posted by Mike Madison at 12:27 PM /
I heard a rumor over this past weekend that paperwork is in process to authorize the demolition of the Denis Theater. Is that true? If the Denis goes, will the other businesses on the corner (Potomac Bakery, for example) go too? Are there plans for a new building on the site?
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The comment was deleted because it was an ad hominem personal attack on another commenter, rather than a comment on the merits of the post or of the comment itself. The post and the comment were about *Aldo's.* Comment all you like about Aldo's (say, for example, that you like the fact that the store sometimes has Fox News on the television, or say that the last comment has it wrong, because Aldo's doesn't play Fox News all the time, or because it's perfectly OK if Aldo's plays Fox News all the time). But no ripping the commenters simply for having a point of view, whether it's liberal or conservative or up or down or side to side. Don't swing by and post a comment just to assault someone else and wave your politics. Even when the blog wanders into politics -- and with an election coming up, it will -- it's going to remain a place for civil conversation. Please, by all means, let others know!
(By the way, if you really think that this is a "left-leaning blog with no room for alternate opinions," then you must not have read many of the posts -- or the comments. I, for one, disagreed with Laurie in the first place!)
1. I read the comment. It was a criticism of the person, not a critique of the point of view.
2. If you want to say "Fox News is great, and I like the fact that Aldo's has it on TV," that's fine by me. (Personally, I don't care for Fox News, but I also don't mind the fact that Aldo's sometimes has it on TV.) But the blog isn't here for debates about the news media or national politics or moral philosophy. So anyone who wants to have their say about why Fox News is a great thing, period, should say it somewhere else. The blog is here for discussion of things happening in and around Mt. Lebanon.
How did this dialog end up on a post about the possible demolition of the Denis Theater??
It's OK, Suzanne, I learned to ignore flames many years ago. I don't lose any sleep over name-calling (though terms like "capitalist," "atheist" and "feminist" and "liberal are all complimentary terms in my book).
Fox isn't true "news." It's a venue for blatant fear-mongering and a mouthpiece for the Bush administration. I got to listen to it daily while visiting my mother in October 2001. That was the week of the anthrax scare. It was all hyperbole, all the time. I won't frequent any establishment that plays it.
I did go back to Aldo recently, saw that they were using the TV to play classical music - thanks! The coffee and snack were both OK.
Back to the original topic!
While I liked the kind of movies the Denis played, the building and the equipment were in very poor shape. I think that end of the block should come down, though I hope Potomac Bakery lands safely someplace else.
Well, Suzanne, I guess I need to give you room to reply, if you want to. But I really wish that *everyone* would take their politics somewhere else! I moderate comments on my other blogs. BlogLebo doesn't do that. Yet.
Mike
Slightly changing the subject, I grew up in Mt. Lebanon and fondly remember going to the Denis ALONE on Saturday mornings to catch the 50 cent kiddie matinees. The Denis was always full of kids, no parents necessary.
That was in the 60's. It was a very different time. And I am suddenly feeling SO OLD!
Anyway, I haven't been in Mt. Lebanon in decades but I hate the idea of the Denis being demolished.
*sigh*
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