Bowling for Columbine - Page 3

[IslandMamma]

Cynthia and others, I am sorry for getting personal. It's true, I was, and I feel extremely passionate about politics and spin, and sometimes that spills over. I am so very very tired and have a lot of sadness about something that recently happened in my family, and I guess maybe I'm not being as careful as usual.

Wendydagny, I read the article, and I just really feel that people should consider the source. NRO (National Review) is an *exceptionally* conservative web site (they promote Rush Limbaugh's book and the "liberal" deck of cards right on that very page!), and I would disagree with most of what the reporter said. I'm not going to hash it out point by point, because I think in the long run people will beileve what they will believe. I just hope no one who has read this thread will be turned off from watching BFC. Let people watch it and make their own judgements.

[Moss's Mommy]

Exactly...It commemorates the men, who shot down the MIG in a battle in an airplane

[isleta]

I find MM very intelligent and articulate. He is not a right-wing conservative at a time when they are dominating politics and mass media. Therefore, he is an easy target for them. This reminds me of that reagan mimi-series. If you like reagan, after it, your still going to like reagan. If you don't think he is a nice human being, after the mni series, you are still going to have the same POV. However, the right has yet again gone after the freedoms we have in this country. This time artistic-with the FCC behind it.

SO , if you liked michael Moore before BFC............................................... ....., ..............................

[Wendydagny]

Originally posted by IslandMamma
Wendydagny, I read the article, and I just really feel that people should consider the source. NRO (National Review) is an *exceptionally* conservative web site (they promote Rush Limbaugh's book and the "liberal" deck of cards right on that very page!), and I would disagree with most of what the reporter said. I'm not going to hash it out point by point, because I think in the long run people will beileve what they will believe. I just hope no one who has read this thread will be turned off from watching BFC. Let people watch it and make their own judgements.

I agree. You do need to consider the source. I posted an article from NRO, because it is one of the more respected conservative organizations-- much more than Spinsanity. But you also need to consider the source of BFC-- Michael Moore is not exactly an independent middle-of-the-road political guy.

I think it's important to look at both sides of everything. I have seen the movie, read criticisms of it (both shrill and not), and read Moore's rebuttals. To dismiss criticisms because they come from a conservative source seems silly, especially if you're taking the words of Moore as gospel.

[Wendydagny]

Originally posted by Moss's Mommy
Exactly...It commemorates the men, who shot down the MIG in a battle in an airplane

Actually. No. It commemorates thousands of men and women (admin, support, etc.) who served for 26 years in a specific command, many of whom were drafted btw. One of those men pushed a button and shot down the MIG.

[CeraMae]

Since the comment about the airplane seems to have provoked so much of a discussion.... does anyone know whether that plane being shot down on Xmas eve killed any children? I honestly don't know. I'm wondering it it did kill children specifically or if MM was making a commentary about the mission that day of all planes, not that one in particular.

[Moss's Mommy]

I don't care who physically pushed the button. It was a collective decision anyway, and I don't know who it killed.... need to do my research, but think of the psychological harm. It's time we lay down our weapons and (as the song goes) STUDY WAR NO MORE