RE: Richard Dawkins suffers stroke.
February 12, 2016 at 4:08 pm
(This post was last modified: February 12, 2016 at 4:09 pm by Excited Penguin.)
I hope he'll be allright.
This article is interesting.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/no...rds-prayer
I take the cinemas' side on this. It's not a matter of free speech. It's a matter of their own freedom to choose what advertisements they show. And I fully agree that they shouldn't show religious advertisement of any sort.
This article is interesting.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/no...rds-prayer
Quote:The Church of England has received unlikely backing from the biologist and prominent atheist Richard Dawkins after the UK’s three leading cinema chains refused to screen its advert featuring the Lord’s Prayer.
The 60-second advert was due to be shown before Star Wars: the Force Awakens, released on 18 December, which would have guaranteed it a huge cinema audience in the run-up to Christmas.
But the Odeon, Cineworld and Vue chains, which control 80% of screens around the country, have refused to allow it because of a policy not to allow political or religious advertising.
I take the cinemas' side on this. It's not a matter of free speech. It's a matter of their own freedom to choose what advertisements they show. And I fully agree that they shouldn't show religious advertisement of any sort.
