David and Goliath
To continue along yesterday's thought, let me add that I do have an agenda. It is this: Seeing the flood of filth and poison that cascades out of Hollywood, I want to make a stand for good. The fight between good and evil is real, and one of the very potent and very visible battlefields is the media (especially movies). "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing" (Edmund Burke). Can I sit here bemoaning the lack of morals in the media and yet do nothing? Boycotting Hollywood is all well and good, but people do watch movies and the trend seems to be that if there aren't any good movies, they'll watch bad ones. Good, wholesome family values need to be protected and put back in public where they belong.
I do realize that Hollywood is a juggernaut, a Goliath of sorts. And I am just one voice. But there are others, too, both LDS and of other faiths, who are already fighting against this dragon. Will we be able to completely rid the world of this evil? Certainly not, and it will undoubtedly get even more powerful as the end of the world draws near, but we can make a difference in the lives of many people. By small and simple means are great things brought to pass.
I do realize that Hollywood is a juggernaut, a Goliath of sorts. And I am just one voice. But there are others, too, both LDS and of other faiths, who are already fighting against this dragon. Will we be able to completely rid the world of this evil? Certainly not, and it will undoubtedly get even more powerful as the end of the world draws near, but we can make a difference in the lives of many people. By small and simple means are great things brought to pass.
posted by Ben at 7:49 AM
2 Comments:
I think we should get rid coffee. So many people seem addicted to it, that it must certainly be bad. We need to kill Starbucks and every other coffee producer. Band together ye noblemen, and we can make a difference and bring down the coffee giants.
Actually, I think you might have stumbled onto something just barely here. While Hollywood most certainly could never be brought down, our lives can drastically improve by avoiding its filth. Instead of trying to stop Hollywood, we should stop its influence upon us. This is simple enough, just stop watching bad movies.
Instead of trying to stop Hollywood, we should stop its influence upon us.
Exactly -- Hollywood will keep on making its movies, and there is virtually no chance of those movies getting much better. You've touched upon the first half of what we can do to fight against Hollywood: stop watching bad movies. The second half is quite important too, though: make (and watch) good movies. There need to be good alternatives out there to show people the difference between Hollywood's trash and worthwhile movies.
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