One of the things that absolutely blows my mind about the 9/11 Denial movement is just how
incredibly hypocritical so many of them are.
jessicarabbit has just provided us with another sterling example, as I will explain.
In the quote above, she is defending Louder Than Words, makers of "Loose Change," against charges of profiteering on the events of Sept. 11th. Let's consider her other fine arguments:
In other words, Louder Than Words are
possibly not profiteering because
it's possible they don't make very much money. We don't know whether they turn a profit or not, but it's good enough for dear Jessica that we don't have access to their books. They deserve the benefit of the doubt, she says.
This is eye-popping, when you consider that she began this whole mudfight, with the following:
(It wasn't, it was trademarked, as she later
admitted)
That's right, folks -- she started this little spat, by attacking the
Todd Beamer Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicating to helping children cope with emotional trauma. (They have since changed their name to Heroic Choices.)
Let me spell this out for you, jessicarabbit, and I dearly hope your venom is based on a youthful naivete, rather than actual malice.
It
doesn't matter whether Louder Than Words profits, or whether Heroic Choices profits, or which has a higher net income. Heroic Choices is a
non-profit. Louder Than Words
L.L.C. is a
for-profit organization, that has
items for sale. Dylan Avery could be losing his shirt for all I know, it makes no difference -- whether the guy is a good or bad businessman does not change his
intent, and that intent is to run a business, for profit, based on the events of September 11th.
Heroic Choices is well within its rights to copyright and trademark as it needs to in order to remain effective. They don't want to be ripped off by some yahoo exploiting their intellectual property. Just like the Salvation Army, Easter Seals, or even the Red Cross would be fully justified in suing you if you used their name, symbols, and trademarks to hock your own wares.
Now, having exposed your hypocrisy, let me discuss the matter of profit. Profit is not inherently a bad thing. I am a firm believer in the right of mankind to earn a decent living. But the key word is
earn.
Consider two filmmakers. One, the Naudet Brothers. Another, the Louder Than Words crew again. The Naudet Brothers are also profiting from their movie, "
9/11 A Documentary," and I don't criticize them in the least. They worked hard to produce their documentary. They were at significant personal risk to film it. They were also in the right place at the right time -- "lucky," I guess some would say -- but bully for them.
In contrast, we have Louder Than Words, who in previous versions of their film
ripped off the Naudets. They produce a "documentary" that blatantly steals footage from others without first purchasing the rights. Their movie is so full of holes that they have
admitted "errors were left in intentionally." What right do they have to profit?
Well, if Dylan Avery
et. al. hadn't ripped off other filmmakers, and they'd presented their work as originally intended -- as a work of fiction -- I'd leave them alone. I might find it in bad taste, perhaps, but I would acknowledge their right to profit from their work. However, they did neither. They seek not only to profit by libeling thousands, accusing them baselessly of complicity in crimes, but also through theft of intellectual property.
As I stated at the outset, the hypocrisy omnipresent in your "movement" is utterly flabbergasting. Thus far, you have taken sides with them, by your pathetic slander of the Todd Beamer Foundation.
Think about your choices, jessicarabbit. If you continue on this road, someday you will be profoundly ashamed of them.
