Insecure liberal pro-abortion Canadian paranoia is a thing to behold:
As of this writing, the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada has not offered a coherent and truthful explanation of how the content of the film is false or proof that it has caused abortionists and their supporters to be harassed.
Nor has the head of this organisation (as of this writing) condemned the verifiable threats against theatres that offered to show it.
The frantic movement to silence this film is quite breathtaking to watch. The censorial Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada would rather not let facts or consumer demand speak for itself. The president of the largest movie distribution company in the country is reduced to not only explaining that this country is Canada and not North Korea, but that he had to think very hard to distribute it. I doubt he searched his soul for any other film.
Nevertheless, this negative backlash has served to generate interest and sales for the film, making it more popular than before.
All thanks to some jittery little screechers.
Cineplex is further defending its decision to screen the anti-abortion film "Unplanned," noting it was "a complicated one and it was not made easily or lightly."
Ellis Jacob, president and CEO of Cineplex, has released a statement that follows up comments the company made last week to The Canadian Press about the film's release.The American drama, based on the true story of a Planned Parenthood clinic director in Texas who becomes an anti-abortion speaker, will screen in 14 Cineplex theatres in Canada for a week beginning Friday.It will also screen in 10 Landmark Cinemas as well as some independent theatres in Canada, after a U.S. release that stirred up intense debate on both sides of the issue.Jacob says showing controversial films on the big screen is not new to him, Cineplex or the industry as a whole, and he's confident the company made the right decision.He adds it's important to remember that Canada is a country that values freedom of expression, and that audiences can decide whether or not they want to see the film."When I immigrated to Canada back in 1969, one of the things that I loved, and still love, the most about living here was that we didn't shy away from our differences — we embrace them," Jacob, who was born in India, said in the statement issued Monday."Canada is a country that believes in and rallies behind freedom of expression, but that isn't always an easy thing to do and it certainly doesn't always make you popular. ...
(Sidebar: not in this part of the world, mate, as you can plainly see ...)
The Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada has called the film "a dangerous piece of anti-abortion propaganda" that "could incite fanatics to commit acts of harassment or violence against clinics or doctors."
As of this writing, the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada has not offered a coherent and truthful explanation of how the content of the film is false or proof that it has caused abortionists and their supporters to be harassed.
Nor has the head of this organisation (as of this writing) condemned the verifiable threats against theatres that offered to show it.
The frantic movement to silence this film is quite breathtaking to watch. The censorial Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada would rather not let facts or consumer demand speak for itself. The president of the largest movie distribution company in the country is reduced to not only explaining that this country is Canada and not North Korea, but that he had to think very hard to distribute it. I doubt he searched his soul for any other film.
Nevertheless, this negative backlash has served to generate interest and sales for the film, making it more popular than before.
All thanks to some jittery little screechers.
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