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Why the First Cowboy To Draw Always Gets Shot 398

cremeglace writes "Have you ever noticed that the first cowboy to draw his gun in a Hollywood Western is invariably the one to get shot? Nobel-winning physicist Niels Bohr did, once arranging mock duels to test the validity of this cinematic curiosity. Researchers have now confirmed that people indeed move faster if they are reacting, rather than acting first."

Comment Re:Moore (Score 1) 2464

[Moore] doesn't actually really document anything. It's just him talking over CNN and fox news footage for two hours.

Did you actually watch the movie? It has been at least a couple of months since I saw it, but I can recall plenty of his own footage.

  • the soldier who said he would not go back because he couldn't kill more civilians
  • the family from Flint who lost their son, and especially the woman in D.C. crying about that stupid right-wing antagonist bitch on the mall
  • the petition for congressmen and senators to send their own children to Iraq
  • the footage of the Iraqi woman in front of her blown up home who had buried several of her civilian familly due to US bombing and occupation. I remember she was screaming hysterically for Allah to save them.
I think you accidently walked into the wrong theatre or something!

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