Posted By:
Howard Kaloogian
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I received a copy of this letter Tammy Bruce sent to Tom Ortenberg of Lions Gate Films.  Mr. Ortenberg is pictured below.

Lion Gate Films is distributing Michael Moore’s anti-American propaganda flick “Fahrenheit 9/11.” Mr. Ortenberg has also been one of the chief spinmeisters for the “Fahrenheit 9/11” team.

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I would like to let you know that I found your comments encouraging
Children to see Fahrenheit 9/11, “through” their parents, despite its R rating, as extraordinarily irresponsible.

The rating is there so *parents* can determine what their children see.
Your encouragement is essentially suggesting that strangers, like you and Mr. Moore, have the right to go to people’s homes and encourage children to ignore their parents and disobey them.

Who are you to suggest this?

You have every right to release the film. How dare you, though, suggest that parents have lost the right to raise their children based on their values.  Considering your attitude, I would think you don’t have children, but think about the repercussions if a stranger approached children important to you and told them to ignore your instructions?

Or if strangers walked into your office and suggested your staff follow
*their* orders and not yours?  I think that’s something you wouldn’t appreciate.

Please consider retracting that comment, and encourage children to respect what an “R” rating is for (whether you like it or not) and that respecting their parents wishes is of paramount importance.

If you *don’t* agree with those two principles, I think that, too, would be fascinating to Americans.

Please do the right thing.

With Concern,
Tammy Bruce