhaps the dictator).
Your point is well taken, but unfortunately, we do have dictators on planet Earth and they are as they always have been. Worse still, the fine art of diplomacy not been in such a sorry state since probably the dark ages. The machinery to keep countries from ruffling each other's feathers isn't doing the job.
I see troubling parallels to the circumstances that led to the start of World War I. Could we be as stupid as to not have to learn those lessons and thus have to repeat them?
We are truly facing times that test men's souls . ...
Edouard