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Monday, November 25, 2002
The Two Towers Protest Organization Did you ever get the feeling that there are too many people out there who have too much time on their hands, but not enough grounding in reality? This little organization here wants to change the title of the next LOTR movie because, well, I'll let their F.A.Q. page handle this: What are the benefits to be gained by renaming "The Two Towers" movie to something more appropriate? There are various benefits, the foremost of them being showing increased sensitivity towards the events of Sept 11th. This site continually refers to the World Trade Center as "the two towers." Now, before, during, and after the events of Sept. 11th, I've ALWAYS heard these two towers called "the twin towers." I call it coincidence being changed to justify the protest. Oh, and there's also this little gem: The creators of the movie have free speech, so what makes you think they should have to change the name of the movie? We believe that Peter Jackson and New Line Cinema's actions are in fact hate speech. The movie is intentionally being named The Two Towers in order to capitalize on the tragedy of September 11. Clearly, you cannot deny the fact that this falls under hate speech. We believe that if they will not willingly change the name, the government should step in to stop the movie's production or to force a name change. Umm... they're using a title made 50 YEARS AGO! How could this possibly be used to cash in on Sept. 11th?? The story has nothing to do with the events, the book the movie is based on has the same decades-old title, and oh yeah, this movie was in production BEFORE Sept. 11th! Like I said, some people are just trying to find something to protest.
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