Re: dem primary

["Melanie Shannon" <lilblueriver@hotmail.com>]

well, personally i don't particularly enjoy guns, and they make me nervous 
(albeit much less nervous since i actually learned to shoot one).  but i 
tend to think there's something to be said for societies where it's legal to 
carry concealed weapons.  people tend to stay the **** away from each other, 
and crime tends to be much lower.

having said that, i can see the onslaught of facts that i've probably missed 
looming on the horizon.  and i have to say- i'm probably not going to stay 
involved on a legalized weaponry debate here.  my problem was with taking 
michael moore's pick for president as a good compass to go by.  hopefully 
now i've made my point, and others have made theirs, and having all been 
nice kiddies playing friendly though we may disagree, i can go back to 
work...

still relying on pepper spray and the evil eye,

melanie



----Original Message Follows----
From: Drew Johnson <djohnson@snowplow.org>
To: Melanie Shannon <lilblueriver@hotmail.com>
CC: over-the-rhine@actwin.com
Subject: Re: dem primary
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2004 12:44:34 -0600 (CST)

On Thu, 5 Feb 2004, Melanie Shannon wrote:

> my biggest problem with BFC is that he brings up the question of 
America's
> media promoting fear, and points out that maybe it's not the presence of
> guns but rather a fearful and violent society which is the culprit, then
> moves on as if he never brought it up and once more makes the film about
> "guns=evil," indicating that was probably his intention all along.
>

Particularly with the bits on guns in Canada, I didn't quite get that
particular vibe.  But I can see where you're coming from.  On the gun
subject, BfC really did quite a number on us.  There's nothing abstract
about what the movie was talking about for us; we actually own a revolver
that was first bought for my wife when she was single and living alone in
the country.  BfC has made us reconsider rather heavily having it -
really, what _is_ the point?  We'll probably get rid of it after we see it
again.

> (whew- quite the run-on sentence!)
>
> but whatever your political view on the subject, you have to admit that's
> rather un-documentary-like.  it was maddening to watch him win for best
> documentary that year, and i've had difficulty enjoying him at all ever
> since.
>

Sure.  However, I've never yet seen a documentary where there wasn't some
point to it or some slight journalistic bent, whether it was "Hands on a
Hardbody" or a Civil War documentary.  Mikey-boy is just a lot less
reticent about showing the convictions that he works from.

-Drew J

>
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: Drew Johnson <djohnson@snowplow.org>
> Reply-To: Drew Johnson <djohnson@snowplow.org>
> To: Melanie Shannon <lilblueriver@hotmail.com>
> CC: over-the-rhine@actwin.com
> Subject: Re: dem primary
> Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2004 12:22:38 -0600 (CST)
>
> Your frustration with the man-myth of Moore is completely understandable,
> Melanie.  When he stays on a populist message, he's pure, unadulterated
> gold.  To me, he starts to have problems when he starts to merge the idea
> that Leftist policy is equal to being a populist in his
> documentary/entertainment work.
>
> That said, I think _Bowling for Columbine_ is a terribly important film 
to
> watch, particularly in regard to what it says about fear in America.  I'm
> showing it for my church's next film discussion night (It's a bit of a
> shift after _Big Kahuna_ and _Chocolat_, but the discussion of fear in it
> is far too good to overlook as we enter a season where both parties are
> telling us to fear one thing or another.)
>
> -Drew J
>
> Drew Johnson - djohnson@snowplow.org - Ld Robert Bartholomew, SCA   ^ ^
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