In Reply to: I gotta say I didn't like it at all. posted by Analog Scott on July 13, 2007 at 11:29:35:
Well Moore is more of a mocumentary film maker. Indeed, a true documentary would be more informative and deeper but then Documentaries are seen by 50 people. SO the point becomes do you want to have a film with lots of facts and in depth reports that nobody will see, or do you want to get to the heart of the matter - the big key element and speak to a large portion of the population. This is the difference between history books and popular historical books.
A large contingent of republicans are liking this movie as well. And I suspect the vast majority of Republicans might view Fahrenheit in a new light. Moore is not perfect by any means but I always find it odd that if someone presents people with say 10 fact and one is suspect that that allows for the other 9 to be deemed wrong out of hand.
Moore hires a team of fact checkers and I doubt he is going to run into any real issues with this film. The big attack is that "those other countries pay higher taxes" but Moore also says this. The fact is if you are in the top 10% of American incomes a socialized medical system will COST THOSE PEOPLE more money. So the multi millionaires and billionaires are going to have to pony up more cash.
Frankly, the top 10% will either eventually do it or the bottom 50% are going to lynch them and take it while the middle sits and does nothing - as usual.
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- RE: I gotta say I didn't like it at all. - RGA 16:08:37 07/14/07 (2)
- I understand your point - Analog Scott 09:53:14 07/15/07 (1)
- RE: I understand your point - RGA 16:38:55 07/15/07 (0)