ryan is the supernicety wrote:
] ] 21. This "If Moore had his way" is just childish
] ] nonsense. In reality, if Moore had his way, the US would
] ] have led a internationa coalition into Afghanistan and
] ] killed or detained Osama Bin Laden while detroying Al
] ] Quaeda. If Moore had his way, President Bush would not
] ] have made us less safe by invading Iraq and giving
] ] another cause (and recruiting drive) to the terrorists.
] ] If Moore had his way, hundreds of Americans would still
] ] be alive. If Moore had his way, we would not have been in
] ] Abu Ghraib to imprison and torture but would have been
] ] there to liberate and help. If Moore had his way, I'd
] ] have the right not to tell the police my name when asked,
] ] not to have my apartment searched without a warrant, not
] ] to have my library and financial records investigated. If
] ] Moore had his way, not only would Iraqis and Afghais be
] ] free, but so would we.
]
] Wow, the first post on slate after the Hitchins piece is a
] note by note refutation of Hitchins attacks on F9/11. A piece
] worthy of memestreams rant! oaknet and decius should
] especially enjoy the destruction.... the discussion continues.

Love it. I think the most important point (made abundantly clear in the detail) is that Hutchin's attack on Moore is uninformed, childish and unsupported by facts. I suspect that for many Repulicans who support Bush (and I know there are many who do not) Moore's adoption of the Republican "style sheet" for arguemnt has been something of a challenge. We should expect to see more. I've bookmarked the discussion and will follow it with interest. If only on grounds of freedom of speech, it's good to hear that F 9/11 is breaking cinema records already...