Bowling for Columbine
Bowling for Columbine
mafisKumA Just some extracts from the DVD - recommended viewing. 1953 - US overthrows Prime Minister Mossadeq of Iran US instals Shah as dictator 1954 - US overthrows democratically-elected President Arbenz of Guatemala 200,000 civilians killed 1963 - US backs assassination of South Vietnamese President Diem 1963 – 1975 - American military kills 4million people in Southeast Asia 1973 Sept 11 - US stages coup in Chile. Democratically-elected President Salvador Allende assassinated Dictator Augusto Pinochet installed 5,000 Chileans murdered 1977 - US backs military rulers of El Salvador. 70,000 Salvadorans & 4 American nuns killed 1980’s - US trains Osama bin Laden & fellow terrorists to kill Soviets. CIA gives them $3billion 1981 - Regan administration trains & funds “contras” 30,000 Nicaraguans die 1982 - US provides billions in aid to Saddam Hussein for weapons to kill Iranians 1983 - White House secretly gives Iran weapons to kill Iraqis 1989 - CIA agent Manuel Noriega (also serving as President of Panama) disobeys orders from Washington. US invades Panama & removes Noriega. 3,000 Panamanian civilian casualties 1990 - Iraq invades Kuwait with weapons from US 1991 - US enters Iraq Bush Snr reinstates dictator of Kuwait 1998 - Clinton bombs “weapons factory” in Sudan. Factory turns out to be making “Aspirin” 1991 to present - American planes bomb Iraq on a weekly basis UN estimates 500,000 Iraqi children die from bombing & sanctions 2000 – 01 - US gives Taliban ruled Afganistan $245million in “aid” (we all know what “aid” stands for) 2001 Sept 11 - Osama bin Laden uses his expert CIA training to attack the World Trade Centre 1999 April 20 - Largest 1 day bombing by US in Kosovo war on the hit list were local Hospitals & Primary Schools ONE HOUR LATER Shooting at Columbine High School. Over 900 rounds of amo fired which was bought at K-Mart PEOPLE KILLED BY GUNS EACH YEAR USA - 11,127 Germany – 381 France – 255 Canada – 165 UK – 68 Australia – 65 Japan – 39 NRA – still insists that it’s every Americans right to own a firearm KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK NRA - NOT!!!! [}:)][:(!][}:)][:(!][}:)] Oh and yeah where else but America “land of the free and home of the brave” can you not only purchase ammunition from your local K-Mart & barber shop but you can also open an Account at your local Bank and receive a riffle in return, as appreciation for doing so. CAN ANYONE ELSE SEE WHAT’S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE
n/a "Guns don't kill people... people do... But I think the gun helps. You aren't going to kill to many people by sneaking up behind them and yelling "BANG!". You'd have to be pretty dodgy on the heart to die from that one." -Eddie Izzard
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Originally posted by BorisVM
Personally, I have no problem with the NRA. People kill people.
Canmak SOme seens in the docu- movie was actually stage...such as the Rifle in the bank scene. Regardless what I found shocking was that there aer more guns per capita in Canada then in the US...but we have much less killings/murders commited with guns. It was a good film to make you think but he is way to far on the left for my tastes
BorisVM Personally, I have no problem with the NRA. People kill people.
mafisKumA
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Originally posted by BorisVM
Personally, I have no problem with the NRA. People kill people.
Boris, have you watched this documentary? You are absolutely correct, guns don’t kill people, people kill people, but perhaps it’s time that the NRA stop rubbing salt into the wounds of those grieving and show some compassion. I felt it was extremely insensitive that days after the massacres took place, Moses himself (Charlton Heston) visited the cities concerned and was singing the NRAs praises. I feel that gun control should be exercised. Many pointed the finger of blame at Marilyn Manson for these childrens behaviour yet no one said “hey wait a minute look at all the violence our government encourages” (as listed in the initial post) perhaps it’s the government and not Marilyn Manson that influence our childrens lack of respect for other humans. Ironically when questioned as to what Marilyn Manson would say to the people of Columbine his reply was, the only sensible one, “I wouldn’t say anything, I would listen to what they have to say.”
n/a i watched the movie few months ago. very shockig and good.
MacOz kuma its a good doko & even me mums watche it with me & she liks it to im not gona play with guns no more :)
AaaAa what was the point ? I mean was there a thesis that was proven at the end? Did I miss something , or this was a bunch of strong powerful facts thrown in together? It seemed he had a good idea but was too sloppy with it.He gave the right wing way too much stuff to bitch about, unintentionally , but rightfully.