Subj : Re: Chelsea
To   : REBECCA MARIE
From : Mike Powell
Date : Sat Sep 10 2022 10:10:00

> -=> MIKE POWELL wrote to REBECCA MARIE <=-

>  MP> from all advertising in the Chinese market.  As I look at your list, I
>  MP> suspect the ones that are truely cancelled (i.e. you cannot watch,
>  MP> find, or buy them anywere -- and I only see one!) happened not because

> It's disingenous to re-frame the crux of the debate in the middle of the
> debate. I.e. you can't say "oh, I mean stuff that is 'truly' canceled and
> cannot watch..."

I did not re-frame it.  I was pretty up front in my early discussion with
Aaron and Jeff that things are not cancelled if they are still around and
available.

Jeff (and apparently you) was the one that believes otherwise... that
things are cancelled just because certain people refuse to buy/patronize
them any more.  There are many things on your list that would not be of any
interest to me, with or without the content you described.  Does that mean
I am cancelling them, too?

>  MP> above, become as difficult to obtain as a copy of "And to Think that I
>  MP> Saw it on Mulberry Street."

> That's because Dr. Seuss Enterprises decided to stop publishing "Mulberry
> Street" and five others. Their choice.

After being protested/threatened by folks who believe that things that hurt
their feelings should not be available to anyone.  A much less mature
reaction than, "I don't like that so *I* won't buy it."

>  MP> When these get removed these days, it is usually no longer because of
>  MP> the mention of the characters but because of the sexual content not
>  MP> being age appropriate.

> Well, you can keep telling yourself that if you'd like, doesn't mean "they
> have sexual content" isn't code for "we hate LGBTQ people".

In some instances, it could be.  In others, it is content that kids under a
certain age should not be reading.

>  MP> He was prevented from doing so because he was told he could not read
>  MP> passage out of one such book available in their kid's school library.
>  MP> "pornography" during the meeting as there might be children watching

> What is the book's title, and who is the author?

I don't remember now, but I posted about it here when it happened.


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