CharlieDon'tSurf Posted March 24, 2003 Report Share Posted March 24, 2003 the problem in situations like this is precisely that... figuring out who the hell to believe... in the end each and every cause has their own agenda... their own means to an end... i prefer to think of each side of a debate as a type of Kraft macaroni and cheese... i think of the moore-types as original KD and the republican jump-ups as spirals... the original, not-so-flashy, good ole cheesiness vs. the wacky, yet somewhat alluring extreme pasta... doesn't matter which you like best, in the end all that butter, carbs and processsed mumbo-jumbo is gonna leave you either dead or incontinent... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted March 24, 2003 Report Share Posted March 24, 2003 Yeah, the bank person missed the point entirely of that scene (i haven't even seen it and I think I get it). The fact that you CAN get a gun for free at a bank was probably the point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Musicface Posted March 25, 2003 Report Share Posted March 25, 2003 The link that I posted for David T. Hardy's site seemed to have the most even-handed criticism of Moore - for instance, he actually made a point of putting the gun incident on a separate page as stuff he didn't feel like he had enough real evidence to be truly critical of, even though it might be a bit shaky. I'm all about checking out legit criticism of folks like Moore when the put themselves out there as the torch-barers of truth - there's no reason he shouldn't be held to the same standard as he holds others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gentlemonkey Posted March 25, 2003 Report Share Posted March 25, 2003 not only is his site not working, but the link to the story brings up syntax error in both places i tried. yikes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vermontdave Posted March 25, 2003 Report Share Posted March 25, 2003 He NAILED it! I didn't see the awards show because of lack of sleep and the fact they suck. Earlier in the evening, however, I heard him say on the radio in a pre-show interview, that "if I win the award tonight, I won't hold my tongue" BTW Ms Hux, his career will never be hurt by that sort of performance. Mr. Mus and ChDonSur are right, he thrives on that sort of publicity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kung Posted March 25, 2003 Report Share Posted March 25, 2003 The backstory is that the shows producer (Cates) clamped down on all of the presenters making political remarks. People like Susan Sarandon looked like they were clenching their teeth just getting their lines out, she did the dearly departed clip trip which may have been an intentional assignment as she would have taken flack if she shanghai'd a memorial to make a political comment. Then they obviously knew Moore would win and make a remark and anyways I just thought it telling that the winner in the next category was the Twin Towers with a couple of good ol' boys who thanked the families of police and firefighters lost that helped in the film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Musicface Posted March 25, 2003 Report Share Posted March 25, 2003 quote:Originally posted by gentlemonkey: not only is his site not working, but the link to the story brings up syntax error in both places i tried. yikes.Weird dude - I just tried it again and it seems fine: http://www.hardylaw.net/Truth_About_Bowling.html - M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted March 25, 2003 Report Share Posted March 25, 2003 We told (Micheal) Moore that Canadian Jim Carrey was due to protest the war by dropping out as presenter. "Jim Carrey isn't a citizen, and we'll be removing his green card immediately," quipped the Spirit winner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swifty Posted March 25, 2003 Report Share Posted March 25, 2003 I don't know but shouldn't every American be rallying around Bush right now. I know that if I were a U.S. citizen I'd be pissed off at his remarks. Sometimes war is the only solution. I think michael moore is an ass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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shainhouse Posted March 25, 2003 Report Share Posted March 25, 2003 bravo Mr. Moore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weezy Posted March 25, 2003 Report Share Posted March 25, 2003 Swifty, you never responded to my post on this other thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieDon'tSurf Posted March 25, 2003 Report Share Posted March 25, 2003 this might be why: pol pot, who harvested Cambodia's killing fields with over 1.7 million east timoreans subjegated by indonesian occupation and violence.. tibetan ngor monastery before chinese occupation same monastery after chinese occupation... where's the silver lining in that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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