"I also want to point out something else that does not seem to be part of the discussion which is, where are our responsibilities in our exercising of the First Amendment? And I mean both those of us in the media and those of us who are making movies and those of us who are writing about the community that makes movies which is to say what is the thought process behind making a movie in which we decide to depict the assassination of a living foreign leader," said Waxman, "I think common sense has to prevail when we express our artistic freedoms."
She is referring, of course, to the new comedy movie by Seth Rogen and James Franco depicting Nork dictator Kim Jong Whatshisname getting taken out that Sony pulled this week after a cyber attack by the Norks.
Normally "jounalists" are foaming at the mouth when it comes to defending the First Amendment but apparently that only now applies when they are whacking Republicans or conservatives. What is wrong with these people? Seth Rogen's movies are typically self-indulgent crap and this one probably is too but justifying pulling it because of threats from some tinhorn nut-burger? Really? Be sure there is no shortage of such "leaders" and we can now expect the threats to escalate based on this type of response from the media and "journalists." Where is the real America and when is it going to stand up and say, "Enough!"?
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