3rd July 2004, 5:45 AM
EdenMaster Wrote:Do you know what you're saying, do you hear yourself? We're upset about the war because the poor are getting a chance to better themselves? That's the most ridiculous allegation I've ever heard. Truly, you can't believe that of anybody here.
I'm sorry, but that's just the oddest, out-of-left-field thing I've ever heard you say, and I've known you a long time. What are you talking about?
That wasn't in response to anyone's opinion on the war, it was a response to ABF stating that poor people are being taken advantage of by the military, when in fact that is probably the most successful out a poor person has. Perhaps using quotes would've helped. :)
Quote:Haha, yeah man, totally. I mean, if I were a multi-millionaire as a result of the movies I tirelessly made and the books that I wrote, I'd feel real guilty about the position I'm in, because others are living in poverty.
Yeesh, it's not Michael Moore's goal to donate his hard-earned cash to those in need. He uses his money to make more films and to write more books in hopes that more people will see things the way he does. You make it sound like Moore is a bad guy for having a lot of money. Analyzing the situation that the poor are in compared to giving money to the poor are two totally different things.
I don't make him out to be a bad guy for not donating every penny he has. I make him out to be a hypocrite because he spends millions of dollars making propaganda movies, and one of the themes is making the average American feel guilt and pity for the poor (which is of course, the fault of the rich), which should not be preached by a big, morbidly obese, and filthy rich white man who lives in a luxurious multi-million dollar apartment in Manhattan.
There's nothing wrong with making movies and living in lucury... unless one of the major reasons you make movies and live in luxury is to demonize others who do.
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