This thread is about as off-topic as any can get, so I'll try to limit my postings on it to the following.
It's pro-Bush thing, along with being an attack on Michael Moore. Moore is quoted out of context. As I remember, his point was a statistical one -- with about 200,000 Americans already dying each year from preventable causes, along with the fact that the probability of any one of us dying in a terrorist attack is extremely small. Moore wasn't saying we shouldn't fight terrorists and try to eliminate them. In fact, one of the points he has made is that Iraq was a serious distraction from Afghanistan and the War on Terror generally -- including securing our ports, nuclear power stations, dams, etc., etc. He has also criticized fear mongering. And, of course, the scenes shown in Celsius 41.11 are not from Moore's movie (and at least one looks as if it might have been staged -- possibly during a bona fide demonstration), but the audience is probably meant to assume that they are. By the way, he employed a veritable army of fact checkers for Fahrenheit 9/11. One can disagree with his opinions (although he does more juxtaposing of events than expressions of opinion -- leaving the audience to draw their own conclusions and form their own opinions), but his facts are well supported and thoroughly researched. (Those who have seen the movie will be well aware of that. Those who haven't seen it really need to do so before forming an opinion about it.) Bill Potts, CMS Roseville, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Behalf Of Euric >Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 21:15 >To: U.S. Metric Association >Subject: [USMA:31170] Re: Drudge > > >>From the Trailer, they claim 41.11�C is the temperature the brain >begins to >die. 40�C is a very high body temperature and a body temperature >above that >results in eventual death. Thus the significance of the "41". The "0.11" >part is just added to equate it with the 9.11 of the Fahrenheit movie. > >It is humour. But I'm not sure if it is an attack on Michael Moore or >George Bush. It is a shame that so many Americans believe that the threat >of terrorism is external in origin, instead of being the brain child of >certain diabolic groups operating within national organisations of the US. >Wolves in sheep's clothing. The goal of the attacks of 9.11 were to >frighten us into surrendering our freedoms for "safety and >security" and the >goal of the Patriot Acts is to nullify the Constitution. If >Hitler was able >to deceive the Germans into backing him, I see no reason why the Bush club >wouldn't do the same. If it worked once, it will work again and again. I >wonder if metric will be used in the FEMA concentration camps. > >Anyway, I did a Google search: > >http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&q=%22Celsi >us+41%2E11%22 > >Euric > > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Nat Hager III" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Tuesday, 2004-09-21 21:51 >Subject: [USMA:31168] Drudge > > >> Drifting off to sleep, and I'm not sure I understand this little ad on >> Drudge right now. Ideas? >> >> Nat >> >> drudge.jpg >>
