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mmm. . . no more disgusting then your stereotypes about grossly overweight unkempt people who don't agree with you. . .

I love hypocrisy. . . it's one of my favorite human shortcomings 'cause it's so darned FUNNY ! ! !

Hypocracy my ass. If you can't see the difference between the massive stereotyping of a nation with a horrendously tasteless cover and one guy throwing fat insults at a lying bastard, you need some serious help.

I loathe Moore. Do I really need to come out and say that? It should be pretty obvious. This cover is just another one of his shameless antics.

I hardly think the DVD cover or the phrase is cause for outrage. The US. is an extremely violent culture. We shoot eachother. Our kids, in growing numbers, shoot eachother. Hell, we'll shoot anyone. Moore's documentary asks why and seeks to explore some of the possibilities.

Sure it's slanted, but if that's what pisses you off then most things must piss you off.

Contrary to CD's strange and fruitless insistance that Michael Moore is not an American because he disagrees with him, I'd say Michael Moore is a good American. Considering that most Americans do little more for their country than whine at family dinners and Internet forums and vote every four years, I'd say, whether I agree with him or not, Michael Moore is a good American.

Moore is an activist, no doubt about it, but being an activist does not a good citizen make. He's a lying, decieving smurf. And yeah, Americans will just shoot anyone. You want to see a violent culture? Spend some time in Iran, or Pakistan, or just about any other Muslim state.

I've seen BFC, and I thought it was one of the biggest pieces of bullsmurf propaganda I've ever seen. There were so many spins, deceptions and outright lies in that "documentary" that it isn't even remotely funny.

mmm. . . no more disgusting then your stereotypes about grossly overweight unkempt people who don't agree with you. . .

I love hypocrisy. . . it's one of my favorite human shortcomings 'cause it's so darned FUNNY ! ! !

Hypocracy my ass. If you can't see the difference between the massive stereotyping of a nation with a horrendously tasteless cover and one guy throwing fat insults at a lying bastard, you need some serious help.

I loathe Moore. Do I really need to come out and say that? It should be pretty obvious. This cover is just another one of his shameless antics.

I hardly think the DVD cover or the phrase is cause for outrage. The US. is an extremely violent culture. We shoot eachother. Our kids, in growing numbers, shoot eachother. Hell, we'll shoot anyone. Moore's documentary asks why and seeks to explore some of the possibilities.

Sure it's slanted, but if that's what pisses you off then most things must piss you off.

Contrary to CD's strange and fruitless insistance that Michael Moore is not an American because he disagrees with him, I'd say Michael Moore is a good American. Considering that most Americans do little more for their country than whine at family dinners and Internet forums and vote every four years, I'd say, whether I agree with him or not, Michael Moore is a good American.

Moore is an activist, no doubt about it, but being an activist does not a good citizen make. He's a lying, decieving smurf. And yeah, Americans will just shoot anyone. You want to see a violent culture? Spend some time in Iran, or Pakistan, or just about any other Muslim state.

I've seen BFC, and I thought it was one of the biggest pieces of bullsmurf propaganda I've ever seen. There were so many spins, deceptions and outright lies in that "documentary" that it isn't even remotely funny.

This was already pointed out to you but since is doesn't fit your views you seem to be ignoring it. So let's go over it again and see if you can pick up on this:

The cover artwork of a German distribution of BFC is unlikely to have anything to do with Moore. Neither the design it nor the copy, he likely never saw it or even approved of it. Now unless you have some actual PROOF that he had anything to do with it's creation, I suggest you drop this attack because it's looking like you haven't got the vaguest idea about the production & distribution process of a video and you're looking like a dork here.

Moore directed the film and obviously oversaw it's editing and it's final cut. But beyond that, the promotion, artwork, distribution, rights negotiations with other distributors in other countries or continents and pretty much ANYTHING outside of the making of the film, is usually outside of ANY director's hands. That is the job of promotional and distribution companies, not Moore the director. And when you're talking other language distribution, this is even less likely. However, please feel free to show any sort of documentation that supports your wildass claim he did in fact write and/or create the copy and artwork, which is the sole aim of your opening post's vitriol. It would be interesting to see how he managed to change the standard industry procedures, or more specifically, why he'd bother.

And no, you don't need to repeat that you loathe Moore, your multiple posts on this issue have made this quite clear. We know already, we know. You are to posts about Moore as XYZ is to posts about gays. We get it.

ELB:

Stereotyping is stereotyping - it doesn't matter if it's in the case of calling one person a he man. . . . calling a roomful of Al Sharpton supporters stupid nig. . . or calling an overweight unkempt activist a fat tasteless POS. . . get it?

I didn't think so.

It's not uncommon to have different covers of the same book for different releases. there are probably lots of Germans who see this as illustrative of a part of American culture. . . after all, we do have a society wide gun violence problem. If you don't like the picture than don't buy the book. . . m'kay?

