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Cannes' Palme d'Or goes to Michael Moore
An anonymous reader writes "The Palme d'Or of the Festival de Cannes was presented this year by Charlize Theron to Fahrenheit 9/11 by Michael Moore. I don't know if it's the first time this prize is awarded to a documentary, but I guess it's rare enough to be mentioned, especially given the problems this film encounters."
With his positions and enjoy his movies, the man's a troll, plain and simple. He won not because of his movie, but because of his message. The festival is supposed to be about art, but now its been perverted into politics.
Wow.. Slashdot has stooped to a new low.
, torture, rape and slaughter of Iraqi citizens
Let me get this straight: you hope that abuse of Iraqi prisoners CONTINUES, just so that you can score a few cheap political points back in the US?
Michael Moore is a sorry fat ass who cares more about the arrogant French and their viewpoints than common Americans. Like other Libruls, he wails against those who are well off (people with money) and how he is a commoner. He lives in a several million dollar house which makes him part of the "Elite". He like others of the "Elite" sneer their noses at the common and find ways to keep the common person down.
He is probably at home with the French since he smells (being a fat ass) like the French who don't bathe.
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Is there no place where I'm not getting harassed by people's political views? Can't we have one fucking forum that remains clear of this bullshit? What makes it worse is that this one is even endorsed by management! These aren't random posts on some Yahoo! message board. For one fucking time I'd like to see people not throw their weight around to support their politics.
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Maybe you haven't been paying attention to the wall-to-wall coverage of the Abu Gharib "scandal" but the prisoners mentioned were not just Iraqi citizens, they were Iraqi citizens that were in the 1-A and 1-B sections of the prison. This area was reserved for the baddest of the bad. People that killed US Troops and planted IEDs. All without being in uniform and without a structured chain of command, i.e., terrorists. We can all appreciate the long lasting affects on my being forced to walk around naked with a pair of women's panties but it is not representative of Fascism. That would have been the decades of Saddam's brutal regime. He was a bit more brutal than West Virginia knickers on the head.
Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.
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But he's a hero on slashdot. No surprise there.
SIG:Slashdot: indymedia for nerds.
Funny, where was M*chael M**re when Comrade Clinton was the White House's occupant? There were serious shenanegans going on, but he didn't say shit. Hypocrite.
So you are saying these people are American citizens on American soil committing minor crimes? These are terrorists that attacked American soldiers not your garden variety criminal. Maybe its just me, I am a tad bit more concerned about the lives of our soldiers than the scum that rig roadside bombs. Guess my priorities are different than yours.
Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.
If I produced a movie that said that had such lies - but lies against the left - I would be labeled a "moron" or "idiot" or even (what they consider the worst insult) a "right-wing radical."
Moore speaks lies and he is lauded. He deceives people and he is rewarded.
It's time to wake up America!
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"Bush overlooked the terrror warnings"
LIE
Hmmm, Bush's only error was to keep on so many Clinton appointees so long. Clinton ignored the terror warnings. Clinton appointees did their best to separate the FBI and the CIA so information could not be shared.
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HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA.
Prove that ridiculous supposition, or STFU.
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Moore does not speak in facts. He presents his twisted point of view. He make sure to NOT look at any of the facts. If he was sued, he would make sure to use that as his defense in court.
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It's his right to say what he wants... but it's not his right to lie or to distort the truth with the intention of deceiving his audience.
Which many believe is exactly what he does.
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Because the people that he slandered with Bowling for Columbine are bigger men than he is, have more class, and they won't give him the free publicity that he'd get if they sued him. Its better to ignore people like Michael Moore, because attention is what he wants. For the most part, he is just preaching to his choir. The people who like his work, for the most part already believe the way he does, so he isn't changing anyone's minds. I think most other people can see that his movies aren't documentaries, they are political propaganda.
Shouldn't the President of the United States be expected to hold the truth in a higher regard than a filmmaker?
Unless you are President Clinton you mean?
This fat piece of shit isn't worthy enough for anything but to allow himself to be shit on.
Of course, it was the frogs in frogland where he received the award, so I guess we should consider the source.
What lie are we talking about? WMD? Well as far as I know, technically they haven't found any, but they did find a bunker loaded with 55 gallon drums of two pesticides that when mixed together make serin gas. Its suppose its up to the person to think of what those chemicals where meant for.
BTW half a trillion dollars is nothing. When you compare to the GNP, its chewing up around one percent last time I checked. Some previous wars the US clocked in at over 100%.
The international community respects us. They may not like us, but they respect us.
Arabs are respected here. There are of course exceptions, there always are for every racial group. Abroad, only sundry ignorants will openly disrespect someone just because they are from the US.
What? Bush lied? What did he lie about? Remember that Clinton had seen the same intel. and agreed with Bush. Furthermore, even the UN security council new Saddam had WMD... So, a sitting president, in a pre 9-11 world, is handed intl. that a regime like Saddam's is funding terror AND refusing to catalog it's weapons. A regime hostel to the US. Does the sitting president take action to protect America, or does he do nothing and hope for the best?
As far are respect from the international community, we didn't have much to begin with. And in the end, America's safety is so much more important.
slashdot's continual political pandering is just totally ridiculous...some guy winning an award at Cannes for a documentary is news for nerds now? Give me a freaking break. Donate my karma to someone, I'm done with it and this thinly veiled political garbage site.
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Oh, before some fat ice cream eating micheal moore's ass kissing life flunky comes out and says something about this not being Hollywood I did misspeak I meant the movie industry in general which in the US we think of as "Hollywood." Sorry for the confusion.
Do you seriously wish to compare the U.S. to Germany as it was in the 30s and 40s?
Yes. Yes I do.
And here's the problem: You don't have the faintest clue what you're talking about. You have absolutely no idea of what actually went on in Germany during the 30s and 40s - you can't do, or you would see how utterly absurd this comparison is.
Or if you do know something about Germany in the 30s and 40s, you obviously don't care about facts if they don't support your argument, and instead of being merely ignorant, you are a propagandist for the enemies of civilisation. Not only do you use lies to attack the American government, but worse, you belittle the reality of the worst atrocity in human history.
"Is it wrong to root for your government's defeat, if you sincerely feel its policies are so misguided that their success would lead to much greater harm in the long run than would their failure in the short run?"
Well, since you have shown yourself to be devastatingly ignorant at best, I'd suggest you reassess your position.
you're right, we shouldn't address his work based on his girth. moore's crockumentary* has no merit because it's a lying piece of shit. his words become meaningless the minute he decides to defend them by asking why you need to find fact in "comedy." his poor man's savior facade is killed when you look at how much he charges to speak, the planes he demands he fly on, the hotels he requires he stay in and when he charges the parents of children kill in columbine to prescreen his film he makes about them. moore is a piece of shit and nothing more.
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*http://www.cbc.ca/story/arts/national/news/200
Nota Bene: I don't know specifically where Cannes is held, to be honest. It just seems so French it has be to France. Anyway, the point is that MM's 9/11 fits the agenda of the EMEs and thus it is of little surprise that MM won the Palm d'Grease award. News would have been a rejection of the movie given its premise, believe-you-me.
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Actually, it is his right.
Then why are fraud, false advertising, libel, and slander all against the law?
It's not a right, or even necessarily legal, to speak untruths for commercial gain.
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