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To: Paul Kern who wrote (39457)7/11/2007 11:53:55 AM
From: epicure  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 541776
 
"The Fascist scum can always take a small, valid point and infer the greater good from minor bullshit."

yikes

I think most people who get upset about the Cuba thing are simply people who are black and white thinkers (Cuba bad/America good). I don't think they necessarily have anything to do with fascism- and let's face it, we have plenty of black and white thinkers on the left as well.

I think ALL people tend to look at an argument, find the one thing they disagree with, or the one error (or perceived error), and say "Ok, I found this one thing, thus the whole argument is wrong". It seems to be human nature to do that- which means when we make arguments we care about, we need to make them very simple, and try, as in a chess game, to see the "holes" in our moves before we make them.



To: Paul Kern who wrote (39457)7/11/2007 3:08:48 PM
From: JohnM  Respond to of 541776
 
However, the Cuba bit doesn't invalidate the film's major points so the trick is don't be suckered into the Cuba argument.

I agree with this. But the Cuban portion was the most personal. I can understand why Moore put it in. Though it does run precisely the risk you note.


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