Saturday, March 10, 2007

300 - the Big Lie

We endorse the 300, an unethical movie picture Petition to Warner Bros. Picture Company.

To: Warner Bros. Pictures Company
Cc: Zack Snyder (director)

Dear Warner Bros. Picture Company,

We the undersigned, through this letter, protest your irresponsible, unethical and unscientific actions.

This letter is in concern of making the movie, 300 by your company, which, according to all historical documents, is fraudulent and distorted, and its broadcast guarantees the violation of undeniable international legal rights.

It is a proven scholarly fact that the Persian Empire in 480 B.C was the most magnificent and civilized empire. Established by the Cyrus the great, the writer of the first human right declaration, Persians ruled over significant portions of Greater Iran, the east modern Afghanistan and beyond into central Asia; in the north and west all of Asia Minor (modern Turkey), the upper Balkans peninsula (Thrace), and most of the Black Sea coastal regions; in the west and southwest the territories of modern Iraq, northern Saudi-Arabia, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, all significant population centers of ancient Egypt and as far west as portions of Libya. Having twenty nations under control, encompassing approximately 7.5 million square kilometers, unquestionably the Achaemenid Empire was territorially the largest empire of classical antiquity.

Based on the Zoroastrian doctrine, it was the strong emphasis on honesty and integrity that gave the ancient Persians credibility to rule the world, even in the eyes of the people belonging to the conquered nations (Herodotus, mid 5th century B.C). Truth for the sake of truth, was the universal motto and the very core of the Persian culture that was followed not only by the great kings, but even the ordinary Persians made it a point to adhere to this code of conduct.

We did not expect Warner Bros. Picture company, as one of the world's largest producers of film and television entertainment to ignore the proven obvious historical facts, and damage its own reputation by showing the Persian army at the battle of Thermopylae as some monstrous savages, and thus create an atmosphere of public mistrust in its content, and hurt the national pride of the millions of Persians while doing so.

While announcing our disgust at such a heresy, we demand an immediate historical review and quick apology from the responsible people.

Sincerely,
The Undersigned

clipped from www.moviemaze.de

300

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Im Jahre 480 vor Christus stellt sich der spartanische König Leonidas mit 300 treuen Kriegern dem zahlmäßig weit überlegenen Heer des persischen Königs Xerxes entgegen. Leonidas will den strategisch wichtigen Thermopylen-Pass im Kallidromos-Gebirge um jeden Preis verteidigen und lässt sich daher von Xerxes nicht zur Aufgabe zwingen. Doch Missgunst und Verrat unter den Spartanern machen Leonidas ehrgeizigen Plan zunichte und so geht die Schlacht schließlich verloren.

Dt. Start: 05. April 2007
Genre:
Action, Abenteuer

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