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  • From: rws6 <rws6 AT duke.edu>
  • To: RTP-area local music and culture <ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org>, brussell AT ibiblio.org
  • Cc: ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: Save the screen, ditch the guns
  • Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 16:33:08 -0400

gosh, you'd think that selling guns were a crime or something.

funny, it reminds me of those christians who boycott television stations
support
planned parenthood. it shows the same lack of reflection.

for those not in the know, it's the guns that subsidise the theater, not the
other way around. so, those among you who have seen movies at the starlite in
the past have benefitted from the outrageous profitability of our nation's
favorite killing machine. don't you feel foolish?

the gun shop is going to continue with or without external support,
sisyphus.
go push your rock up some other fucker's mountain.

rick sawyer.


Quoting brussell AT ibiblio.org:

> Printed in this weeks Indy.
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> Save the screen, ditch the guns
> I love movies. I go to two or three a week when I can. The venues that
> show them can be even more interesting. The one and two screen theaters
> always make a movie experience better. But sitting outside in your car or
> truck watching images fly by on a giant screen is the ultimate fun way to
> do it.
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> With this spirt in mind I would like to ask the Durham community, in which
> I've lived and presently work in, to ask the owner of the Starlite to stop
> selling guns and ammunition when he reopens.
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> Right now several very hardworking and community minded people are raising
> funds to bring back the Starlite after a tragic fire destroyed it's screen
> ("Scan," Sept. 8). When people give time and money to such a fine cause,
> they become partners in the cause's future. I don't believe their
> generosity is intended to support the sale of guns.
>
> Unfortunately a 10-year-old assault weapons ban is being allowed to lapse
> as I write this. We have enough problems with gun violence in the Triangle
> without a fundraiser for a gun store. The two shooting deaths in an N.C.
> State parking lot recently are a sad reminder of the effects of guns,
> legal or illegal.
>
> I hope everyone, especially those about to give to the Starlite, will
> think about how your giving can help support a community business and
> prevent needless death.
> Brian Russell
> Chapel Hill
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> <http://indyweek.com/durham/current/backtalk.html>
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