Disney's Dubious Path to 9/11

[Nephythys]

Originally Posted by wendybeth

Neph, am I correct in assuming you didn't watch it either? I just wonder, as you said "From what I hear.." in your post. Not taking you to task if you didn't- I obviously didn't watch it as well. If you did watch it, where was the Bush admin nailed? Still waiting for an actual example on that one.

Yep- like I said several posts above- I have better things going on than watching TV.

I have heard things about how the Bush admin is protrayed- I will find out more and let you know examples.

(though Mousepod will likely beat me to it if the report I heard is true)

[wendybeth]

Fair enough- I really don't watch TV much either, and I am perfectly willing to let Mousepod throw himself on this particular pile.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Nephythys

I fail to see any reason to twist what I said into that statement- but if it makes you happy to do so...whatever.

And I fail to see how I twisted anything you said? If someone tells me that watching something will give me a reason to hate someone, I tend not to watch it.

[Nephythys]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

And I fail to see how I twisted anything you said? If someone tells me that watching something will give me a reason to hate someone, I tend not to watch it.

My point, which I suspect you do not need explained but I will do so anyway- is that all the uproar about the movie is useless- because the bad guys in the movie are the terrorists- not Clinton, Albright, Berger or Tenet- maybe they are not flattered by it- but they should not be flattered by their choices and inaction.

So one comes away with the message of who the enemy is- and it's not the Clinton administration.

No- I have not seen it- but yes, I feel you twisted my words.

Maybe you don't like the term hate- but wow, if you don't feel something after watching pictures of the terror attacks in the 90's or 9/11- then something is missing from this picture.

[BarTopDancer]

Hate does nothing but waste energy and spawn violence.

[Ghoulish Delight]

And my point is that the acts speak for themselves and if the point of a dramatized/fictionalized retelling is indeed to engender more hatred, then it's a pointless exercise that I would find distasteful.

Hate has its place...using hate as a lightning rod for political or entertainment purposes never has its place in my book.

[scaeagles]

Originally Posted by Moonliner

Whey the quotes around "official". Please don't tell me that you are implying that "path" is more historically accurate than the report from the 9/11 commission?

I used quotes because I think the 9/11 commission report is a politicized report written by politicians and people involved who wanted to cover their butts.

[scaeagles]

Originally Posted by mousepod

It had to do with a "news organization" (which plays by different rules than "entertainment", especially during election time), using the public airwaves to disseminate fiction dressed up as truth. Period.

I guess I'm not sure why you said this. Was this produced by ABC news? I'm not being rhetorical - I don't get it. ABC is an entertainment company and a news company.

[mousepod]

Halfway point. I'll report back tomorrow...

[wendybeth]

How are you feeling? Palms sweaty? Do you feel an inexplicable anger toward hippies and red-diaper-doper babies? Does GW sound intelligent?