Patrick Elliott wrote:
> Well, for people that shoot themselves in the foot, this one had to an 
> RPG. PZ Myers, a fairly well known, but hardly world wide known, name in 
> the so called debate between 1 AD theology and 2008 AD science, and who 
> was interviewed, (or more like mugged), for the movie Expelled, has been 
> expelled from the line for the movie in the Mall of America. He was 
> there in the twin cities, with his family, and other atheists, to attend 
> a convention *for* atheists. I will leave the punchline of who **did** 
> get let in instead for those reading the post (Hint: This person **is** 
> known world wide, and they also misused interview material from him in 
> it).
> 
> http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2008/03/expelled.php
> 
> Its nearly an hour since I started reading the comments on it, and I 
> still feel like laughing my ass off.
> 
Two things strike me in this story and the replies.
1) apparently it is possible in the land of the free to ban someone from 
attending a movie including a banning order for the building without the 
intervention of a judge.
2) that was hardly commented on (OK I didn't read all 1000+ replies so I 
might have missed it)

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