Well, I actually find it kind of dismaying to see that this topic has so
much vitality here... However, I really stopped by this thread because I had
some news to share about the original question that I posed oh-so-long ago.

One Web-published report says that Fahrenheit 9/11 will not be released in
Japan until late August. Fortunately, I regard it as a pretty unreliable
source, so I'm still hoping it will appear before that time, but perhaps
not... The official sources are here:

http://www.kashi911.com/ and
http://www.michaelmoorejapan.com

However, as of this writing, the Japanese release date does not seem to be
there.

I will make one substantive comment on the thread as it stood at this time
(I was trying to rejoin as close to the original question as possible). It
is patently obvious that if such things as Dubya's business and personal
relationships with the Bin Laden's and his military records were evidence of
what a fine fellow he is, then BushCo would have released that evidence long
ago. It might not stand up in court, but BushCo's chronic secrecy stinks
like the proverbial dead skunk in the middle of the road. And after the 5-4
SCOTUS decision in Bush v. Gore, I can't regard the American judicial system
as intrinsically superior to the court of public opinion. I strongly
recommend Dean's _Worse_Than_Watergate_ on this part of the situation. (But
for now I'm returning to alt.fan.michael-moore...)

Raj Feridun wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Jun 2004 10:03:00 +0900, Ernest Schaal
> <eschaal@max.hi-ho.ne.jp> wrote:
>
>>> I can tell I gotta drop this thread....
>
>> "In this case it is the truth"? Surely you jest.
>
>> One does not go to Moore for "Truth," one goes to him for
>> entertainment.
>
> Here's a perfect example of what I was talking about..
>
> Surely you've actually SEEN the film in order to make such
> criticisms, Ernest?
>
> Why don't you do that first and then come back with some
> specific facts to counter his rather than making such general,
> uneducated remarks? Personally, nothing pisses me off worse
> than knee-jerkers of any persuasion.
>
> I would suggest to the right-wingers that if it's so easy to
> make up a movie filled with "lies" why don't they either
> refute the "lies" with the truth or make their own documentary
> film about the left?? The reason is of course because they
> cannot.
>
> Raj

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