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> Guardians of Peace, the group claiming responsibility for the Sony hack, issued a sharp warning this week promising a “bitter fate” for viewers of the movie a
by ecdavis 12y ago
> Guardians of Peace, the group claiming responsibility for the Sony hack, issued a sharp warning this week promising a “bitter fate” for viewers of the movie and warning others “to keep yourself distant from the places at that time.”
> “The world will be full of fear,” they said in an anonymous online posting. “Remember the 11th of September 2001.”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/top-movie-theater-chains-cancel-premiere-showings-of-the-interview/2014/12/17/dd1bdb2a-8608-11e4-9534-f79a23c40e6c_story.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/top-movie-the...
I don't think it's fair to place blame either on Sony or the cinemas for this.
Obviously bowing to intimidation like this sets a dangerous precedent, but at the same time it would be absolutely terrible if these threats were ignored and something similar to the Aurora shootings happened as a result.
At a certain point you have to take a step back and acknowledge that it's just a dumb comedy movie - definitely not something worth potential loss of life.
Perhaps Sony should just "leak" the film.
- adamtj 12y agoFirst they came for the dumb comedy movies, and I did not speak out...