Re: Heston speech

From: Max More (max@maxmore.com)
Date: Wed Feb 21 2001 - 14:44:21 MST


At 12:13 PM 2/21/01, Brian Williams wrote:

>No, What Heston did was call Time-Warner on profiteering on Ice-T's
>song. He called into question their ethics.

Agreed. He used an ethical means to stand up for his values.

>How about this, what about the family of a slain police officer
>suing Ice-T for instigating the killing?

Have to disagree here. The killer made their own choices. Ice-T may be
ethically repulsive but they did not plan the killing and they did not make
it happen. Boycotting and moral criticism are appropriate here, suing is not.

Max

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