[b][red][size=4]ARRRGGHHH!...What an idiot![/red][size=4]
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Dear Reel.com,
I am writing about Tor Thorsen's critique about the movie John Q. starring Denzel Washington.
I take GREAT exception to Mr. Thorsen's assertion that, "...NRA-types will consider this merely another practical use for firearms...". I am a member of the NRA. I am also a loving father, grandfather, and a sportsman who's hobby happens to be the shooting of firearms. I am also a retired naval officer who proudly wore the uniform of his country for twenty eight years defending the rights of fools like mister Thorsen to make such blatantly biased and scurrilous statements. For the record, I do NOT consider the use of the firearm as portrayed in that movie to be legal, proper, or "practical".
I take extreme personal affront to such a broad brush irrational and plainly ignorant statement. I do NOT advocate the illegal use of a firearm under ANY circumstances, nor do any of my fellow NRA members. To imply that we are nothing but a bunch of crazed red necks with a propensity for ready gun violence is both wholly inaccurate and a complete canard on its face!
Mr. Thorsen should be ashamed at his hyperbolic attack on millions of American citizens who happen to obviously disagree with his poorly hidden anti-gun bias.
Since I am an absolute believer in the First Amendment rights of all citizens to say or write as they please, I would never deign to try to muzzle Mr. Thorsen in any way. On the other hand, as a member of the consuming public and a great fan and purchaser of movies, I do have the right to choose with whom I will do business...and I will no longer choose Reel.com. Further, I intend to counsel all of my friends and neighbors to likewise have nothing further to do with Reel.com.
Most Seriously and Sincerely,
Locke Wilde
Fredericksburg, VA