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True Earthling

(832 posts) Wed Dec 17, 2014, 07:20 PM Dec 2014

Sony caves in to N.K. threats - free speech is dead!! [View all]

OK Sony...grow some cojones! Release "The Interview" online for free. You will have 10X as many viewers and create enormous good will. I for one, will be a fan of Sony for life. If you don't want to release it free, charge $1 and you will recoup your investment plus some. Fight back...free speech is a cornerstone of human rights...don't let this asshole regime dictate what U.S. citizens can or cannot see.

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Sony caves in to N.K. threats - free speech is dead!! [View all] True Earthling Dec 2014 OP

Um, NK doesn't believe in free speech. randome Dec 2014 #1

Apparently it was NK that hacked Sony's emails MrScorpio Dec 2014 #2

I read a story that it was a disgruntled employee. It is all odd, wondering if it is a thing to uppityperson Dec 2014 #7

Free Speech is still fine. I applaud Sony for having the good sense not to release an offensive CBGLuthier Dec 2014 #3

So the feelings of one lunatic are more important than the feelings of millions of people True Earthling Dec 2014 #6

Millions wanted to see a Seth Rogen movie? FSogol Dec 2014 #12

I don't see this as a free speech issue... Cooley Hurd Dec 2014 #8

Just because it isn't the US government doesn't mean shit. True Earthling Dec 2014 #10

Oh for crying out loud. NuclearDem Dec 2014 #9

Thank you! Being "afraid" of the little tyrant plays right into his megalomania. n/t nomorenomore08 Dec 2014 #11

LOL, another scared American steps up!!!!! Red alert!!!!!! nt Logical Dec 2014 #17

Free speach died long ago Kelvin Mace Dec 2014 #4

Is the whole thing a set up? CJCRANE Dec 2014 #5

Could also be they realized it's going to be a bad movie that would damage their reputation. Angleae Dec 2014 #19

Sony and North Korea are little more than names in my personal universe. hunter Dec 2014 #13

Unreal. Release the move in the USA. bigwillq Dec 2014 #14

Umm no. It would be a free speech issue if the US government stopped Sony from distributing it... 951-Riverside Dec 2014 #15

This whole thing makes me laugh WhaTHellsgoingonhere Dec 2014 #16

Perhaps, Corporate Personhood is in decline. Downwinder Dec 2014 #18