This is insane. But thankfully, the Sureté Generale is open to talk about it: First, you have to visit their directorate, fill an application form and if it got approved, they’ll be able to talk about the matter.
Update: L’Orient Le Jour spoke to an SG official who said that they did not ask Cinema City to cover Spielberg’s name.
“Spielberg’s name is on the black list, and we could have legally banned the movie.” he said. “But these days we’re being flexible in implementing the law”
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just when u think they cant get any dumber… what a stupid thing to do!
WTF!? That’s mental. Who came up with that decision? This guy?
http://youtu.be/FMegS6FsX5E
This only seem natural with Lebanon’s obsession with anything Israeli. I for one am not shocked. As a Lebanese, it would hard to ever forgive the hardships Israel has caused our Country, but these types of actions make us no better than them. I think “Silly” is the word I’m thinking about right now.
But Spielberg is not Israeli. He’s American.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Spielberg
Weirdly enough this reminds me of a while back when I went to that posh cinema in Verdun (near where it meets the Pigeon Rocks, by the hotels) and saw a poster advertising the Borat movie under the coming attractions.
So a few weeks later on its release date I went back to see it. ‘Cept the poster had gone. I asked the guys in the cinema what happened to Borat. “Banned” with a hey-what-can-I-do-about-it-I-only-work-here-if-it-were-up-to-me-I’d-show-it look on his face.
But Sacha Baron Cohen isn’t Israeli. Hmmm, Baron Cohen? Spielberg?… What ever could the connection be?
(the postscript to all this was that the Borat movie was later available for sale on DVD in the Virgin Megastore in Martyrs’ Square. And as it was for sale there were obviously people who wanted to buy it)
True enough. There is no logic in the Lebanese position.
*puts head in hands* Just read the first link – let me get this straight, it was the General (Internal) Security which made that decision?
which if I’m not mistaken kind of translates as this
un-f**king believable. It’s beyond parody.
It’s silly to just censor his name but let his movies make a profit in Lebanese cinemas. If it’s true he gave financial aid to Israel during the 2006 war, the ISF shouldn’t let the bastard make money off the moviegoers whose killing he proudly and joyfully encouraged in 2006.
where’d you hear that from? can’t find any mention of it online.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4146741,00.html
Just one jew boy giving some money to other jews to help them kill non-jews.
I copied the below from the letters sent to the blogsite referenced in Mus’s article above (Even in Lebanon, Online Negative PR is Starting To Bite). It seems relevant here. As the lady says, it sounds like a little research would be useful:
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“Trish says: November 10, 2011 at 10:56 am
Naw–the USA never bans anything. You guys are funny, getting all worked up over a Jewish non-Zionist giving $1M to — NOT Israel — but the New Israel Fund which Israeli Zionists hate because it funds Palestinian NGOs and civil rights movements. The money he gave was earmarked for improving hospitals in the Galilee, providing hot food for children who were evacuated….not exactly a “Zionist” cause, huh? The Lebanese are supposed to be the smartest and most cultured people in the Levant–c’mon, do some research before jumping to conclusions.”
I am impressed by the stupidity of this society – although reading what the “intelligentsia” of Lebanon post as comments on this blog, I’m not at all surprised.
BTW, I thought Jews only drink the blood of Christian youngsters? Or has the Passover recipe changed to include the blood of Muslim youngsters?