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I would be careful about jumping to conclusions about Moore and his relations to Hezbollah. First of all the company that made this statement is one of the distribution companies for Moore's film in the Middle East, not Moore himself. We don't know whether Moore supported this situation - what we do know, as you correctly stated, is that Moore has not criticized the decision by the distribution company. We cannot necessarily read this silence as affirmative support for the distribution company's decision, but it should raise a red flag and make us more suspicious of Moore's intentions and the types of comapnies he does business with.

Also you brought up the point that you believe that the distribution company is mostly interested in making money and hence the decision to accept support from these terrorist organizations. I can only theorize that this has less to do about money and more to do with gaining political clout. I think the organization is making its decisions based on its own quest to demonize the administration and create even more anti-American fervor in this already intolerant area of the world.

One thing we can certainly criticize Moore about is his dedications to Rachel Corrie in his last book. Moore should know better than to celebrate a terrorist and collaborator of murder like Corrie. As I have stated before Rachel Corrie was complicit with Terrorism and worked in Rafah to help Palestinian militias smuggle weapons used to murder innocent Israeli civilians and children. In fact the day she was crushed by the bulldozer (which by all accounts was an accident) she was actually trying to prevent the destruction of a building that secured tunnel entrances for such illegal weapons smuggle. The now infamous photos of her burning the American and the Israeli flag in front of impressionable Palestinian Youths show her true nature and how she tried to inculcate hate within young minds. Moore when defending Rachel Corrie effectively celebrates the terrorist aspirations that accompanied her activism.

-Jeff

Shira (I got it right this time, yay!),

Jeff brought up a valid point that it's F9/11's foreign distribution company who made this statement, *not* Moore himself, nor was it the Weinstein brothers.

Second, for the record, here's the actual source article for the Hezbollah claim:

http://www.screendaily.com/story.asp?storyid=17986&st=hezbollah&s=3

Now, seeing how it appears that neither Shira nor Jeff have actually *seen* the film (which should automatically "raise a red flag and make us more suspicious of (your) intentions", as Jeff puts it), it might interest you both to know that F9/11 blasts Saudi Arabia's human rights atrocities severely and is strongly supportive of the actual U.S. troops themselves. It might also be of interest that 60% of the profits are actually going to charity, not Moore nor the Weinsteins.

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0702-07.htm

For that matter, I guess it isn't of any interest that both of the Weinsteins are Jewish, as is the head of Disney, Michael Eisner, who funded the production of and distribution of F9/11.

Now, let's see your original post:

"In actuality, the fact that he won a film award in France, and the known terrorist group Hizbollah has given him money to support the distribution of the film should make everyone's eyebrows lift and wonder why Moore hasn't been arrested for being involved in a terrorist organization."

Hmmm...so, you claim that Hezbollah "HAS GIVEN HIM MONEY". Wrong--they *offered* to assist in the distribution of a film which, among other things, makes Saudi Arabia look bad. Nowhere does it say that any actual money or other assistance has been accepted. Of course, the irony here is that one of the major points of the film is the fact that Saudi Arabia (which has given far more support, financial and otherwise, to terrorists than Iraq) has billions of dollars invested in U.S. firms--which means that, by your own logic, every single employee of any company with any Saudi investement should be "arrested for being involved in a terrorist organization."

Finally, the mere fact that Hezbollah is supportive of the film does not have any connection with the truth or falsehood of the films' claims. My wife and I are Jewish; the owners of and financiers of the film are Jewish; Steven "Schindler's List/Shoah Foundation" Spielberg has given the film high praise. Does this mean that we, too, are "involved in terrorist organizations"?

If you're going to sling charges of terrorism and treason around, you better have your facts straight.

i just read bush is a convicted thief and a convicted drunk, is this true? or more lies from m moore, let me know...

Well, here's a website which has the goods--including what appear to be fully vetted, legitimate sources--on Bush, Jr.'s past:

http://www.realchange.org/bushjr.htm

i read bush is a cinvicted thief and a convicted drunk, is this true? or is this more lies from m moore? let me know, i mean, i wouldn't vote for a lying drunken thief, would you?

Hmmm...you seem to be suffering from a different variant of the same problem that Shira has: you're issuing blatant accusations without checking the facts and referencing them.

Again, check the above link and corresponding sources for confirmation or refutation of your charges.

hi charles, i did some research and found out bush was arrested for stealing a wreath in college, he was convicted and sentenced for theft, he is a convicted thief, thanks for your help, also, bush was arrested for drunk driving and was convicted for it, he is a drunk driver, thanks again, hey, if m moore is right about bush being a lying drunken thief then what lies did he ever tell? every time i check the facts i find out m moore was right.

"every time i check the facts i find out m moore was right."

Wow. I've never even met a Moore *supporter* (and many of my friends are out here in Seattle) that was willing to go that far in support of him. Most of them are more of the "well, he lies, but he's inspiring" type.

Check a couple of the "facts" in Bowling for Columbine.

i have been checking facts, i have been going to websites, i have been asking everyone to give me just one instance of m moore lying and not one person has done it yet, everytime someone says moore lies its like ' moore said 13% but its really 12.9% so he lied" or 'moore said it was 11 oclock but it was really 10:45 so he's a liar' so i'm asking you please give me one instance where moore flat out lied, not an honest mistakeor a rounded off number but a flat out lie, no website has been able to do this. moore told the truth about bush being a convicted thief and a convicted drunk and about laura being a killer so why would he lie when the truth is so bad?

most sites that claim moore lies will tell you something like 'moore says that...that proves he's a liar.' but they do not quote moore, they only tell you what they think moore said and not EXACTLY what he said, or, sites will say something like 'to moore this means that...' well, how do they know what something means to moore? how does what you think something means to moore make him a liar? not one single person can give me one example of moore lying.