I didn’t see the film1 when it was in the movies. I had no need to see it then as I had already decided who I was going to vote for. There was no way that the film was going to change my mind.1
After it came out on video, I went to the local video-music-book store specifically to see if there was any copies available. They must have had a hundred – and they were all rented out. That was last weekend.
This weekend, I went in early, before the local Friday evening “rush hour.” A few copies were available.
I watched it this evening.
Michael Moore definitely has an agenda – and so does the film. However, there is plenty in the film that stands powerfully alone, independent of any agenda.
I thought to write here about the movie, but that’s been done over and over again by others so I’m not going to.
However, I would like to issue a challenge to anyone who has not seen it.
Watch the film.
That’s all that I ask. Nothing more.
For those who read this, please do not misunderstand me. I voted for Gore because I mistrusted Bush. When the world voted to hold Saddam Hussein accountable, I agreed. I felt that our government wrong to attack without the backing of the United Nations Security Council or most of our traditional allies. However, once it was obvious that we were past the point of no return, I fully supported our military personnel and their military leaders. I believed that Saddam was a legitimate threat and that he probably had weapons of mass destruction. Even after none had been found, I held out hope that they would be. I hoped that my mistrust of Bush would be proven to be unfounded – I have long since given up on that hope.
1. Fahrenheit 9/11 – Wikipedia (accessed June 11, 2019)
Fahrenheit 9/11 is a 2004 American documentary film directed, written by, and starring filmmaker, director and political commentator Michael Moore. The film takes a critical look at the presidency of George W. Bush, the war in Iraq, and its coverage in the media. In the film, Moore contends that American corporate media were “cheerleaders” for the 2003 invasion of Iraq, and did not provide an accurate or objective analysis of the rationale for the war and the resulting casualties there.
The film generated intense controversy, including disputes over its accuracy. The title of the film alludes to Ray Bradbury’s 1953 novel Fahrenheit 451, a dystopian view of the future United States, drawing an analogy between the autoignition temperature of paper and the date of the September 11 attacks; one of the film’s taglines was “The Temperature at Which Freedom Burns”.
February 26, 2011 –– Post from one of my abandoned blogs – North Farnham Freeholder – recovered from Internet Archive WayBackMachine – page
June 11, 2019 – Minor revision; added footnote with Wikipedia description of the film.
