Michael Moore

Michael Moore's latest film Fahrenheit 9/11 is the craze in London. My cousin proposed we go see the film, but instead we settled for the "Bowling for Columbine" documentary that he shot a couple of years ago in the aftermath of the Columbine tragedy in Colorado.
 
Moore tries valiantly to find the root cause of the gun problem in the U.S.  He blames in turn, self-styled government militias, welfare reform, the NRA, the ageless Dick Clark and uncaring American business  among others.
 
I don't know where the blame lies. I only know that America has become a very violent society. Dissent, discord and disagreements are part and parcel of any society.  But we seem to react (or over-react) to all of this in a manner inconsistent with what you would expect from the most developed, modern society in the world. Something doesn't gel and we need to address it if we can find what the problem is.
 
I had a conservative friend of mine attack Moore's film. He sent me this link. I was unimpressed with the website for what I perceived as a hatchet job to undermine Moore's film.
 
I don't buy Moore's analysis of the problem. But I do know a problem exists. In our haste to shoot the messenger, lets not lose sight of the fact that there is a message in the film. And we would be better off thinking about it and finding ways to address it.