tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745748859173296736.post3459034110472432689..comments2023-04-11T09:34:03.031-04:00Comments on Polybloggimous: A Big Messy Post About Movies: Lies, Reality And Whatever Comes In BetweenNathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00648438549121320566noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745748859173296736.post-85867467724333045482008-04-27T18:51:00.000-04:002008-04-27T18:51:00.000-04:00Oh, has your HeadHurt gotten better?Then TAG: htt...Oh, has your HeadHurt gotten better?<BR/><BR/>Then TAG: http://tinyurl.com/6dtfwhAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745748859173296736.post-35605316033376059122008-04-27T11:42:00.000-04:002008-04-27T11:42:00.000-04:00Shit, I still can't type. Gotta switch to my hands...Shit, I still can't type. Gotta switch to my hands.vincehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16955307244053931069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745748859173296736.post-18237903307869872282008-04-27T11:41:00.000-04:002008-04-27T11:41:00.000-04:00Well, you know, sometimes physical pain is the ant...Well, you know, sometimes physical pain is the antidote for mental pain.<BR/><BR/>Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow....<BR/><BR/>Oh, and I know you're not picking on me...you're an equal opportunity pointer-outer of bad typing.<BR/><BR/>And at least for today, pointer-oputer IS a word! So there.vincehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16955307244053931069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745748859173296736.post-13753059726253846172008-04-27T11:16:00.000-04:002008-04-27T11:16:00.000-04:00Vince,I'm sorry to laugh at getting you all wound ...Vince,<BR/><BR/>I'm sorry to laugh at getting you all wound up, but I've never seen a comment of yours before where it was so obvious that you'd typed it by banging your head against the keyboard.<BR/><BR/>And don't feel like I'm picking on you; I just realized that I had to change the title of this post because without the word "Lies", it didn't make any sense at all.Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00648438549121320566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745748859173296736.post-31178025793534217322008-04-27T11:05:00.000-04:002008-04-27T11:05:00.000-04:00Why did I write this if I wasn't going to even put...<I>Why did I write this if I wasn't going to even put forward any answers? Because now I've spread the HeadHurt. When I give some of it to you, there's less remaining here. Thanks for helping me out that way.</I><BR/><BR/>Thanks for sharing. One of these days I really gotta start my own blog so I can return the favor :-)<BR/><BR/>However, a bit of personal opinion. There is no easy answers. People who get there history exclusivly from popular movies should know that these can't present enough detail and must be dramatized so as not to bore people. And the people involved usually have an agenda, or are least trying to present their point of view.<BR/><BR/>Documentaries may or may not be any better. They are more likely to be made by people passionate about the point of view they're presenting. And they may or may not be expert enough to be able to sift the wheat from the chaff, and present good evidence as opposed to bad evidence. For example, both Al Gore's <I>An Unconvenient Truth</I> and Micheal Moore's <I>Sicko</I> have factual errors in them, and Moore likes to press people's buttons in all his movies. The latter is not necessarily a bad thing; you have to get people's attention, and Moore does. But they both push an agenda, and neither looks seriously at the underlying assumptions (especially Gore).<BR/><BR/>Bottom line? Do the best fact-checking you can on issues that are important, and realize thet far too many people either can't or won't do this and will rely on the media, in whatever form, to tell them what to believe and not to believe. Because basically, people are stupid.<BR/><BR/>Why yes, I am in a cynical mood today. My bad.vincehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16955307244053931069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745748859173296736.post-36178234958453320602008-04-27T10:56:00.000-04:002008-04-27T10:56:00.000-04:00Nathan, based solely on my own experience in the m...Nathan, based solely on my own experience in the military and my opinion of the Marine culture, I believe the truth probably lies in the middle. <BR/><BR/>Were the Marines monsters? Probably not.<BR/><BR/>Were the Marines self-sacrificing, misunderstood defenders of freedom? Probably not.<BR/><BR/>And I'm saving the USAFA issue for a day when I'm really pissy and PMSy. It's just too blood-pressure raising to waste on a day where I feel good.Janiecehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14190655869710465713noreply@blogger.com