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Originally Posted by host
IMO, Lebell, it would be disingenuous of you not to admit that your motive
for criticizing Moore was stoked as much by his Farenheit 9/11 "documentary", as it was about BFC. You demonstrate to me that you are
bothered much more by Moore's distortions, which seem to aggravate and
frustrate his detractors, and may mislead some of his viewers who choose solely his message to form opinions on the subjects he addresses, than you are by Bush and his appointees' spin that was intended to justify a war of aggression in Iraq.
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Hmmm,
In all honesty, I can say that no, my criticism in this instance was not "stoked" by F9/11 as it was by BFC, because my opinion on Moore hit bottom long before F9/11.
In otherwords, I would have been just as vehiment if F9/11 had never been made.
If this seems strange, understand that I am a native Denverite who knows people who attended Columbine and who was in Denver on that horrible day. Three days after, I went to rebel hill and and placed a candle amonst the hundreds of others and wept. I then went to a memorial nearby and wept some more. I also personally have toured that LM plant and seen the rockets, as well as having seen that B52 outside the Airforce Academy.
And I am an NRA member who believes in the right to keep and bear arms.
So to have MM make that movie, which uses this tragedy to advance his politcal agenda, drives me to an incredible rage in a way that I am rarely moved.
So no, I didn't need F9/11 in order to post as I did.
And if it isn't clear, I AM bothered by aspects of this war.
I wish we had better intelligence.
I also wish that the UN had acted when Hussein had violated the original peace treaty the first say dozen times.
But I also recognize that the UN is largely a political body with many members more concerned with reigning in American power and influence and censoring the Jews than with people dying in Iraq or Palestinian suicide bombers. I also recognize that there are significant financial benefits in doing so.
Now, I wish that people would recognize the fact that like it or not, we ARE there and that it is to everyone's benefit if we DIDN'T fail. But again, for some, there are significant gains, political and financial, to be made if we
did.