Stanford Legal Group Defends 'Expelled' Against Lawsuit

Thom »

Mon May 05, 2008 8:27 pm Agree: 6   Disagree: 2

johnmorrison9 wrote:
"This is amazing how free speech is attacked, debate is silenced. Are attackers of evolution promoting the right to genicide, becasue that is what Darwin says nature does."

Actually, Darwin said no such thing. If you're interested in the facts, you can go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expelled_no_intelligence#Charles_Darwin_quotation_issue to see what Darwin *actually* said.

Please go read that section. It's rather shocking to see how the writers skipped over phrases and sentences in an attempt to distort Darwin's intent.

What were they thinking? Didn't they realize that people would double-check the facts and assertions of their "documentary"? If they thought that Darwin's actual words would indict him in the court of public opinion, why did they grossly distort them?

When it comes to the facts, this film is an embarrassment. With all due respect, I strongly suggest you double-check your facts before repeating anything that this film said.

Thanks!

Stanford Legal Group Defends 'Expelled' Against Lawsuit

Thom »

Mon May 05, 2008 8:11 pm Agree: 5   Disagree: 1

Fair Use emphases the right to QUOTE from a work. If the producers of this movie wanted to critically discuss Lennon's lyrics, why didn't they simply DISPLAY THE WORDS on the screen?

Thou shall not steal. The producers of this film could have easily shown Lennon's words without stealing his music and voice. They *wanted* to get sued to gin up some publicity, and they deserve to lose the lawsuit.

The popularity of the film cannot be taken in a vacuum. You must take the amount of $$$$ spent for publicity of the film; these people used plenty. They hired FOUR SEPARATE FIRMS to help market the film. They took the movie on a national tour to drum up publicity. They even paid churches to bring children and adults to the movie. All of these are documented in the Wikipedia entry for the film.

Speaking of the WIkipedia entry: the facts are clear. NONE of the five "expelled" were actually expelled. Most egregious is the person that the "documentary" claimed was "fired" from the Smithsonian. Guess what: HE NEVER EVER WORKED THERE! NEVER!

For a movie claiming to be a documentary, this movie has made fundamental factual errors on each of those five so-called expelled people. That's the most basic thing that someone should do in a documentary: get the facts right.

Doesn't the Bible say something along the lines of "thou shall not bear false witness"?

I challenge anyone out there: tell me which of the stories of the five "expelled" is even remotely accurate. Since the filmmakers failed to provide a companion webpage with the facts, I suggest you start looking at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expelled_no_intelligence .

Will anyone take the challenge?

Anyone? Anyone?

Bueller? ;-)