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BOWLING FOR COLUMBINEDocumentary or Fiction?
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| David T Hardy
Posted on 03/24/2003 2:48:01 AM PST by Gunsmith
C'mon Mike, You got caught. As we will see below, the event is all too illustrative of Moore's approach. In producing a supposed "documentary," Moore simply changes facts when they don't suit his theme. The viewer cannot count on what he sees, or is told, having any relation to facts. Whenever Moore desires, facts will be manufactured in the editing booth.
2. NRA and the Reaction To Tragedy. The dominant theme in Bowling (and certainly the theme that has attracted most reviewers) is that NRA is callous toward slayings. The theme begins early in the film, and forms its ending, as Moore confronts Heston, asserting that he keeps going to the scene of tragedies to hold defiant rallies.
In order to make this theme fit the facts, however, Bowling repeatedly distorts the evidence.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: agitprop; ambushinterview; banglist; boorishness; columbine; dishonesty; guncontrol; jabbathehutt; liberalism; mendacity; nra; pamphleteering; polemic; prolefeed; propaganda; rkba; secondamendment; snuffflick; violence
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To: Illbay
I found this article very interesting.
I didn't notice/find any of the other articles you mentioned.
I also found it timely with the oscars being last night.
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posted on
03/24/2003 5:38:48 AM PST
by
revtown
To: Illbay
Are you a paid editor-in-chief?
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posted on
03/24/2003 5:47:30 AM PST
by
lonestar
(Don't mess with Texans)
To: lonestar
No, I do this for free, out of a benevolent sense of service to FR.
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03/24/2003 5:56:26 AM PST
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Illbay
(Don't believe every tagline you read - including this one)
To: IncPen; xm177e2
Absolutely!!! Why does everyone get their thongs in a bunch when someone reposts something. Some people are trying to squeeze FreeRepublic into their normal hectic, busy, productive day. Someone spots something and wants to comment on it. Maybe some have not seen this yet...are they supposed to know this is out there??? Find something else to bitch about!!!!
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posted on
03/24/2003 6:01:03 AM PST
by
Ga Rob
("Consensus is the ABSENCE of Leadership" The Iron Lady)
To: Illbay; Puppage
Very nice Moore-like parsing of what Puppage actually wrote.
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posted on
03/24/2003 6:17:41 AM PST
by
70times7
To: Illbay
Who the hell asked you? This is the first time I've seen this, so I for one am glad he posted the article. Do you not have a life, or do you just like being a ninny?
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
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posted on
03/24/2003 6:39:29 AM PST
by
wku man
To: wku man
How about he posts in ONE article, not five?
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posted on
03/24/2003 6:59:55 AM PST
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Illbay
(Don't believe every tagline you read - including this one)
To: Ga Rob
You can bump an old thread if you want people to see it. How are we supposed to have a coherent discussion if there are five different threads?
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03/24/2003 10:14:57 AM PST
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xm177e2
(Stalinists, Maoists, Ba'athists, Pacifists: Why are they always on the same side?)
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