[Peach]

When we encounter Euroweenies, we need to ask: Are you from the part of Europe whose ass we kicked or whose ass we saved? (Another Freeper whose name I don't remember came up with this a few weeks ago, and I've since adopted).

[Argus]

Nuke Venice.

[Asmodeus]

More on the French movie "11'09'01" here.

[Inspectorette]

many stars - including actresses Milla Jovovich, Julie Delpy, and Elizabeth Berkeley

Stars? Who the he** are these people?

[E. Pluribus Unum]

At Thursday's screening, audience members applauded after each segment and at the end of the 135-minute film, the ANSA news agency reported.

Applaud THIS.

CAUSE AND EFFECT

[The Old Hoosier]

an exiled Chilean living in Britain who writes a letter to the families of the Sept. 11 victims, drawing their attention to the fact that in Chile on Sept. 11, 1973, a U.S.-supported coup d'etat ushered in an era of torture and death.

What--that's when Pinochet saved Chile from the commies, right?

Chahine lectures the dead Marine on the destruction that U.S. meddling in the world has wrought - from Hiroshima and Nagasaki to the current Middle East conflict. The ghost is grateful for being enlightened.

And he's also still dead because of the savagery of Chahine's culture.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

The movie - which includes segments directed by Sean Penn...

Mr. Madonna couldn't direct his way out of a paper bag. "The Thin Red Line" was nothing but recycled scenes from "Saving Private Ryan" and "Apocalypse Now" placed in random order.

This pretty much proves that the only way poor Mr. Madonna can get any respect as a director is to buy it.

[American in Israel]

Gosh the French are getting more and more disgusting. Just proves that eating snails is bad for the brain.

[Joe Driscoll]

the destruction that U.S. meddling in the world has wrought - from Hiroshima and Nagasaki to the current Middle East conflict.

meddling???

I do like the comparison though. Lets hope they have soon have more in common.

[FreeTally]

the destruction that U.S. meddling in the world has wrought - from Hiroshima and Nagasaki to the current Middle East conflict.

Now, I'll be the first to label our actions in many places in the world as "meddling", but dropping a bomb on the japs? Oh, please.....

[Timesink]

Another controversial segment is by Egyptian director Youssef Chahine, who attacks U.S. foreign policy and features the ghost of a handsome U.S. Marine killed in a terrorist attack in Lebanon in 1983. Chahine lectures the dead Marine on the destruction that U.S. meddling in the world has wrought - from Hiroshima and Nagasaki to the current Middle East conflict. The ghost is grateful for being enlightened.

I hope the "ghost's" family gets an injunction barring the movie from ever being screened in this country for profit as long as his image remains anywhere within this movie (assuming they used a real Marine and it's not computer-generated crap). You cannot take an individual and make him one of the stars of your movie unless he's either made himself a public figure beforehand, or he or his next of kin consent. Privacy rights trump sewer-dwelling scum "artistes'" rights.