Barack Obama advisor and possible future Chief Technology Director for the White House, Larry Lessig, seems a little perturbed about us irritating Christians who did not appreciate his broadcasting of the video that showed a gay and naked--unless you count the diaper--Jesus Christ dancing through city streets singing "I will survive" before being hit by a bus.
He has agreed to stop using the video in presentations and offered the following excuses-ooops I mean explanations-for his actions:
(1) I did not make the "Jesus Christ: The Musical" video. Javier Prato did.Lessing goes on to write: "It will be interesting (in a root canal kind of way) to see how far or deep PC-ism runs in this society."
(2) I used the video in probably 5 or 6 out of 200 talks over the last three years, in the section of my talks in which I show examples of "remix" creativity.
(3) I show these videos not because I endorse the message, or even believe in the message. For example, here's a fantastically clever video about John Kerry I showed dozens of times during the 2004 election. It makes fun of Kerry -- the man I supported for President. The point was not the substance of the message; it was to demonstrate the spread of the technique.
(4) The Jesus video was relevant to the story I was telling because the artist was threatened by the copyright holders because of the video.
(5) I decided to stop using the video when one Christian whom I knew told me he thought unhelpful to the purpose for which I was using it. That seemed right, so I dropped it.
Let me be sure I have this right. This is a guy who willingly provides support and advice to Barack Obama and he is complaining about the "PC Patrol?" Every time someone calls the foul on Obama, the "Obama-nites" rush in to call them racist and worst.
Forgive me Lessing, if my sympathy card to you is somehow lost.
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ref:http://lessig.org/blog/2008/04/the_redstate_flap.html, http://wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=62484
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