Look, Michael Moore is an ass, we can agree on that. I realize that a lot of people who do go and see his movies let that be their only opinion. It goes the same way for anyone who watches any news channel under the Bush administration as well. Its how people in this country work. Why work on an opinion if one can be told to you? However, the news is not accurate in this country because Bush controls it (anyone remember the memorial to the soldiers of Iraq that was "mysteriously" cancelled). All of the news affiliates are controled by the government, if Bush thinks it will hurt his agenda, it won't air. I am happy about Moore's film simply because he's getting the opposite opinion to other people and creating, god forbid, dialogue. Without the movie, few people would realize the amount of greed the Bush camp has and what they have done to satisfy their wallets. There is also hard evidence for most of the movie that is really scary to see. You can't fake soldiers being blown up and then left to rot in the country they faught
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I was never attempting to form an educated opinion of the film itself--I know enough about Michael Moore to know that I have no desire to support him by seeing it. But I don't think everything that creates dialogue is necessarily worthwhile. Anything can create dialogue. I understand that it shows horrific images of the war, and that some people have the (more or less valid) opinion that this is important. However, I think that the fact of a war anywhere, for any reason (false or otherwise), should insinuate that horrific things are taking place. I personally don't feel the need to watch the heart-breaking gory images in order to realize this. We've all seen Saving Private Ryan
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