Weird But True..

[Riddler]

I'm a bit late noticing this thread, so forgive my two cents worth if you will.

For the record; I'm Canadian, I saw the movie, was deeply disturbed by a lot of it.
Having said that, one should keep in my mind that Micheal Moore is a ( relatively successful ) publicity hound and as a by-product of that, shines a spotlight on truths, half-truths, myths and outright lies. Sometimes his efforts serve some greater function and sometimes they serve to gain him more notoriety. As disturbing as it was to hear the figures and see banks giving away guns with new accounts and K-Mart selling ammo to just about anyone and Dick Clark brush Moore aside when confronted about a shooting incident ( which was tied into his involvment in the " work-for-welfare " program ) I have to say that the most disturbing image was that of Moore barely containing his glee when Charlton Heston realized he'd been had. Don't get me wrong, I have no particular respect or affinity for this man who, at some point in his life, was led to believe that being the mouthpiece for the NRA would be a good thing. However, Heston is now a frail, old, alzheimer's-stricken shell of what he once was and you have to know he doesn't utter a word on stage at those rallys that hasn't been fed through his earpiece or displayed on a prompter. Moore's shameless hunting down, deceiving, cornering and filletting of this old man was no less shocking than the images of those armed kids at Columbine terrorizing the students. Moore may as well have blown away a rabbit with an Uzi and stood over the carcass for a photo.
Just my opinion. B)

[Evil Gemini]

Moore's shameless hunting down, deceiving, cornering and filletting of this old man was no less shocking than the images of those armed kids at Columbine terrorizing the students

The reason he done that is because he was pissed of because he whent to the places where them shootings accured so fast.

Like WTF was he trying to say ??

IMO the reason America is so out of control with shootings is because of their history. Im pretty sure Australia would be like America if the gun laws were the same as in America

Its their history im sure of it.

Australia and America was "found" the same way and the same things when on with the slavery.

They are an agressive people and when they want something they take it.

Just like the moon race. I believe it was fake because they just wanted an american to reach the moon before anyone else did.

So they faked a moon landing to trick the world into thinking America won the race.

[DarthInsinuate]

Thinking about it Bowling for Columbine isn't an attack on America, it's an attack on the corporations - all Micheal Moore's books/documentaries have the theme of corporations being big, evil, soulless, money-vampires

He just uses the title Bowling for Columbine to give a sense of tragedy, there's only about 15 minutes of film directly related to Columbine - actually you can say the same thing about guns in the film, most of the movie is about corporate America (like Lockheed, Wal-mart, the mass-media, the government)

[Riddler]

Originally posted by neattairoski@28 October 2003 - 07:20

The reason he done that is because he was pissed of because he whent to the places where them shootings accured so fast.

Like WTF was he trying to say ??

I agree that showing up at those locations was tactless but understand that Heston's handlers put him on a plane, show him where to stand and tell him what to say.........I'd be surprised if the guy even knew what city he was in. Moore's target should have been the policy-makers of the NRA, not the famous face they put on stage to recite their lines.

[oldmancan]

Did ya hear about Charleton Heston's new TV series? The "Cartridge Family".

[ang3r]

its a simple fact people.

either americans are just born mentaly ill, or there is just to many guns being accessed so easily.

[j2k4]

Originally posted by ang3r@28 October 2003 - 12:38
its a simple fact people.

either americans are just born mentaly ill, or there is just to many guns being accessed so easily.

In light of these "facts", why would anyone want to immigrate, legally or otherwise, to the U.S.?

I'm well and truly stumped-

[Riddler]

Originally posted by oldmancan@28 October 2003 - 10:33
Did ya hear about Charleton Heston's new TV series? The "Cartridge Family".

[Smith]

think about this... count all the friendlys the us has killed while over in the other countrys they bomb.

seriously. alot of ppl dont lock their doors. i use 2 live in trornto right in the middle of it.

is it that were just not afraid of each other??

[Evil Gemini]

Originally posted by TheCanuk@29 October 2003 - 01:55
think about this... count all the friendlys the us has killed while over in the other countrys they bomb.

seriously. alot of ppl dont lock their doors. i use 2 live in trornto right in the middle of it.

is it that were just not afraid of each other??

Yeah well if i knew my neighbor had an M16 in his house ofcourse i would be scared.

Thats why they get guns. To protect themselves from others with guns