02 Aug 09
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Originally posted by FMFCouldn't have said it better myself. 🙂
And what a thoroughly tabloidized message it is. He makes me laugh, for sure. But one can only shake one's head to think that he may be America's most famous 'dissident'.
Michael Moore's messages are bitty and inconsistent, and he covers nothing new. He dwells on certain matters, moreso when he thinks can score cheap shots. Meanwhile, he sprints - in his inim e debate about the vital issues he purports to address, in my estimation, is minimal.
In Bowling for Columbine, for example:
First, we're told the guns are the scourge of American society. Fine.
Next, we're told that in Canada, they have just as many guns, but they don't have the same level of violence.
Then, we're told that's because in Canada, they trust people and don't lock they're front doors.
Then, it's media hysteria that's the big problem in the United States.
Then, it's not media hysteria but racism that's our big problem.
Finally, we go see Moore make his courageous visit to Charlton Heston, who was suffering from Alzheimer's and clearly demented at the time. Of course, Moore gains entrance to interview Heston under false pretenses and then, surprise(!), he manages to out debate someone who is twice his age and is half dead from Alzheimer's.
I wish I could say the movie made me think. In fact, it just made my head spin trying to figure out what he's trying to tell us.
02 Aug 09
Originally posted by sh76I'm not sure. Tabloids do exist, though they don't have much to report on since there really isn't much happening (I've been told they once had a front page story about how the prime minister was being irresponsible for rowing without a life vest). Maybe it's just a matter of time, or maybe Finns (and most other Europeans) are in fact more sophisticated.
And the reason for that is...
(please, don't tell me the people of Finland are too sophisticated for talk radio)
02 Aug 09
Originally posted by KazetNagorraSo, what is on your radio, oh, sophisticated ones? Perhaps poetry readings? Mozart and Beethoven? Or, perhaps, do your stations play the same none too sophisticated pop music our radio stations play?
I'm not sure. Tabloids do exist, though they don't have much to report on since there really isn't much happening (I've been told they once had a front page story about how the prime minister was being irresponsible for rowing without a life vest). Maybe it's just a matter of time, or maybe Finns (and most other Europeans) are in fact more sophisticated.
02 Aug 09
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Originally posted by sh76I've only listened to radio at some place where I have lunch sometimes, they play generic pop music. A pity, because there is a lot of good Finnish music.
So, what is on your radio, oh, sophisticated ones? Perhaps poetry readings? Mozart and Beethoven? Or, perhaps, do your stations play the same none too sophisticated pop music our radio stations play?
Back in Holland, I listen to news radio sometimes.
By the way, Mozart is hardly "sophisticated".
02 Aug 09
Originally posted by KazetNagorraSo, is pop music more sophisticated than talk radio?
I've only listened to radio at some place where I have lunch sometimes, they play generic pop music. A pity, because there is a lot of good Finnish music.
Back in Holland, I listen to news radio sometimes.
By the way, Mozart is hardly "sophisticated".
02 Aug 09
Originally posted by sh76Well, it's nice that you took that seriously... if the shoe fits...
Not really. I find it an odd argument that European consumers are too sophisticated to listen to talk radio, so they listen to pop music instead.
Anyways, I don't know why there is no talk radio here.
02 Aug 09
Originally posted by sh76"buy my movie."
Couldn't have said it better myself. 🙂
In Bowling for Columbine, for example:
First, we're told the guns are the scourge of American society. Fine.
Next, we're told that in Canada, they have just as many guns, but they don't have the same level of violence.
Then, we're told that's because in Canada, they trust people and don't lock they're front do ...[text shortened]... fact, it just made my head spin trying to figure out what he's trying to tell us.