Michael Moore proving once again...

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  • DarthMaeglin
    DarthMaeglin Toronto Posts: 2,996
    Not quite, lol...however when I googled "Harper closet Parliament shooting" the top articles that popped all reference Harper being "whisked into," "ushered" and "rushed" into the closet, making it clear to me that it wasn't entirely his choice, though it was an entirely appropriate action to take at the time.

    That said, back to Michael Moore, I think, lol?
    "The world is full of idiots and I am but one of them."

    10-30-1991 Toronto, Toronto 1 & 2 2016, Toronto 2022
  • BS44325
    BS44325 Posts: 6,124
    I am Canadian. Like Harper. Civil liberties intact.
  • DarthMaeglin
    DarthMaeglin Toronto Posts: 2,996
    TalonTedd wrote: »
    I would have ok with him takin one for the team. I don't know if your Canadian. Harper is a menace to civil liberties and an all around winnie.

    Just down the road from you in Scarberia, lol. Clearly I'm a Conbot, you're not, lol.
    "The world is full of idiots and I am but one of them."

    10-30-1991 Toronto, Toronto 1 & 2 2016, Toronto 2022
  • TalonTedd
    TalonTedd Toronto Posts: 835
    gimmesometruth27 wrote: »
    i saw american sniper today. i thought it was a great movie.

    that said, i am conflicted.

    personally, i think snipers are bullshit. cowardly. unethical. just like drone pilots. these guys hide, and shoot and risk less than the guys on the ground. but i get how snipers are necessary on the battlefield.

    snipers are a symptom of the problem, with war being the problem.

    i do not feel like we need to be glorifying people who killed 160+ people, including women and children, in an illegal war. but that is one man's opinion.

    Did the movie come off as a glorification?
    I remember when, yeah. I swore I knew everything, oh yeah.
  • oftenreading
    oftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,856
    BS44325 wrote: »
    I am Canadian. Like Harper. Civil liberties intact.

    You like Harper, or you are, like Harper, a Canadian? I'm confused. We'll sort out the civil liberties bit later.
    my small self... like a book amongst the many on a shelf
  • BS44325
    BS44325 Posts: 6,124
    It's not a glorification but the sniper is unapologetic. That's who he was in real life. To some that comes off as a glorification but again it is the telling of HIS story.
  • BS44325
    BS44325 Posts: 6,124
    Ha. Oftenreading...that is good. Maybe I should leave that ambiguous.
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    gimmesometruth27 wrote: »
    what's the difference between a sniper and a hitman?

    the ends are the same. the means are the same.

    only thing i can think of is the clothes.
    Guessing different objectives.
  • TalonTedd
    TalonTedd Toronto Posts: 835
    edited January 2015
    DarthMaeglin wrote: »
    TalonTedd wrote: »
    I would have ok with him takin one for the team. I don't know if your Canadian. Harper is a menace to civil liberties and an all around winnie.

    Just down the road from you in Scarberia, lol. Clearly I'm a Conbot, you're not, lol.
    A Scarberian Con. Can't really be sure what to pity you for more haha.
    I remember when, yeah. I swore I knew everything, oh yeah.
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    And if anyone missed Empty's earlier post, might be worth reading - and given consideration.
  • DarthMaeglin
    DarthMaeglin Toronto Posts: 2,996
    A Scarberian Con. Can't really be sure what to pity you for more haha.
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    lol
    "The world is full of idiots and I am but one of them."

    10-30-1991 Toronto, Toronto 1 & 2 2016, Toronto 2022
  • Smellyman
    Smellyman Asia Posts: 4,528
    edited January 2015
    When you give up your free will and kill in the name of country by another man's orders is cowardly. Oh but I am fighting for good!

    Snipers or not.

    The day America stops romanticizing this bullshit the world will be a better place. "Be all you can be" bullshit.
    Post edited by Smellyman on
  • rr165892
    rr165892 Posts: 5,697
    hedonist wrote: »
    gimmesometruth27 wrote: »
    what's the difference between a sniper and a hitman?

    the ends are the same. the means are the same.

    only thing i can think of is the clothes.
    Guessing different objectives.

    Theatre of war and compensation,and weapon of choice.Most bagmen use handguns,most snipers use long rifles.
  • Last-12-Exit
    Last-12-Exit Charleston, SC Posts: 8,661
    gimmesometruth27 wrote: »
    what's the difference between a sniper and a hitman?

    the ends are the same. the means are the same.

    only thing i can think of is the clothes.

    The sniper is better trained and is killing legally.
  • badbrains
    badbrains Posts: 10,255
    Glorifying a sniper, how am I NOT surprised.
  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
    Thirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    A sniper is no more a coward than the driver of a tank or a jet fighter pilot. He's simply playing a role he has been assigned- his soldierly duties.

    Armies don't line up in tight little formations, march towards each other, and face each from 80 yards anymore in the event people didn't know this.

    Save your venom for the crusty, white haired gentlemen that send these people to conflicts.
    "My brain's a good brain!"
  • JimmyV
    JimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,598
    I'll admit, I'm curious if Moore has an anti-sniper documentary in the pipeline. We have seen him grandstand like this before - most notably against GWB at the Oscars a decade ago - only to later learn it was early publicity for his next movie. Time will tell but color me suspicious.
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  • rr165892
    rr165892 Posts: 5,697
    Moore is a blow hard.He has ruined what could have been a fine legacy of journalistic endeavors by acting like a bloviating asshole.He had some really good stuff on many items(and stupid over the top shit also)but now he is a punchline and his work resume will suffer.
  • rssesq
    rssesq Fairfield County Posts: 3,299
    at least Moore is an AMerican. They should deport that fat ginger Rogan back to Canada.
    http://news.yahoo.com/seth-rogen-compares-american-sniper-nazi-propaganda-221700979.html

    Actually Seth, Basterds was nothing but Hollywood PROPOGANDA wrapped in a pretty Brad bow. LMAO
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,663
    Smellyman wrote: »
    When you give up your free will and kill in the name of country by another man's orders is cowardly. Oh but I am fighting for good!

    Snipers or not.

    The day America stops romanticizing this bullshit the world will be a better place. "Be all you can be" bullshit.

    Romanticizing Yes, that's it. Some question my use of the word "glorifying". I still think that sticks, but romanticizing may even a better descriptor. Let's face it, America has had a hard on for war for decades.

    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

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