Newsday.com - Long Island News
The above article is typical of what I expect most movie-goers are saying with regards to Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11." Not many people are going to the film with an open mind and after seeing it, most say that their opinion has not changed.
I found some of the quotes rather interesting:
John Berner was especially moved by a scene depicting Bush's initial reaction to news of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks while speaking to a classroom full of children. "The look on his face really showed someone who is not in control," said Berner, 42, of Huntington.
Mr. Berner, I have news for you, no one was in control. How on earth could we expect to be in complete control of an attack that virtually no American could even conceive of before 9/11. I am reminded of a quote from World War Two (attributed to Eisenhower I believe) that "no plan survives first contact with the enemy." It goes without saying that Bush wasn't in "control." No one was.
Michael Freed said people should see the film, regardless of their political leanings. "You have no right to have an opinion unless you see the movie," said Freed, 51, of Plainview, who caught the movie in Farmingdale yesterday. "It's the same way people want to have an opinion about this country, but they don't vote."
I have no right to have an opinion unless I see the movie? What kind of opinion is that? Does Michael Moore have sole and singular control of what has happened in the past three years? Guess what. I have an opinion about what happened because I lived through it. I saw, along with the rest of America, the towers come down. I followed the reports that led to the Taliban. I listened to both Preesidents Bush and Clinton as they said that the removal of Hussien was the proper thing to do. I do not need Moore to tell me what to believe, I thankfully can think for myself. I hope the rest of America willl too.