Is the American cave-in on The Interview a harbinger of things to come? I admit that we can
technically say it was a total collapse of courage by the executives of Sony
and not by Americans, in general. Even more plausibly, the Sony executives were
possibly briefed on the quality of the movie and took the easy way out rather
than enduring the shame of movie critics.
My pragmatism convinces me that it is a courage issue rather than
cinematic quality and here lies the problem.
Kim Jong Un and his henchmen of hacking nerds have dictated
how we behave over 5,000 miles away. Other than purse his little lips, puff out
his fat cheeks, and tug at what is undoubtedly the worst hairstyle of this
century, what can that doughboy in military clothes do? For that matter, how
has the movie defamed him? He has already been properly described as a
cold-blooded murderer of family members, former girl friends, and military
officers. If the worse part of the movie supposedly had him portrayed in a
sexual orgy, then this was a step up for him.
While our government leaders tend to vent their
over-sensitive outrage over trumped up or imagined abuses against homosexuals,
any designated minority, non-Christians, and the general historical perception
of the United States as a standard-bearer of what is good, there is a distinct
lack of concern for a business conducting legal activities. If we are this
easily cowed, then what can we expect from Putin or any of the Muslim maniacs?
We have just waved a red flag at some very dangerous bulls in this world. Or
maybe it was a white flag?
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