Freedom of Speech vs. Fascism

Be sure you visit Chick-fil-A today. I don't care if you do support homosexual marriage. What we cannot do is allow people to bully organizations or people into silence. Freedom of Speech in this country has come to mean, 'free to speak as along as you agree with me'. I am against homosexual marriage, but I am not against people having the freedom to speak out and say they support the cause. Elections are for deciding the matter, not groups of people deciding that they can bully others into not speaking out what they believe in. This is what fascist do, not free liberal educated people.

I am an Amazon Prime member and have multiple Kindle devices in my household. Despite Jeff Bezos personal and financial support of homosexual marriage. I am sure that not everyone who works in Amazon agrees with Jeff and punishing them for what he believes in is silly.

So I am challenging all of you who believe in homosexual marriage; go spend money at Chick-fil-A. Send a message that you will not support other people trying to suppress the opinions of those you disagree with. Freedom of Speech is what makes this country great; Fascism is what allows people like Hitler to come into power.

Grow up people.

Prometheus Movie & World View

The Prometheus trailers piqued my interest as the storyline itself  is centered around the scientific quest of mankind to explain the how and why of our existence.  I have to admit that I went to the theater with low expectations but was pleasantly surprised. Directed by Ridley Scott the film is a visually stunning treat although the muddled story line left me slightly disappointed.

There is definitely several philosophical bright points in the movie that were unexpected. One was the admission from the writer and producer that the complexity of the relationship between DNA and RNA cannot be easily explained by Neo-Darwinism. Not that Ridley Scott went as far as advocating any type of spirituality but he is definitely proposing that there may be another explanation for creation other than complete randomness.

Ridley Scott even acknowledges the problem of the theory of a more advanced civilization designing or creating the human race as one of the characters ask, "And who created the engineers?". In these respects the film is to be celebrated as it acknowledges the difficulties of the present theories of creation and even in some degree flat out challenges them.

The movie itself is classic Ridley Scott; starts out maddeningly slowly and doesn't just pick up speed at the end; it accelerates on jets. Some of the characters are hollow and the frustration of Charlize Theron in trying to play her character is nearly palatable. The special effects are top notch and Noomi Rapace is excellent as a scientist struggling with her faith and the apparent futility of our existence.

Ridley Scott leaves the high probability of a second movie as more questions are left unanswered than answered. It will be interesting to see if he will lead us to more questions and possible answers while keeping the intellectually honesty that was refreshing in the first film or will he take us back to the same nihilistic droll that is so depressingly prevalent in the world view of current films.