Subj : Countdown to Discovery
To   : Drew Klenotic
From : Flavio Bessa
Date : Fri Oct 06 2017 12:17:18

Hello Drew.

03 Oct 17 20:21, you wrote to me:

 FB>>     Perhaps you can lecture me on it, as I am not from the US I
 FB>> did not understand  the context... :)

 DK> To which Drew Klenotic replies...

 DK> Well, talking about that would really be off topic and would probably
 DK> cause more issues... but suffice to say, these people are actors.
 DK> Some of them not even Americans.  I want to be entertained by a TV
 DK> show.  I don't want all the press about it to be about what the actor
 DK> playing the Captain of Discovery thinks about people who voted for the
 DK> current president, or how they all made a big "stand" (kneel) in
 DK> support of NFL players who want to protest the national anthem.  (For
 DK> that matter, the same goes for them.... shut up and play football).
 DK> Sure, they can express their opinions, but do it as private citizens
 DK> on their own time.

 DK> None of us would probably be able to protest on our company time and
 DK> get away with it.

        I wasn't aware of this, interesting. Really, these things should go on 
to its own contexts..

Flavio

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