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Orson Scott Card Pleads 'Tolerance' For Ender's Game Movie

Posted by Soulskill on from the flexing-his-iron-knee dept.

interval1066 writes "A story in Wired describes Orson Scott Card's quest for tolerance in response to a boycott for Gavin Hood's film adaption of Ender's Game, saying that 'The gay marriage issue is moot' in a statement to Entertainment Weekly. Card is a long time anti-gay and defense of marriage activist. 'His concern, ostensibly, is that someone might be petty enough not to see his movie simply because he spent years lobbying for laws that treated certain people as less than human. The fallacy he employs here — that calling out hate-speech is intolerance on par with curtailing the human rights of others — is a favorite fallback of cowards and bullies, and a way of evading responsibility for the impact of their words and actions.' I guess he didn't see this film and the box-office importance of wide appeal coming, did he?"

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  1. Re:Who Cares? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    It's more than that: Orson Scott Card Has Always Been An Asshat. Kind of funny folks are only now caring. Guess no one reads any more.

  2. Re:Last time I checked... by Cenan · · Score: 5, Informative

    its a christian ceremony

    The fuck it is, and a few milliseconds of research would have told you as much, but I guess that is implied in the "last time I checked", which would be, never?
    a source from the top of the hit list on Google, that you would have found had your bother to search

    While the institution of marriage pre-dates recorded history, many cultures have legends concerning the origins of marriage.

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    ... whatever ...
  3. Re:Last time I checked... by Surak_Prime · · Score: 5, Informative

    "Marriage" predates Christianity. You're describing Holy Matrimony, Batman.

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    :::The Spear in the heart of the Other is the Spear in the heart of You; You are He - Surak of Vulcan:::
  4. Re:Really?!? by drinkypoo · · Score: 5, Informative

    Before, people acted with revulsion only to sexual relations with an actual child -- today, if a woman of this age sends her naked photo to the father of her child, she goes to jail for "pedophilia".

    Almost. They both go to jail for child pornography, she for producing and he for possessing. Then the child goes into a home, and probably eventually into the military or a prison. Either way, the state profits.

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    "You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
  5. Re:Really?!? by levork · · Score: 5, Informative

    He never advocated overthrowing the government for it.

    Yes he did. From an article he wrote for the Mormon Times:

    Faithful sexual monogamy, persistence until death, male protection and providence for wife and children, female loyalty to children and husband, and parental discretion in child-rearing.

    If government is going to meddle in this, it had better be to support marriage in general while providing protection for those caught in truly destructive marriages.

    Because when government is the enemy of marriage, then the people who are actually creating successful marriages have no choice but to change governments, by whatever means is made possible or necessary.

    And more:

    Regardless of law, marriage has only one definition, and any government that attempts to change it is my mortal enemy. I will act to destroy that government and bring it down, so it can be replaced with a government that will respect and support marriage, and help me raise my children in a society where they will expect to marry in their turn.

    I don't know about you, but "I will act to destroy that government and bring it down" is a pretty clear advocation of overthrowing the government.