July 08, 2004
Where there's smoke
Posted by bopuc at July 8, 2004 02:24 AM
A quick note on Michael Moore/Fahrenheit 9/11...
Yes, it is propaganda (not a dirty word, remember... propaganda is not always a synonym for "lies"...), yes he may present things out of context sometimes, yes he's making alot of noise...
But where there is smoke, there is fire. You may not see the fire, heck you may even want to argue what fire is... but there it is...
I don't need much context to scratch my head in wonder when presented with scenes and quotes like:
"Some call you the elite, i call you my base." - GWB
"I call on all nations to fight these murderous terrorists... Thank you... Now watch this drive (golfing...)" -GWB
"Let the eeeeeaaaagle sooooaaaar..." -J.Aschcroft
"If I had GWB in front of me right now, I'd ask for his resignation" - Soldier in Iraq
When informed of terrorist attack on his nation, for 7 minutes he sat happily immobile.
(Here the context paints him as an idiot puppet of his handlers. Give me another valid explanation.)
Etc, etc, etc...
It is VERY easy to distort "facts", but a distorted fact requires an originating fact and here we have legitimate video footage. It may be a collage, but it certainly is NOT fabricated. Smoke requires fire.
You may not agree with Mr. Moore's message or delivery, but go see this movie, and then look at the current administration through the same critical lens you viewed it through.
Furthermore, if everything were "ok", do you think so many people would be up in arms about it?