He is totally unapologetic about what he does and how he does it.

He argues that these topics may well have different sides – good and bad – but without someone tackling the bad side of an issue it will never get better.

He recognises that we are basically lazy creatures,happy to defer decision making to others – we call these people bosses, leaders, politicians, etc. We would rather live in hegemony than anarchy. And why not? Hegemony is low risk & easy – Anarchy is high risk & hard.

Unfortunately for us our lords and masters are often self-serving, money-grabbing, SOB’s who will take advantage of the rest of us at the first opportunity.

Moore does exagerate, he does manipulate opinion, he uses bias in almost everything he does. The reason he does this? Because the opposition (our leaders) are doing exactly the same thing, but for some reason when it comes from our leaders we tend to accept what they say blindly and without question.

Are Moores films any good? Well that depends on what you are referring to. They are filmed quite cheaply and production values are poor. But they are very watchable and humorous. Moore never misses an opportunity to take the p@%s out of his opponents.

Do they do what they are supposed to do? You bet.

Is that a good thing or a bad thing? I think a bit of both but without people like Moore (who may well make a few million bucks out of it all) we would be fed only one side of the story and that my friends is definately bad.

I will watch Sicko and Manufacturing Dissent with an open mind and feel sorry for my American brothers, who have to live in such a divided, unfair society.

As you have stated, no new taxes have been put into place to pay for the war in Iraq. So where does all this extra money come from? Do you know what happens if countries come to collect on that dept we owe. All your fiat money will be worthless. And terrorist will be the least of your worries. Bush has failed in every business he has run, he has failed this country.

I guess living is easy with eyes closed when it comes to idiots like you.

This is because alot of the people who live there do not really know what the word fascism(look it up) actually mean.

The healthcare system in America is a fascist system, it’s owned and operated by a few individuals to only help those who can afford it. Every democracy (USA is not a democracy, look up the term democracy) has a socialised health-care system.

Medical student Scandinavia, and an atheist.

…then again Lee Welton and Co^^^^ voted for Dubbya TWICE…
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Bear this in mind when responding….you need to “dumbdown” your replies….I sense they dont know what youre referring to…

monosyllables would be best…
PS
Great piece you posted earlier…couldnt agree more M8!!

some very thoughtful reflections on the matters touched, man! kudos!

also respect for the patience to explain the controversies and at least try to enlighten the rednecks.
Yeah, i call the guys favouring absolutism and the Bushesh “rednecks”. Neocons is just too intellectual and pushy for so much brainpower as to fill a teaspoon ;-B

As for the film, I was curious to see what they got from the gossip column and unfortunately for the filmmakers – it is almost nothing.

Looks like a free ride on the fame of Moore to me, too.

Sure the guy is pushing the envelope and manipulating as much as he can, it is HIS mockumentary after all!

but hell, anyone with a head ABOVE his own shoulders should be able to discern the -tainment from the edu- in his films and see the bigger picture.
Moore is showing us HOW the media is being put to good use (not ours, believe me..)
It is like using the tools of your enemy’s trade to turn against him.
it is exposing the broken mirror AND the ugly face in front of it.
In this flick, they ALMOST go as far as to defend the Bushes. well, you never know, some say a lot of people even voted for them in that country
That’s why I like Reason, as in SnowCrash – everybody listens to it

bwahahahhahahahaha. I’m not the least bit surprised.

“I was quickly bored after 20 minutes of watching this film.”

Ditto for all of the wacko conspiracy guff you insist on posting, tinfoilhat!