Sunday, June 27, 2004

Fahrenheit 9/11 Breaks Records, Morals



"A sinister exercise in moral frivolity..."

- Christopher Hitchens

4 comments:

Sheryl said...

I asked a conservative I know today if he had seen the film yet and what he thought. He answered by sending me this very link you mentioned. I wonder how many right wingers will just take the word of their spin doctors versus how many will be curious enough to at least see the film.

I mostly browsed the Hitchens piece, but I didn't notice any reference to this James Bath guy mentioned in the film. That's what I am curious about. I think now that these claims have been made, the mainstream media needs to explore these business ties between the Bin Ladens and the Bush's and see what comes up. I think the scary thing is that if this is true that it is only now coming out. I mean that fact they had ties at all should have come up when Bush started his witch hunt for Osama.

6/28/2004 12:27:00 AM
J.R. Boyd said...

People who don't have an argument usually resort to questioning a person's character and their motives. So most of the criticism has been aimed not at the argument Moore is making but at Moore himself (rich, egotistical, self-serving, etc.). In this case, Hitchens does a little of both, questioning Moore's intellectual honesty while advancing the "with us or against" argument made by the White House, as evidenced by his concluding paragraph: Moore does not support Bush administration policies, therefore Moore supports terror.

6/28/2004 09:15:00 AM
Sheryl said...

Ryan,

I hope you are wrong; I question people's motives all the time. That's why I want to know more about this Bath guy. That's why I am wondering about Bush's reasons for trying to hush up the 9/11 investigation.

I don't mind there being controversy over this film. It just brings the issues more into the spotlight. I only have problems with people trusting people's reviews rather than seeing what is there for themselves.

I heard from a gentleman that one of our local rightwing radio stations WOAI was trying to scare people about whether it would be "safe" to go see the film. Whether they would have security guards for protection or something. I question the radio station's motives on that issue as well. Just like I questioned their motives for their pro-war rallys before we invaded Iraq. For that matter, I question the motives of the rightwing media all the time.

6/28/2004 01:07:00 PM
J.R. Boyd said...

I meant specifically in terms of responding to an argument--not generally in life.

6/28/2004 05:02:00 PM

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