Hitchhiker’s Guide…
http://www.commonwealthtimes.com/news/2005/04/28/Spectrum/At.The.Movies.the.Hitchhikers.Guide.To.The.Galaxy-943533.shtml
At the Movies: ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide’
By CHRISTY LEMIRE
AP MOVIE CRITIC
QUOTE: ” …Marvin the Paranoid Android, who’s rendered like a Star Wars storm trooper with a case of encephalitis.”
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Dear Editor:
The above statement is in DREADFULLY poor taste! Does the Commonwealth Times realize the impact of encephalitis? Do you know how encephalitis is touching us here in North America?
Would it be equally amusing, if this character bumped into walls like a blind person? Or if they looked really wrinkled up, like a senior citizen? Or if they hopped on one foot, like an amputee? Or if they just rolled around in a wheelchair all the time, like a parapalegic? Or were bald when struggling with cancer? Can you imagine the immediate feedback, if this wit was applied to muscular dystrophy? Jerry Lewis’ solicitors would be on it, in a flash.
(Actually, you are also making a basic error, as it’s hydroencephalus which causes such swelling. Hydrocephalus most often occurs in children, but may also occur in adults and the elderly.)
Tasteless junk like this, SHOUTS for an apology !!!
Wendy, President
Encephalitis Global, Inc.
www.encephalitisglobal.com
1638 Pierard Road
North Vancouver BC
CANADA V7J 1Y2
phone: (604) 980-2236
fax: (604) 904-0809
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