Anti-Americanism
I just read a bloody stupid article in Forbes Magazine. I have never read Forbes before, so I'm not entirely sure if stupid articles are common place. Maybe it's just a right leaning magazine. The article is by Paul Johnson, a British historian, and he argues that anti-Americanism that's widely shared by Europeans, is simply racist envy. Some of the constructs he uses to defend his opinion are ... well ... bloody stupid. He argues European intellectuals envies American democracy. Two things wrong there ... 1) Americans have a democracy. They don't. It's not one person one vote. The popular candidate doesn't actually make it into power. Take the last election for example. 2) That the populist opinion is necessarily better than the intellectual. Just look at the American population. The intellectuals are outnumbered by bible thumping, gun toting, rednecks. This is a good thing for the world's most powerful country? I can go on and on ... just read the article for yourself.
Of Movies
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut -- This is one hilarious movie -- but boy is it rude. It's rude beyond the point of being offensive. The movie takes the good taste filter off and amuses with humour that simulate the juvenile in us. Every now and again though, that little kid in us needs to be amused -- and this movie will certainly do that. If you're offended by the movie, it's because the adult in you is watching. The Brothers Grimm -- This was an OK fantasy movie, moving at a good pace, with the appropriate level of action and humour. The special effects were well done -- and so was the cinematography. If you missed it in the theatre, you didn't miss much however. You can catch it on DVD. The Aristocrats -- This is a movie about a joke. One joke. That's it. The delivery however -- now that was something else. The delivery was sick, sick, sick. This is an in-joke for comedians that have been numbed by jokes for us regular folk. The only thi...
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