When you have a set of rules, and then government says they don't apply to you -- they only apply when we want them to -- that's a concern.
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It really doesn't matter whether there has been an attempt at an outright ban or merely an attempt to influence these properties. We're still talking about action that is taken under the color of the law and is therefore governmental action that is, frankly, censorship.Allen Lichtenstein
I look at it as part of the same kind of mind-set that looks at the tourist industry as paramount, and therefore anything that might offend tourists, the powers that be don't want. So they pass these things sometimes forgetting the fact we're not in a private Disneyland here.
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It does cause some concern. It raises questions that need to be looked at.
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