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Moore Approves Fahrenheit 9/11 Downloads

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the opening-a-can-of-worms dept.

13.7BillionYears writes "The Sunday Herald reports that Michael Moore has expressed his approval of Fahrenheit 9/11 being downloaded through networks like BitTorrent and eDonkey2000. He also champions a very Lessig-esque outlook in his reasoning. Quentin Tarantino's earlier support for such practices is also mentioned. Meanwhile, Lion's Gate says it has no plans to oppose the practice."

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  1. "I don't care if some of it was not factual..." by adzoox · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Wow, exactly what France said of Hitler ...

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  2. Re:Serious? by Eru-sama · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Hearsay.
    ... and whether you and your "buddies" thought it was effective or not is inconsequential.

  3. For balance... by toupsie · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Michael Moore is a big fat stupid white man. Why? Because I know a lot of smart people that will throw out their normal level of skepticism based on the visceral hatred of President Bush. It's sad.

    Tubby Reisenthal's statement that you can download his movie on the internet still will not correct the glaring inaccuracies in F911. It is just more smoke to distract you from the content.

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  4. Re:My Rebuttal to Moore's Movie by Distinguished+Hero · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    I ask you, how can a comment praising Fahrenheit 9/11 without providing any supporting proof be modded +5 informative, while a comment questioning the validity of the movie is modded down into oblivion as Overrated? Are Moore supporters so unwilling to allow anyone to question any of the points presented in the "documentary" which has somehow attained the status of scripture? Read my whole rebuttal and point out where I am wrong; modding down a person's opinion instead of rebutting it is nothing more than cowardice, akin to asking for Fahrenheit 9/11 to be banned from all movie theatres.

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  5. Re:My Rebuttal to Moore's Movie by IANAAC · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    I ask you, how can a comment praising Fahrenheit 9/11 without providing any supporting proof be modded +5 informative, while a comment questioning the validity of the movie is modded down into oblivion as Overrated?

    Well, for starters, I think most Americans are unhappy with the current government. I can't speak for the midwest, as I live in California, but most people I know hate what Bush&Co. have done with the country, and this movie is just a convenient means to point the finger at him.

  6. Re:Not surprising... by capaman · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Michael Moore distortes reality to promote his Extreme loony left ideals. You can take any documentary he has made and pick it apart scene by scene. One example was his first scene in BFC where
    he goes into a bank opens an account, and walkes out with a double barrel. First of all there were no working guns at the bank, they were all displays. Second he had to wait a few weeks to get his gun, although you would sure never know it the way he edited it. Michael Moore hates America through George Bush, open your eyes.

  7. I recommend ABC, too. Background material. by Futurepower(R) · · Score: 1, Flamebait


    I recommend the ABC BitTorrent client for Windows, too.

    Two other movies and 35 recently published books support everything Michael Moore says in Fahrenheit 9/11 about U.S. government corruption, and much, much more:

    Unprecedented Corruption: A guide to conflict of interest in the U.S. government. Problems with Slashdotted? Try http://www.hevanet.com/peace/usgovcorruption.htm

    There were several books published before and during the Clinton administration about former U.S. President Bill Clinton. However, the situation with Clinton and previous presidents was not even remotely comparable. There are many more books discussing the Bush administration, and the negative issues are far, far more serious.

    Both of the other movies, Uncovered: The Whole Truth about the Iraq War and Unprecedented - 2000 Presidential Election are available by BitTorrent, also.

    There are links to reviews of all the movies and books in the article linked above, but no BitTorrent links yet.

  8. Re:F9/11 doesn't HAVE to change many minds to work by Inspector+Lopez · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Now then, given the fact that Bush won by an extremely small fraction of votes

    Yup. it was 5 to 4.

    In fact, Al Gore won 500,000 more popular votes, and half a percentage point.

    Despite howls of scorn from the Right to the tune of "get over it," there is ample evidence that Gore won the popular vote in Florida, too. Of course, the idiotic Gore campaign was so lame it couldn't even win Tennessee. However, the Bush administration should wear a scarlett A for its voting adultery in Florida in 2000.

  9. Thanks for pointing the obivous. by jotaeleemeese · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The US and the UK are illegal warmongers.

    Pacifists oppose unnecessary, illegal wars.

    Batman, pacisfists are biased against the US and the UK! Holly Bat-logical-thinking!

    Well, in the immortal words of tha great thinker, Homer ... Simpson... DUH!

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