Friday, April 11, 2003

Ill Logic...

The Hall of Fame has cancelled a 15th anniversary celebration of the film Bull Durham because it stars Tim Robbins - a known liberal (oooooohh dangerous) who opposed this war of ours.
This is what I call Right Wing political correctness. It's no secret, of course, that the President of the Hall of Fame Dale Petroskey is a former aide of President Reagan.
In this case the work that Robbins has done IN A MOVIE is quite different than what he does in REAL LIFE. And what's more they knew Robbin's political stance when they announced the award way back when. By doing it now makes the Hall of Fame look like reactionary fools.

I agree with sport writer Roger Kahn whjo wrote in a letter to Hall of Fame wrote:

"By canceling the Hall of Fame anniversary celebration of "Bull Durham" for political reasons, you are, far from supporting our troops, defying the noblest of the American spirit. You are choking freedom of dissent. How ironic. In theory, at least, we have been fighting this war to give Iraqis freedom of dissent. But here you, through the great institution you head, have moved to rob Tim Robbins, Susan Sarandon and (writer-director) Ron Shelton of that very freedom."