So a group of Greek lawyers is threatening to sue Warner Brothers unless they put a disclaimer at the beginning of the movie Alexander claiming that it is a work of fiction because it blatantly shows his intimate relations with men and his begrudging interactions with his wife. There are enough reviews about it floating around that generally say the same thing, Alex loves his men in this film. Big deal. So why do a bunch of Greek lawyers care? Well just guessing, but it's probably just a small part of Greece that is upset at this type of thing. Much of ancient Greek history is filled with man lovin'. Alexander's father, Phillip II was even killed by an estranged male lover. Well I guess the sticking point is that in antiquity, sexual attraction between men and women, men and men, and women and women was regarded as normal. Of course things have changed, with Catholicism bringing shame to the practice by threatening people with eternal damnation. Never mind these are the same Catholics that have been sodomizing altar boys and shuffling priests around for decades, if not centuries.

Apparently it's acceptable to filter history for your political or religious agenda without allowing sane discussion of the sexual mores of antiquity. More importantly, by donning your rose (or whatever) colored glasses, anything that doesn't immediately agree is thusly evil, immoral, and all around unacceptable. Never mind the whole life, liberty and pursuit of happiness for your fellow human beings, it's only yours that matters. Now in Greece, the general idea is the same. Do whatever you want provided it doesn't interfere with other people, keep to yourself and generally don't be a nuisance. It's kind of sad to see the country which gave the Western World the Republic and the ideas of democracy, freedom, and liberty can also give us insanely intolerant people who choose to ignore history and try to change everyone else's view to agree with theirs.

Why does it seem that tiny groups with wildly divergent agendas from the rest of society are the most bothersome and imposing bunch of idiots to get press time? Well partly it may be that they get so much attention because they scream bloody murder for every flash of a woman's nipple, kiss between two men, interracial couple, or poor defenseless animal shot on television. Freedom to most people is the ability to do whatever activities you want with your life that do not restrict the ability of people to do the same with theirs. I think it's the part about letting other people do whatever they want that these fringe idiots can't seem to wrap their heads around. Just because someone else has a different invisible man, woman, entity, or idea that they base their ethos around doesn't make them wrong. If your invisible what-ever-it-is in the sky tells you that Bob's invisible guy is evil and vile and Bob must die for it, then you might want to think it over before starting another religion inspired act of oppression and persecution.

I don't have problems with your choice of sphincters, politicians, or gods. There's a good chance that I think your king, god, or love ewe is a pretty dumb idea. That's because my president, idea, and hand are an obviously superior choice morally, ethically, and socially. But I keep that information to myself. That's because I have other things to do besides argue my beliefs against yours. We're not going to agree, it's just not going to happen. It will be an enormous waste of your time and mine. Not to mention that it doesn't bother me what you do with your freedom as long as it doesn't interfere with mine. Go ahead and have a ball! Just because I what I do isn't the same thing that you do doesn't necessarily mean that I hate you and I'm going to spend every waking moment trying to keep you from doing what it is you like to do. It's stupid and small minded.

I believe that it is actions like this that cause a great majority of problems. However most of these "problems" have no chance of actually improving the world at all. What it is actually doing is obscuring the really nasty problems that should be getting more attention in the newspapers and news broadcast. However other people do seem to believe that the life of a dead general and how it relates to a new movie is the most important possible thing to deal with today.