Professor Diebert taught one of my classes at the University of Toronto.
He's not the executive director of ONI. Not sure about the rest of the article, but if they can't get that right...
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Heh, my views on Moore are more or less alongside your views, it seems. The guy has some good points that are worth considering, but Moore's misrepresenting of himself as the "final truth" is more than a little annoying, it's downright dangerous. As a Canadian with American dual citizenship, I often find myself arguing (in class, at least) with other Canadians over the Canadian identity, and since Bowling for Columbine, many more people have been willing to argue, at least so long as they can use Moore's arguments that Canada is a place of peace, vastly different from the United States. Just pick up a copy of the Toronto Star, and you'll find reports of murders and the like. And, of course, if you visit any high school you'll find failing stoners who are helping all the other students in their remedial classes.
Sadly, the only major "anti-Moore" information sites (that I know of, such as Bowling for Truth) are run by people on the far right hand of the political spectrum, so Leftists can't take the poor fellows seriously.
As a result, we have a very real "Bias left wing media" phenomenon that has sprung up around Moore. I don't like Bush or the current state of American politics anymore than I suspect the rest of you do, but I REALLY don't want to see people like Moore affect the elections. As someone who has a leftist leaning on moral and humanitarian grounds, it leaves a bitter taste in my mouth, to defeat the great liar with simply more lies and broken truths.
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Professor Diebert taught one of my classes at the University of Toronto. He's not the executive director of ONI. Not sure about the rest of the article, but if they can't get that right... Visit http://citizenlab.org/ for more.
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Heh, my views on Moore are more or less alongside your views, it seems. The guy has some good points that are worth considering, but Moore's misrepresenting of himself as the "final truth" is more than a little annoying, it's downright dangerous. As a Canadian with American dual citizenship, I often find myself arguing (in class, at least) with other Canadians over the Canadian identity, and since Bowling for Columbine, many more people have been willing to argue, at least so long as they can use Moore's arguments that Canada is a place of peace, vastly different from the United States. Just pick up a copy of the Toronto Star, and you'll find reports of murders and the like. And, of course, if you visit any high school you'll find failing stoners who are helping all the other students in their remedial classes.
Sadly, the only major "anti-Moore" information sites (that I know of, such as Bowling for Truth) are run by people on the far right hand of the political spectrum, so Leftists can't take the poor fellows seriously.
As a result, we have a very real "Bias left wing media" phenomenon that has sprung up around Moore. I don't like Bush or the current state of American politics anymore than I suspect the rest of you do, but I REALLY don't want to see people like Moore affect the elections. As someone who has a leftist leaning on moral and humanitarian grounds, it leaves a bitter taste in my mouth, to defeat the great liar with simply more lies and broken truths.