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To: epicure who wrote (39438)	7/10/2007 10:46:22 PM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541747

Good points. And I agree. I just enjoyed that portion.

To: epicure who wrote (39438)	7/11/2007 1:50:35 AM
From: Cogito	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541747

>>Since I wanted people to see Sicko, I thought the injection of Cuba was needlessly controversial. And also, since we are fighting a genuine propaganda battle with Cuba, which we are not fighting with France, England and Canada, I thought it was problematic for that reason too- because it made suspect other data which really should not be suspect. Canada, England and France are nations of the first world, that are very much like us, with populations that have similar expectations to our population. So Cuba, the outlier in this group, didn't belong for that reason, as well.<< Iktomi - Good points. From what I'm seeing, Moore's decision to drag Cuba into the discussion has given his opponents something to seize on in dismissing the entire film. - Allen