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From Reuters via Yahoo: Churchill’s cigar snuffed out at Edinburgh Fringe

Another example of governmental rules efforts going to ridiculous extremes. Apparently, humans are no longer capable of being reasonable and instead design bizarre “Zero-tolerance” systems - it’s like a three-year-old being accused of sexual harrassment, or an elementary student being punished for carrying a nail file. When an actor portrays an historical figure, s/he shouldn’t be limited by strident laws.

From The New York Times: A Girly-Girl Joins the ‘Sesame’ Boys

How a new Sesame Street character is created; focus groups, marketing consultants, etc., etc. Jim Henson created Kermit the Frog without any of that nonsense…guess that’s the difference between a true artist, and simple commerce.