Firstly, let me announce how grieved I am that I will have to divvy up the common goods with Chun by Tuesday. You see, the “Man” at Belmont has kept him down by raising tuition. Seems to be a common problem around school, as he is not the first of comrades to have been stricken.
The next item up for bids is Fahrenheit 9/11. I’ve told people that I wanted to see it, but paying 8 bucks–the ridiculous price of a movie ticket in Nashville–wasn’t exactly on my To-Do list. Cue lights from heaven:
I don’t agree with the copyright laws and I don’t have a problem with people downloading the movie and sharing it with people as long as they’re not trying to make a profit off my labor. I do well enough already and I made this film because I want the world, to change. The more people who see it the better, so I’m happy this is happening. -Michael Moore
That’s right. Michael Moore himself condones the downloading of his movie. This was my opportunity to critique his work for free. (And I still have the Video CD’s of the movie in my car should anyone else care to see it.)
Having never experienced a black market DVD, I was surprised at the astoundingly low quality. Apparently strapping a tiny camera to a wheelchair doesn’t produce excellent quality video or sound… or have a zoom-out function of any kind.
All I can say it, “Wow.” I am simply grateful to live in a country of free expression. And that expression being of the uninhibited type brings with it both the extraordinary examples of art and the somewhat incoherent ramblings of a narcissist. Hey… it happens. I love that Michael Moore has a right to do it. It’s a shame that he would abuse such a privilege by deceiving his audience. But I’m sure Moore would write the deceit off as necessary to prove a point that he believes to be true. But when your audience sees facts put back into context and they seem to prove the opposite of your point, well… you lose integrity. Right now Moore’s accepting audience seems to be mainly people who were already mad at Bush (not making any advances there) and college students.
Now, he does seem to have a nice slice of Gullible Pie there. I’m ashamed that many of my peers seem to get their news from merely one or two sources. I know the Daily Show is hilarious, folks, but is that the tiny field from which you glean your political ideology? Surely you cannot expect to see one movie, even if filled with the most accurate information, and expect to instantly be transformed into an informed citizen. Every news agency has bias. That’s right conservatives, even Fox News leans. It’s not an entirely bad thing. You must simply understand where the bias lies and read around it.
Listen, if you’ve arrived at your political positions by a variety of sources and personal beliefs and they more closely align with Democrats, by all means, please vote for Kerry. The same for Republicans. I’m sick of seeing Americans get caught up in a political machine and buying the party lines. Make up your own mind, we have that freedom in this country! Go see Fahrenheit 9/11. Read Lilek’s Bleat. Enjoy some JibJab. Any by all means, on November 2nd, please go vote.
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