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  • From: "Tony Spencer" <tony AT tonyspencer.com>
  • To: "'Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/'" <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: RE: [internetworkers] fahrenheit911, at a theater near you!
  • Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 15:11:17 -0400

Well put Ian.

Only the individual's in this society can change their health habits.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: internetworkers-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org
> [mailto:internetworkers-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf
> Of Ian Meyer
> Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 3:05 PM
> To: Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/
> Subject: Re: [internetworkers] fahrenheit911, at a theater near you!
>
> the simple fact that he knows someone who supposedly went on
> McD's only and lost 30 pounds and can run father completely
> invalidated the movie, durrr
>
> nevermind that this was well documented with medical records,
> doctors, etc.
>
> furthermore, nowhere in the talk about Supersize Me (I havent seen
> it...yet) have I seen that it points fingers at anyone but
> the public and McDonalds. And nothing about "Nanny State"
> needing to fix anything.
> More like the corporation is in it solely for the money,
> regardless of the consequences on their customers and the
> people need to realize how terrible the food is for them and
> stop eating so much shit.
>
> ~ian
>
> On Jun 22, 2004, at 2:35 PM, Shea Tisdale wrote:
>
> > Do you have any links on SuperSizeme being a con?
> >
> >  
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: internetworkers-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org
> > [mailto:internetworkers-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Don
> > Rua
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 2:27 PM
> > To: Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/
> > Subject: Re: [internetworkers] fahrenheit911, at a theater near you!
> >
> >  
> >
> > I'm not sure if this article had been posted, but I'm so amazed at 
> > clownish characters like Moore, Carville, Franken, et al
> getting rich
> > off of the left I couldn't help myself. Meanwhile, Clinton
> is turning
> > his dishonesty and infidelity into millions with his tell-all book,
> > and SuperSizeMe is winning awards for being a scam, only
> because their
> > victim is a big corporation.
> >
> >  
> >
> > http://slate.msn.com/id/2102723/
> >
> >  
> >
> > "To describe this film as dishonest and demagogic would
> almost be to
> > promote those terms to the level of respectability. To
> describe this
> > film as a piece of crap would be to run the risk of a
> discourse that
> > would never again rise above the excremental. To describe it as an
> > exercise in facile crowd-pleasing would be too obvious. Fahrenheit
> > 9/11 is a sinister exercise in moral frivolity, crudely
> disguised as
> > an exercise in seriousness. It is also a spectacle of
> abject political
> > cowardice masking itself as a demonstration of “dissenting”
> bravery."
> >
> >  
> >
> > PS- On the SuperSize con: There is a long time RTP employee
> who I know
> > went on a McDonald's only diet last fall. He lost 30+ pounds and
> > increased his running distance. I watched him do it
> personally over a
> > period of a few months, but that story would never win the Sundance
> > festival or set records in Australia, I betcha. So, the
> question is,
> > are people lining up to drop five bucks to hear truth, or are they
> > salivating for evidence that Big Corp is responsible for their
> > problems, and Nanny State needs to fix all.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >
> > From: Edward Wesolowski
> >
> > To: Post
> >
> > Sent: Monday, June 21, 2004 4:54 PM
> >
> > Subject: [internetworkers] fahrenheit911, at a theater near you!
> >
> >  
> >
> >
> > Opening this Friday:
> > http://www.fahrenheit911.com/
> >
> > ...is this guy a force of nature or what!-) Ed W.
> >
> >
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