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Spielberg blasts 'extremist' critics of 'Munich'
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| 1/22/06
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Posted on 01/22/2006 4:02:16 PM PST by wagglebee
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"Schindler's List" and "Saving Private Ryan" are two of my favorite movies. I thought that Spielberg would leave his leftist politics out of this, I guess I was wrong.
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posted on
01/22/2006 4:02:17 PM PST
by
wagglebee
To: SJackson
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posted on
01/22/2006 4:02:40 PM PST
by
wagglebee
("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
To: wagglebee
I guess the issue comes down to are we willing to do bad things to advance a good and just cause.
Since most people in their lives at some point or another have in fact done bad things to advance a bad or unjust cause, I don't think it's a very controversial question. :-)
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posted on
01/22/2006 4:04:58 PM PST
by
HitmanLV
(Listen to my demos for Savage Nation contest: http://www.geocities.com/mr_vinnie_vegas/index.html)
To: wagglebee
What do you think the reaction would be on the left if someone made a movie about the motives, family and human side of someone who kills gays? I mean, they're human beings too. We must understand them, right?
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posted on
01/22/2006 4:04:59 PM PST
by
Hildy
(The only difference between a rut and a grave is the depth)
To: wagglebee
Spielberg has turned into one of those guys who thinks he can give it, but can't take it.
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posted on
01/22/2006 4:05:10 PM PST
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: wagglebee
Insisting on the truth is too extreme for him.
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posted on
01/22/2006 4:06:48 PM PST
by
SampleMan
To: wagglebee
Waiting for Spielberg's "Understanding Adolf Hitler"...
To: LibFreeOrDie
"The Misunderstood and Unappreciated Pol Pot."
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posted on
01/22/2006 4:08:18 PM PST
by
wagglebee
("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
To: wagglebee
"But it does not excuse the act when you ask what the motives of the perpetrators were and show that they were also individuals with families and a history"
Hmmm, well. Goebbles had six children and Goering I believe had five...real family men with histories....
So you were saying Steven..?
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posted on
01/22/2006 4:08:55 PM PST
by
fizziwig
To: wagglebee
"Understanding Josef Stalin"?
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posted on
01/22/2006 4:09:36 PM PST
by
jimbo123
To: wagglebee
Spielberg, 59, told German news weekly Der Spiegel that "Munich" aims to reclaim the debate about the moral costs of the struggle against terror from "extremists" and engage moderate forces in the West and the Middle East. So he admits that he crafted the film to advance his agenda, and not to be an objective retelling of the truth...
To: wagglebee
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posted on
01/22/2006 4:10:35 PM PST
by
tomahawk
To: Hildy
"What do you think the reaction would be on the left if someone made a movie about the motives, family and human side of someone who kills gays? I mean, they're human beings too. We must understand them, right?"Spot on.. that is perfect.
To: wagglebee
Spielberg is leaving out that the Israelis are dealing with people who only understand force. Negotiating is a sign of weakness.
To: wagglebee
"Munich" is all about moral relativism, pure and simple. The homo cowpoke movie wins out with higher share because it doesn't have to justify murder in the form of terrorism. Essentially, it's just about two queers humping each other on the range and only offers the tired question of why this can't be normal. Spielberg miscalculated against the moral black and white aspects of the 1972 events in Munich and attempted to blur the line of good vs.evil. Most people aren't buying it or a ticket to his movie. His moral compass is the one that needs calibrating.
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posted on
01/22/2006 4:12:41 PM PST
by
TADSLOS
(Right Wing Infidel since 1954)
To: jimbo123
The left adores Stalin, that one wouldn't even be a surprise. I think that Oliver Stone is working on a movie about how wonderful Castro is.
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posted on
01/22/2006 4:13:03 PM PST
by
wagglebee
("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
To: wagglebee
I've got these Hollywierd leftists on a short leash, as for when I decide to and not to attend their movies. When Spielberg came out with the militarisic movies I didn't buy into it. The a.h. backed Clinton with his big donations. Is that the action of a person who revers and honors our military? I pegged his movies as a way to tap into the cash vaults of those who did rever our military.
Now his true wishy washy nature has been revealed. I was confident it would.
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posted on
01/22/2006 4:13:26 PM PST
by
DoughtyOne
(01/11/06: Ted Kennedy becomes the designated driver and moral spokesperson for the Democrat party.)
To: wagglebee
"Should you leave the debate to the great over-simplifiers? The extreme Jews and extreme Palestinians who consider any kind of negotiated settlement to be a kind of treason?" he said in remarks printed in German. I guess it is extremism to want to bring just to murders.
It must also be over-simplifying to say that someone who takes civilians captives and murders them is a terrorist and you should not grant them the status of a soldier in uniform or grant them the niceties of a trial before hunting them down and killing them like the rabid dogs that they are.
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posted on
01/22/2006 4:14:17 PM PST
by
Pontiac
(Ignorance of the law is no excuse, ignorance of your rights can be fatal.)
To: wagglebee
Unless by "understanding" he means being able to better thwart their plans and kill them...
Yeah we should understand what makes them tick. Not that Spielberg has the correct motivation in mind.
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posted on
01/22/2006 4:14:18 PM PST
by
M203M4
To: wagglebee
So the people who criticize Spielberg's film are extremists, but the terrorists who massacre Israeli athletes and cut captives' throats are not extremists. What planet is Spielberg living on...
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