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Cinema ad banned; church sues
November 24, 2015 at 4:54 am
The CofE made an ad that would be illegal to show on TV, and "expected" cinemas to show it despite being directly opposed to the companies policy.
BBC News
Setting out to be "offended" for a publicity stunt?
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RE: Cinema ad banned; church sues
November 24, 2015 at 5:07 am
(This post was last modified: November 24, 2015 at 5:08 am by robvalue.)
Yeah, let's also have 60 seconds of every other religion in the world before the film.
They should have stopped at, "We don't accept religious or political advertising". Whether or not it offends people is irrelevant. Annoyed at the sense of entitlement to special treatment is more accurate.
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RE: Cinema ad banned; church sues
November 24, 2015 at 5:07 am
(This post was last modified: November 24, 2015 at 5:10 am by Alex K.)
It's not been "banned". If you owned a cinema, you could decide to show it if you wanted to.
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RE: Cinema ad banned; church sues
November 24, 2015 at 5:10 am
(This post was last modified: November 24, 2015 at 5:11 am by robvalue.)
Right! Religion lies to get attention, how queer.
Free speech? You don't have the right to have whatever shit you want broadcast in someone's private cinema.
Where's their God again? Busy? Getting overpowered by some committee? Losing a battle of wits with a toaster?
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RE: Cinema ad banned; church sues
November 24, 2015 at 5:12 am
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Not really. They're just so used to special pleading that it comes natural.
The CoE couldn't care less if the advertiser showed it and later the cinema refused another religious ad from the "competition" or even a cult and got sued...
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RE: Cinema ad banned; church sues
November 24, 2015 at 5:19 am
'...warns it could have a chilling affect on free speech.'
HOW? Nobody's telling these people they can't pray. Nobody's even telling them they can't pray in a cinema. You want to pray in front of the new 'Star Wars' film, fine. Go to the cinema and pray your empty little head off (just do it silently).
Fuxxake, a privately held company electing to not run your privately produced advert is NOT an impingement of your freedom of speech. If CofE wins this idiotic lawsuit, then I shall print up a series of posters extolling the virtues of atheism and demand that one be placed outside every fucking Anglican church on the planet. If they refuse, I shall file suit claiming repression of free speech.
Buncha knuckle-dragging mouth-breathing feckwits.
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RE: Cinema ad banned; church sues
November 24, 2015 at 5:55 am
I agree. If they win this, I'll be hugely pissed off and I shall probably write to my MP.
Do people really need reminding about Christianity? And if they "don't know much about it", how's a 60 second propaganda section going to change that? If anything, it's going to turn people off it if it was allowed to be shown. They have probably been done a favour.
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RE: Cinema ad banned; church sues
November 24, 2015 at 5:59 am
(November 24, 2015 at 5:55 am)robvalue Wrote: I agree. If they win this, I'll be hugely pissed off and I shall probably write to my MP.
Do people really need reminding about Christianity? And if they "don't know much about it", how's a 60 second propaganda section going to change that? If anything, it's going to turn people off it if it was allowed to be shown. They have probably been done a favour.
Heh, great point. I can't imagine a cinema jammed with Star Wars fans on opening day, all of them seeing the advert and thinking, 'Christianity, huh? I should give that a wee Google when I get home...'
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RE: Cinema ad banned; church sues
November 24, 2015 at 6:17 am
(November 24, 2015 at 4:54 am)Mr Greene Wrote: The CofE made an ad that would be illegal to show on TV, and "expected" cinemas to show it despite being directly opposed to the companies policy.
BBC News
Setting out to be "offended" for a publicity stunt?
Why would the ad be illegal to show on TV?
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RE: Cinema ad banned; church sues
November 24, 2015 at 9:14 am
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It contravenes OFCOM regulations regarding religious advertising on TV, though an audio version would have been acceptable for radio broadcast. Cinemas have discretion which seems to have been the angle the CofE was aiming at but given that it directly contravenes company policy I don't see how they've got a case. I doubt individual franchises would contradict corporate policy on this one.
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