[IP] When did the word "God" become so sensitive??

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: Ole Jacobsen <ole@cisco.com>
Date: January 16, 2007 4:53:57 PM EST
To: Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>
Subject: When did the word "God" become so sensitive??
Reply-To: Ole Jacobsen <ole@cisco.com>



For IP:

"United Airlines is Pleased to Present" ... "This movie has been
edited to fit your screen and for timing..."

Last week I flew from San Francisco to London and watched "The Queen"
starring Helen Mirren, now a Golden Globe Award winner for this movie.

As often happens, I didn't catch the start (dinner), so I ended up
watching the whole movie 2 or 3 times to get the parts that I had
missed. The first time around I noticed a few places where I thought
there was some kind of audio problem, but on re-watching I realized
that EVERY time someone utters "God" it is silenced. The most amusing
example is when the Queen is giving a live address to the nation and
you can see the auto-cue which has the word "God" scrolling by, but
you cannot hear her say it in this United-edited version.

I have asked several people why this editing was done, but so far we
all remain puzzled. Is it that post 9/11 we can no longer say "God"
without adding "or Allah or Buddha or..." ???

Tell me I am not crazy, please...

Ole

Ole J. Jacobsen
Editor and Publisher,  The Internet Protocol Journal
Cisco Systems
Tel: +1 408-527-8972   GSM: +1 415-370-4628
E-mail: ole@cisco.com  URL: http://www.cisco.com/ipj



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