Is there blood on your hands?
I support the legalization of drugs as many libertarians do. I am also what 80’s punks would call “Straight Edge": I don’t drink, smoke or do illegal drugs nor have I for many years. I believe that you should work to change the laws first before you break the law. Why?
One of the most compelling arguments against illicit drug use is that by buying illegal drugs for your “high that doesn’t hurt anyone else", you are funding the assassinati0n of journalists and judges in Colombia. The money that you pay for a “dime bag” of pot goes to pay for bullets that often end up in youngsters playing in our inner cities. Your money funds the intimidation and enslavement of entire swaths of the 3rd World, yet you probably consider yourself “liberal", “enlightened” and plan to Vote Kerry.
Dean Esmay believes that anyone who sees Michael Moore’s propaganda piece are just as guilty.
Michael Moore’s film “Fahrenheit 9/11″ is now used as a recruitment film by terrorist networks. Mr. Moore is aware of this fact and has done nothing to even protest it, let alone try to stop it. His film has also created a serious morale problem for our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, particularly our younger ones, because Moore has arranged for it to be distributed over the Internet to them for free.
This film tells them that they went to war for no good reason, and horribly killed a lot of innocent people, simply to make evil men in the U.S. government wealthy and powerful.
In short, this film is no different from a Nazi or Stalinist propaganda film. It kills. Especially when it goes unanswered.
If you paid to see this film over the summer, or bought it on home video or DVD, you probably didn’t realize you’d have blood on your hands.
Do you feel dirty now, knowing that you supported the death of your countrymen and the enslavement of your fellow man by the Islamofascists? Well, Dean has a plan of absolution for you, so check out what he says you can do to atone for your crimes against humanity.
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Scott -
The solution to the drug problem in the US is to treat substance abuse as a medical, not a criminal, issue. How many people do you know that cleaned up as a result of being thrown in jail? My two cents. But, that wasn’t your point.
Terrorists use Fahrenheit 9/11 as a recruiting tool? Maybe, although that’s the first I’ve heard of it. They also use Abu Ghraib and every dead Iraqi civilian as a recruiting tool. Where does the responsibility for that lie?
I don’t care what terrorists use a recruiting tool and what they don’t. I’m not motivated in any way by the interests or activities of terrorists. With the exception of actionable intelligence of the “loose lips sink ships” variety, nothing any of us say, read, or look at should be influenced in any way by the thoughts or actions of terrorists. F*%k them, I say.
I haven’t seen Fahrenheit 9/11 or any other movie of Moore’s, nor have I read his books. I will say that every time I’ve heard him speak on TV or radio, he’s had something to say that I found to be of interest. Even if he was nothing more than a flaming asshole, he has the right to hold and express his opinion. Believe me, there are folks with much more dangerous points of view than Michael Moore.
If you don’t like what he says, don’t listen to him. Dean needs to read the first amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America. Maybe you do, too.
You’re way off base on this one.
Cheers -
Comment by Russell Lane — 10/18/2004 @ 11:18 pm
Way off base? It wouldn’t be the first time - but I don’t agree. I think you are missing Dean’s (and my) point.
First off, I am not advocating that Michael Moore or his movie be banned. Neither is Dean. However, we agree that by buying his movie or paying to see it, you have blood on your hands.
If you buy stolen goods, you encourage theft, right? Purchasing something doesn’t absolve you of responsibility, does it?
There’s a concept in Buddhism called “right livelihood". In it the Buddhist is challenged to live his beliefs in every facet of his life. As you know I am active in the effort to stop outsourcing. I believe that part of my social responsibility is to buy American produced goods and services and to avoid goods and services made abroad WHENEVER POSSIBLE. Why? Because by doing so I am living my beliefs.
I refuse to see Michael Moore’s movie for the same reason I refuse to buy goods made in Burma: I don’t want to support ideas I don’t believe in. If I could, I would not buy Saudi oil either.
Again, do I want Michael Moore’s movie banned? Nope. I believe that banning just makes the banned more appealing. However, I don’t absolve people of their responsibility for funding his ideas.
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