BS: Thank you, Thank you, Michael Moore!

Subject: RE: BS: Thank you, Thank you, Michael Moore!
From: Sam L
Date: 16 Apr 03 - 10:08 AM

Well, seems about right. I didn't think his remarks would hurt him at all. He still seems to exaggerate for effect, but it seems to work, and I look forward to seeing his movie. I haven't found people who support the war to be so rabidly patriotic about it, or as certain of anything as Moore seems of his view, but I don't get out much.

Subject: RE: BS: Thank you, Thank you, Michael Moore!
From: Troll
Date: 16 Apr 03 - 03:03 PM

He's still an ass and he still doesn't let the facts get in the way of a good (?) story.

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Subject: RE: BS: Thank you, Thank you, Michael Moore!
From: GUEST,pdc
Date: 16 Apr 03 - 03:11 PM

For those of you who haven't yet seen "Bowling for Columbine," a small word. It's an excellent film, ranging from sarcastic humor to a truly chilling silent episode that I can't forget. However, he does get one thing wrong:

He states that Canada has seven million guns, and that Canadians don't go around shooting each other. What he gets wrong is that he doesn't distinguish the types of guns Canadians have. For crying out loud, 2/3 of Canada is wilderness -- Canadians have hunting rifles!

But Canadian laws regarding handguns are very strict, and there are not many handgunds there. Transporting a gun in your car in Canada means having the gun in one part of the car (e.g. glove compartment) and the ammunition elsewhere (the trunk). To the best of my knowledge, there are no AK-47 assault rifles or automatic machine guns in private hands either.

It would have made a far stronger point for Moore, IMO, had he made the distinction.

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Subject: RE: BS: Thank you, Thank you, Michael Moore!
From: Sam L
Date: 16 Apr 03 - 09:31 PM

Well, for the record I'm a flaming liberal, at least on most social and economic issues. But. I worry about Moore, whose first film I quite liked. Here he seems to put his gains up to validate his convictions, when others are putting up great loss in the hope of some good for others. The market is very seductive. It can play on nearly anyone's vanity. I hope he is holding his bearings, and it's not really for me to judge if he is. But his exhuberant exaggeration--my fear is whether he, like so many stupid white men before him, might be seduced into a vanity of his own import, and deserving, because it succeeds, it sells.

   The Dixie Chicks are fascinatingly bad. You can't look away. (The Pope too, imho.) Not everyone who goes to Moore's movie is signing it, like a petition. It's on a topic that matters to people, and it got some attention. ta da. You can't count on the market to be much smarter than that.

I'm not saying he shouldn't say whatever he wants, he should do his best to do exactly that. And he should think about that. We all should. Being able to do that.

Subject: RE: BS: Thank you, Thank you, Michael Moore!
From: GUEST,MCat Lover
Date: 16 Apr 03 - 09:53 PM

Does anyone know why the release date for "Bowling" on DVD has been indefinitely postponed? It was to have come out this week.

Subject: RE: BS: Thank you, Thank you, Michael Moore!
From: Troll
Date: 16 Apr 03 - 10:53 PM

Moore and Arnett should collaborate on a film. That would be a scream.


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