George Lucas Offers A Compelling Argument Against George Lucas
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A rebel filmmaker stood before Congress in 1988 and argued, “People who alter or destroy works of art and our cultural heritage for profit or as an exercise of power are barbarians.” His voice no doubt then took on an emotional, Jimmy Stewart-like quaver. “And if the laws of the United States continue to condone this behavior, history will surely classify us as a barbaric society.” Guess who that man became.
