> It would take a wider cultural consensus to respond in solidarity: theaters don't cave, studios don't cave, moviegoers don't cave, media doesn't feed panics,

> It would take a wider cultural consensus to respond in solidarity: theaters don't cave, studios don't cave, moviegoers don't cave, media doesn't feed panics, the legal system doesn't require cowering as a liability issue. We're not there yet... but maybe we can get there, with discussion and experience. Considering that the American public has been sprinting in the opposite direction for the last decade, I wouldn't hold my breath. It takes a serious and abiding commitment to total cowardice in the face of adversity to make up excuses for admitted torturers and war criminals - I don't think a single person is going to find their stones now over a film that apparently no one was going to watch anyway.