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2004-09-08 Fifth Column

Slashdot discussion: Michael Moore wants 911 on regular TV night before election

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Posted by 3dc 2004-09-08 13:12|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 OK by me provided it is preceded and followed by this announcement:
"I'm John Kerry and I approve this obnoxious ~~propaganda~~ message."
Besides who watches 'regular' tv that also votes?

Posted by GK 2004-09-08 3:23:00 PM|| 2004-09-08 3:23:00 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Don't undersetimate the impact on this trash. The FEC should ban it until AFTER the election. I would hope the GOP would also file a court injunction in that it violates campaign laws.

Posted by Bill Nelson 2004-09-08 3:31:06 PM|| 2004-09-08 3:31:06 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 I watched a bootleg DVD of this movie. I really don't think it will make a diffrence in the election, if it is indeed shown on TV. It's just preaching to the choir. The anti-war propoganda in this film could backfire for the Dems, though. Moore really goes out of his way to trash our soliders.

Posted by Destro 2004-09-08 3:56:12 PM|| 2004-09-08 3:56:12 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 The discussion's pretty ugly there now; I remember slashdot before it became the DU for perl script weenies.

I wish there were a slashdot for people who didn't think Michael Moore was so important for the future of the human race.

Posted by Phil Fraering 2004-09-08 4:51:57 PM|| [http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com] 2004-09-08 4:51:57 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Well I wanna hit Mike in the mouth with a baseball bat 10 or 12 times, but that's not happening either.
Who gives a shit what this guy "wants".

Posted by tu3031 2004-09-08 4:52:49 PM|| 2004-09-08 4:52:49 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 According to a little snippet in the local paper, Moore is looking to submit his latest piece of trash for consideration of Best Picture. he said he wanted to be "supportive of my teammates in non-fiction film", and also added that he wanted to "give others a chance".

Wow. Guaranteed a win in the documentary category, were ya?

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-09-08 6:01:38 PM|| 2004-09-08 6:01:38 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 The discussion's pretty ugly there now; I remember slashdot before it became the DU for perl script weenies

A few facts:

1) Microsoft's ASP is a direct copy of perl cgi programs, done under the BSD license.

2) I am a perl/postgresql script weeny, but I stopped meta-moderating because of the extreme leftwing bias prevelent in moderation.

Phil you are correct; slashdot is a collective of leftwingers. Go to slashdot and set your preferences to -1 (raw and uncut) nested for the comments and see just how many anti Mike Moose comments are moderated flamebait or some other adverse category. Slashdot's moderation system is totally borken, IMO, and I refuse to participate.

Posted by badanov 2004-09-08 6:38:45 PM|| [http://www.rkka.org/title-boris.gif] 2004-09-08 6:38:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Badanov: I perhaps should have been more clear; I didn't mean everyone who's ever messed around in perl.

However, it seems that slashdot in particular is full of people who have two years of college and have started to learn perl, and have concluded that they're WISER than everyone else and therefore entitled to run society.

They also don't realize that they have more free time than most of us out here in the real world with real jobs, and gleefully use their free time to rearrange the debate on slashdot at will. Of course, they live in their own little bubble, and don't realize that even in this country there are people with lives and opinions different from their own.

I am weary of both the editorial staff and the majority of participants there.

I think the point where they first jumped the shark was in the endless discussions following the Columbine shootings.

And keep in mind as you're reading all of this that I am user number 1277 there; the site is now up to 800,000 or so (?) registered users. And IMHO, it's become useless.

Posted by Phil Fraering 2004-09-08 11:58:18 PM|| [http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com] 2004-09-08 11:58:18 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 I hope they give him best picture. It would make such a fine statement about the movie industry, the left and be a record for history just how stupid some of our friends and neighbors have been.

Posted by B 2004-09-09 12:21:16 AM|| 2004-09-09 12:21:16 AM|| Front Page Top

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