NP Michael Moore

[11 lefties lurking]

Well said William,

>However, I can't help but think we're getting a bit worked up over nothing.
>Moore is supposed to be a satirist, and if we submitted people like Swift or
>Pope to rigorous analysis they'd probably fall apart too. Has anyone
>seriously criticised 'A Modest Proposal' because the details aren't quite
>right? Moore is making a point, an important one worth discussing. Surely we
>should have submitted the government to this kind of scrutiny? Or the
>intelligence services?

It never fails to amaze me how rightwingers demand perfection from their 
opponents and never from  themselves. The personal attacks on Moore and the 
nitpicking of the film are political counter attack coated with moral 
outrage. Sobeit - it's not some detached attempt to identify the Truth, 
it's a battle for hearts and minds. Skirmishes are not uncommon here on the 
p-list, to the chagrin of the academic/literary fundamentalists.