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“Motion picture producers recognize the high trust and confidence which have been placed in them by the people of the world and which have made motion pictures a universal form of entertainment.
“They recognize their responsibility to the public because of this trust and because entertainment and art are important influences in the life of a nation.
“Hence, though regarding motion pictures as entertainment without an explicit purpose for teaching or propaganda, they know that the motion picture within its own field of entertainment may be directly responsible
for spiritual or moral progress, for higher types of social life, and for much correct thinking.”
-- The Hollywood Motion Picture Code of 1930, written in somewhat of a panic to tell legislators, “Please do not regulate us.” But even then, they were not sincere about moral content creation, or moral self-governance.
Better a poor and wise youth Than an old and foolish king who will be admonished no more. Ecclesiastes 4:13
Question:
Or what king, going to make war against another king, does not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand? Luke14:31
Answer:
A king who watches too much FOX TV, reads too many Marvel comics, pays attention to the New York Times, and watches too many Hollywood political thrillers.
The narrow strait is the most important chokepoint for the world's oil supply. Some 21 million barrels — or $1.2 billion worth of oil — pass through the strait every day.
Will a closed Strait hurt Iran? In terms of international oil sales, yes, but in terms of daily life, no. Iran pumps 3.5 million barrels of crude oil per day. The situation at this hour:
