Fahrenheit 9/11

That's right. I saw it. And as before, I tried to find something to refute the claims. It's a lot harder this go around because the movie is so new (and since it takes a while to get some good caps on the net, nothing really comprehensive is readily available... at least, that I can find). What did find is this: Lies of Michael Moore, and this: Ray Bradbury, which is really funny IMHO. IP rights are so fucked up.

That article really isn't very good. It's more about the way Moore represents his views. So, it's not really refuting what Moore has to say, as much as the way he has to say it, only it's presented as an attack on his view.

So... what're my opinions of the film, you ask? I really don't know. It was disturbing. Even if I were to assume half of it were made up... it still leaves me wondering what's going on here. It's really hard for me to get my head around people that can justify the lost lives of our soldiers. That's not to say I'm a pacifist, because I'd be just happy to nuke the entire middle east as I would be to have anything else I didn't care about happen. What I have a problem with, is wasting the lives of American kids who trusted us to not take their sacrifice for granted. If that makes me some kind of racist... then I guess that's where I fit.

You know what gets me fired up even more? People who are pro-war and DON'T know anyone over there. If you happen to fall in that category, your opinion is worthless.

Where does this leave us? Same place we started. The world is a fucked up place. Whatever side you pick, them's still the cards. It's unfortunate nothing can be done to quell the amount of fucked up there is. I think it's a good time to reflect on what we've all learned from Bill Hicks. I am not special and neither are you.