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Monday, November 06, 2006
Smoke ruling has the reek of censorship
DenverPost.com: "But that's not what the state argued to a judge who refused to exempt theater companies from smoking even nontobacco products in live performances. The state instead said there's no 'free speech' without the speech."
"And unlike guns and knives, no one has yet come up with a continually burning fake cigarette. That's why theaters simply wanted the right to burn herbal cigarettes."
three things...
1. they dont have continually burning cigarettes, but they do have fake cigarettes that will make smoke so it looks sort of real. 2. with all the fake props and stuff available today it doesnt seem like making a continually burning cigarettes would be that hard to do and of they do invent one theatres wont have an excuse to use real cigarettes.
3. what the different an herbal cigarette and lighting an incense or using a fog machine? they all proved some sort of artificial smoke that can be harmful. so why not have a sign that says herbal cigarettes will be used and if you have a problem don’t come see the show.
So it is illegal to smoke, but it is also illegal, or at least pretty stinking sketchy, to show nudity in certain, particularly public, places. Yet.....it happens. This will eventually get sorted out one way or another. Either it will be repealed by a judge that moonlights as an actor at his local community theatre, or some theatre inventor genius will be forced to make a fake cigarette that works like a real one. As the article said, it will be much more interesting to see how the process of season selection takes place there now. The only other comment that I can make about this article would be to find out what exactly the ruling was on "free speech" and what words the judge, not the newspaper, used to explain the reason for the ruling. Was it actually determined that because they were not speaking, it does not count at speech? Because that brings up an whole new issue.
2 comments:
"And unlike guns and knives, no one has yet come up with a continually burning fake cigarette. That's why theaters simply wanted the right to burn herbal cigarettes."
three things...
1. they dont have continually burning cigarettes, but they do have fake cigarettes that will make smoke so it looks sort of real.
2. with all the fake props and stuff available today it doesnt seem like making a continually burning cigarettes would be that hard to do and of they do invent one theatres wont have an excuse to use real cigarettes.
3. what the different an herbal cigarette and lighting an incense or using a fog machine? they all proved some sort of artificial smoke that can be harmful. so why not have a sign that says herbal cigarettes will be used and if you have a problem don’t come see the show.
So it is illegal to smoke, but it is also illegal, or at least pretty stinking sketchy, to show nudity in certain, particularly public, places. Yet.....it happens. This will eventually get sorted out one way or another. Either it will be repealed by a judge that moonlights as an actor at his local community theatre, or some theatre inventor genius will be forced to make a fake cigarette that works like a real one. As the article said, it will be much more interesting to see how the process of season selection takes place there now. The only other comment that I can make about this article would be to find out what exactly the ruling was on "free speech" and what words the judge, not the newspaper, used to explain the reason for the ruling. Was it actually determined that because they were not speaking, it does not count at speech? Because that brings up an whole new issue.
- Owen
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