I don't know about you, but I'd fear more the government that tried to take guns out of the hands of its law-abiding citizens, seeing as this nation was born from a war fought with an oppressive government who tried to disarm the people in order to keep them under their thumb.
As for the striping away of civil rights... I fail to see how detaining non-US citizens on immigration violations (amongst other things) is a civil rights violation. *shrug*
Instead of chasing 'dole bludgers' and accusing unmarried mothers of having babies to rort social security, Mike chases Charlton Heston and interviews some seriously scary gun nuts.
First off, let me say that I've never seen the mainstream media chase welfare moms and accuse them of abusing the system. In fact, quite the opposite. The majority of commentators on the subject in the mass media accuse anyone who suggests welfare be reformed of racism, since the media also floats the impression that most people on welfare are black.
Moore, while not a journalist in the strickest sense, is more or less politically aligned with the news media in the US. So-called "gun nuts" are a typical target in the American press.
So much for balancing the scales... If you want scale balancing, watch Fox News or listen to Rush Limbaugh. :P (Fox because it reports the news fairly, and Limbaugh because he's a right-wing counter-weight to left-wing news reporting.
--Hex, who's been watching the US press since he was a kid, and can't help but laugh when someone tries to say they're conservative (right-wing).
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Date: 2003-04-23 08:19 am (UTC)As for the striping away of civil rights... I fail to see how detaining non-US citizens on immigration violations (amongst other things) is a civil rights violation. *shrug*
Instead of chasing 'dole bludgers' and accusing unmarried mothers of having babies to rort social security, Mike chases Charlton Heston and interviews some seriously scary gun nuts.
First off, let me say that I've never seen the mainstream media chase welfare moms and accuse them of abusing the system. In fact, quite the opposite. The majority of commentators on the subject in the mass media accuse anyone who suggests welfare be reformed of racism, since the media also floats the impression that most people on welfare are black.
Moore, while not a journalist in the strickest sense, is more or less politically aligned with the news media in the US. So-called "gun nuts" are a typical target in the American press.
So much for balancing the scales... If you want scale balancing, watch Fox News or listen to Rush Limbaugh. :P (Fox because it reports the news fairly, and Limbaugh because he's a right-wing counter-weight to left-wing news reporting.
--Hex, who's been watching the US press since he was a kid, and can't help but laugh when someone tries to say they're conservative (right-wing).