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March 10, 2006

A "Subversive tool of libertarian values"?

Liam goes all out to drag in the libertarian and anarcho-capitalist theatre-going public:

Yes, my friends, it's shocking. Footloose, that fun loving all-American classic, is actually a subversive political tool designed by libertarian extremists in order to poison the thoughts of today's youth. [. . .]

Footloose is a story concerned with liberty and freedom. It chronicles the struggles of Ren, a young man coming of age in small town America. In the particular small town in which the story takes place, Bomont, the liberties of the populace are routinely suspended and infringed upon. The town council maintains a stranglehold over the people and, with its close ties to the local clergy, enforces strict morality on the entire town. With their enforcers embedded in powerful positions on the police, in public institutions such as the schools, and within the citizenry at large, criticism of the council or its policies will be discovered and dealt with immediately. Indeed, privacy seems to be an outmoded concept in Bomont. Comments one teenage girl, "Think a naughty thought, and if you get caught, then boy you've got, a lot of trouble!"

Sadly, my schedule does not allow me the liberty (pun unintentional) to attend the performance.

Posted by Nicholas at March 10, 2006 11:29 AM
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