If anything, at least Mr. Moore is humorous. Even though, but the majority of American measurements, I would be considered a moderate, (by those more politically astute, I am actually a classical liberal, a la John Locke or Thomas Jefferson) I actually give him a bit more credit than Ann Coulter. At least he's doing something a bit more entertaining in and of itself, in this case poking fun at everyone, rather than just simply grating on one's nerves alone. (hence, we see the two different types of idiot)
In particular, I noticed that if you pay closer attention to
Bowling for Columbine, it seems that he's really laying blame on the media. (including himself!) At least that's something right; if we got rid of all of these media figures, we'd probably be a lot better off.
But nonetheless, it is also important that he does draw attention to important issues, even if it is done much in the way of "viral advertising." One thing that's certain is that in this world, (and it doesn't just apply to Americans; I see it just as much with Europeans) is that the general populace is amazingly under-informed, and in spite of any level of "voter turnout," rather poltically apathetic, in that they don't care to become informed. As Winston Churchill was famous for saying, "
The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter."
In this case, the issue of health-care is a rather interesting one. As a classical liberal, DIRECTLY, I see the oft-proposed solution of universal, government-run healthcare as a potentially dangerous thing; it ties up loads of government resources, and is like to wind up providing sub-par quality care anyway; I don't mean this as any jab, but I note the example of Brittain's NHS.
However, then there's the business aspect... Free Trade, while ultimately one of true liberalism's top priorities, has shown itself to be a tricky, and hard to handle subject; it wasn't meant for people to f*** with the system to their advantage; in this case, third-world countries with no minimum wage or laws requiring safe working conditions. Hence, this is an ARTIFICIAL "comparative advantage," and logically shouldn't be in the system. Unfortunately, until the US government can invade and topple every third-world regime, and replace it with a fully democratic system that's at least close to on a par with Western Europe or North America, (or Australia!) there's little that cone be done there. So perhaps a government-run health care system would be a boon here, as it would help level the US against the third-world, by eliminating those extreme health care costs from having American workers. However, this is obviously a long shot, and needs more examination before it is blindly implemented.
Oddly enough, I doubt that they have been within about 500 miles of each other. I think it just might be some sort of polarity here. If they were in that close proximity, the resulting detonation could liekly level the United States... Best send them up into space then, and perhaps use them "Project-Orion" style, to launch a spacecraft to some other star system... Preferably a spacecraft filled with people who are only slightly less abhorrent.
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