litesgod's Journal: Micheal Moore, et al

I'm going to assume that most of you watched the Oscars. so I won't bother repeating what Micheal Moore said after he won an Oscar for his documentary, Bowling for Columbine. Suffice it to say, he was very derrogatory to the current administration and the war effort.

Now, I realize that celebs have as much of a right to free speach as the rest of us. However, it bothers me when I see people, like Mr. Moore, make comments that undermine our political system, our constitution, and the work of our troops. Actors/Directors/etc. have a large audience, which means that their voice carries a lot of weight.

Because they command attention, simply by being popular, they need to be incredibly careful with what they say. Misinformation is bad, misinformation presented to millions via live broadcast is devistating. Claiming that the current administration was 'falsely' elected is nothing more than an outright lie. Everyone with any sort of authority on the subject has said that the election, and the resultant controversy, was handled exactly how the constitution outlines. Simply because Mr. Moore disagree's with the results, or wanted someone else to win, does not mean President Bush in anyway cheated.

The problem is these celebraties seem to think that their popular status makes them experts on every possible subject. People have a responsibility to research their beliefs, and the more people you reach, the more research you need to do. Otherwise you may find yourself lying and causing severe damage.

Ok, rant off.

Moore

[Badmunster]

The thing I've never gotten about more is how HE really IS considered an expert on so much. For years he's been invited on panels, on talkshows, etc. Why? Who the hell is he besides a liberal who loves to blow things way out of proportion?

Re:Moore

[pyrrho]

he's an Oscar winning director...:|

He used to work in a plant that shut down and moved to some other country (Mexico?). He made a documentary about it's effect on Flynt Michigan called "Roger and Me".

If you were asking. I don't care for his work too much, but I'm glad as hell there are people that don't think they can't say things like. Thank GOD someone says "yeah, I'm going to be careful what I say! I'm going to make sure it's what I believe!"

100% support for a war smacks of jingoism, it's rather s

Re:Moore

[litesgod]

He is indeed an Oscar winning director. And while I don't agree with him, I do not agree with others that claim that the Oscar's should have been entirely apolitical. Everyone has a right to say what they want, and if I had a captive audeince of millions around the world, I certainely would have spoke my mind.

However, that said, Moore's comments were obviously deriscive, and were simply lies. He does not agree with this administration- fine, speak your peace. Tell us that you don't support this war, a

Re:Moore

[pyrrho]

>We live in a time with a fairly elected President, according to our laws and our constitution.

Many people feel the constitution was not correctly interpreted. That the court ordered recount ordered by the Florida Supreme Court was within the jurisdiciton of the state.

As for the liberation of 22 million... the reason that would be called ficticious is precicely if that is not the real reason.

You still do have a good point. And Moore is certainly a loud mouth... I'm not that into defending him as his