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When did the word "God" become so sensitive??
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 17:49:25 -0500
Begin forwarded message: From: Ole Jacobsen <ole () cisco com> Date: January 16, 2007 4:53:57 PM EST To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net> Subject: When did the word "God" become so sensitive?? Reply-To: Ole Jacobsen <ole () cisco com> For IP: "United Airlines is Pleased to Present" ... "This movie has been edited to fit your screen and for timing..." Last week I flew from San Francisco to London and watched "The Queen" starring Helen Mirren, now a Golden Globe Award winner for this movie. As often happens, I didn't catch the start (dinner), so I ended up watching the whole movie 2 or 3 times to get the parts that I had missed. The first time around I noticed a few places where I thought there was some kind of audio problem, but on re-watching I realized that EVERY time someone utters "God" it is silenced. The most amusing example is when the Queen is giving a live address to the nation and you can see the auto-cue which has the word "God" scrolling by, but you cannot hear her say it in this United-edited version. I have asked several people why this editing was done, but so far we all remain puzzled. Is it that post 9/11 we can no longer say "God" without adding "or Allah or Buddha or..." ??? Tell me I am not crazy, please... Ole Ole J. Jacobsen Editor and Publisher, The Internet Protocol Journal Cisco Systems Tel: +1 408-527-8972 GSM: +1 415-370-4628 E-mail: ole () cisco com URL: http://www.cisco.com/ipj ------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- You are subscribed as lists-ip () insecure org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ipArchives at: Archives: http://archives.listbox.com/247/
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