Fahrenheit 911 too hot for correspondents' club (warning from US embassy)

[Lori Price CLG]

Fahrenheit 911 too hot for correspondents' club

BANGKOK (dpa) - The Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand (FCCT) on Monday cancelled a planned screening of "Farhenheit 911" - Michael Moore's scathing documentary on US President (sic) George W. Bush - after receiving an unofficial warning from the US embassy. The FCCT, in a note distributed to members, said the screening, scheduled for Wednesday, had been cancelled "due to circumstances beyond our control."

A private screening of the same film planned in Hong Kong, organised in a pub by the Democrats Abroad, was also aborted after an anonymous caller warned the group it could face legal problems if it showed a pirated version of the controversial documentary.

FCCT sources said they had received a phone call from US American Chamber of Commerce executive director Judy Benn raising similar objections to their programme.

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Lori Price
http://www.legitgov.org/

[Rose Siding]

1. Exporting freedom/democracy sounded like such a good idea

:-(

[Tight_rope]

10. Yeah...I guess the "Bill of Rights" doesn't fit into Democracy anymore!

[merh]

2. I hope Michael Moore reads this some where. . .

I am sure he would be sure an official version was available for the folks to view.

[Dem2theMax]

5. Just in case

10,000 other people haven't sent it to him already, I sent it to him as well. Knowing MM, he'll have a viewing set up within a few weeks or so. :)

[Nambe]

3. Oh PLease. Spell BOOTLEG in HK or Thailand.

Spell it in any language and you'll draw a crowd offering 9/11 in your language. Been there, Done that. Embassy officials live in a bubble so tight they think their flatulence is a fresh morning breeze. Their objections will increase attendance and sales beyond the pale.

[daleo]

4. Let Freedom Reign

More evidence of the BFEEs disdain for democracy.

[donheld]

6. Telling people they can't

This is probably the best thing the government can do. You all know what happens when someone tells you you cannot do something. I'll just bet this will only get MORE people to find some way of seeing it.

[tlcandie]

7. Hell just end a brand new DVD... and new Apex DVD player...

Totaling less than $100 to one of the soldiers and they can all see it totally free of charge as often as they like!!!

[rpannier]

8. My Friends and I have seen it in Korea

both in the theater and as a pirated copy...Great flick.

[anarchy1999]

9. Oh yes, the "US American Chamber of Commerce"

Cheney you, you american whore. Are you sleeping with Neil?