Maybe you need anger management therapy.

I do not consider Michael Moore, the author or the director, to be a U.S. citizen... he has certainly earned the wrath of every American and his criticism of American culture characterizes him as distinctly un-American and foreign. The next ship leaving this country should have him on it for ports unknown... does not matter. This nation would be much better without him in it.

His opinions and point of view make him a fine example of an American citizen. Why? Because it is not only our right, but our DUTY to question our leaders. If you believe that blind faith in government and squelching free speech, maybe you should catch yourself a boat to N. Korea or China.

P.S.

frankly, i enjoy mm's revolting garbage. it's at least as good as the white house's revolting garbage. wedded bliss. indeed.

Ok, I am confused. And just to make it perfectly clear, I am not being facetious here, I am genuinly confused here. What exactly is offensive? People seem to be using the caption "You haven't yet seen America well!" and saying that its horrible. Why? And the cover, an animated kid with a bullet wound to the head. Certianly untasteful, but gun violence is the topic of the movie, and its certainly not gratuitus or terribly gorey or anything. So could someone please just go though what exactly everyone here is talking about. I am critisizing nothing remember, I am simply curious, I honestly do not know.

He's been "proven" a liar by right wing nutbars who hate him worse than poison ... but has he been proven a liar by any normal people?

LOL! Normal as in left wingers?

Facts are facts. No matter WHO says them.

You can't make up MM taking things out of context when he did.

Or ignore the obvious distortions.

Guess what, I live in American, and I don't lock my house when I leave.

According to MM that happens in Canada, not America.

I was just wondering, if MM really was making up outragious lies, why didn't someone sue him, and win?  I know lots of people have sued him, but the fact that his material stands up in court has to prove something.

http://www.bowlingfortruth.com/

Damn SS. 

How can I troll for whacko right wingers if you go explaining it all!  Bad Schnicky! BAAAAAD!

"]Ok, I am confused. And just to make it perfectly clear, I am not being facetious here, I am genuinly confused here. What exactly is offensive? People seem to be using the caption "You haven't yet seen America well!" and saying that its horrible. Why? And the cover, an animated kid with a bullet wound to the head. Certianly untasteful, but gun violence is the topic of the movie, and its certainly not gratuitus or terribly gorey or anything. So could someone please just go though what exactly everyone here is talking about. I am critisizing nothing remember, I am simply curious, I honestly do not know.

Because it's a knee jerk reaction.

mmm. . . no more disgusting then your stereotypes about grossly overweight unkempt people who don't agree with you. . .

I love hypocrisy. . . it's one of my favorite human shortcomings 'cause it's so darned FUNNY ! ! !

Hypocracy my ass. If you can't see the difference between the massive stereotyping of a nation with a horrendously tasteless cover and one guy throwing fat insults at a lying bastard, you need some serious help.

I loathe Moore. Do I really need to come out and say that? It should be pretty obvious. This cover is just another one of his shameless antics.

I hardly think the DVD cover or the phrase is cause for outrage. The US. is an extremely violent culture. We shoot eachother. Our kids, in growing numbers, shoot eachother. Hell, we'll shoot anyone. Moore's documentary asks why and seeks to explore some of the possibilities.

Sure it's slanted, but if that's what pisses you off then most things must piss you off.

Contrary to CD's strange and fruitless insistance that Michael Moore is not an American because he disagrees with him, I'd say Michael Moore is a good American. Considering that most Americans do little more for their country than whine at family dinners and Internet forums and vote every four years, I'd say, whether I agree with him or not, Michael Moore is a good American.

Moore is an activist, no doubt about it, but being an activist does not a good citizen make. He's a lying, decieving smurf. And yeah, Americans will just shoot anyone. You want to see a violent culture? Spend some time in Iran, or Pakistan, or just about any other Muslim state.

I've seen BFC, and I thought it was one of the biggest pieces of bullsmurf propaganda I've ever seen. There were so many spins, deceptions and outright lies in that "documentary" that it isn't even remotely funny.

There were also perceptions that were downright misleading. 

"]Ok, I am confused. And just to make it perfectly clear, I am not being facetious here, I am genuinly confused here. What exactly is offensive? People seem to be using the caption "You haven't yet seen America well!" and saying that its horrible. Why? And the cover, an animated kid with a bullet wound to the head. Certianly untasteful, but gun violence is the topic of the movie, and its certainly not gratuitus or terribly gorey or anything. So could someone please just go though what exactly everyone here is talking about. I am critisizing nothing remember, I am simply curious, I honestly do not know.

Because it's a knee jerk reaction.

But... reaction to what? A lot of people here hate MM, thats for sure, so that explains why they make threads like this, but over the cover of a movie? I really dont get it.