Comments on: Bowling for Columbine http://alledora.co.uk/wordpress/archives/2004/04/14/186 ...in which occasional posts describe occasionally boring things Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:22:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Alex http://alledora.co.uk/wordpress/archives/2004/04/14/186#comment-231 Alex Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.alledora.co.uk/archives/2004/04/14/186#comment-231 It is a good film. My dad dismissing Michael Moore as someone who spouts rubbish, which I think is a bit disappointing because he does raise some good points. His books are interesting reading too. The US isn't a bad place to go - there are weirdos there just as there are here. Unfortunately it's more likely they'll have a gun in the US. Mind you, I've been to the US loads of times and never seen a gun that wasn't in the hands of an officer of the law. It is a good film. My dad dismissing Michael Moore as someone who spouts rubbish, which I think is a bit disappointing because he does raise some good points. His books are interesting reading too. The US isn’t a bad place to go - there are weirdos there just as there are here. Unfortunately it’s more likely they’ll have a gun in the US.

Mind you, I’ve been to the US loads of times and never seen a gun that wasn’t in the hands of an officer of the law.

]]> By: MaW http://alledora.co.uk/wordpress/archives/2004/04/14/186#comment-232 MaW Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.alledora.co.uk/archives/2004/04/14/186#comment-232 It is a good film, and very thought-provoking. There are valid questions raised - especially why the gun murder rate in the USA is so massively higher than that in Canada, Australia, Germany, France or the UK. I think the conclusion is pretty much that there is something wrong with the US culture, but what it is is uncertain. I found it interesting how so many people he was talking to automatically assumed it had something to do with the mix of ethnic minorities in the USA, thus proving conclusively that most of them have no idea what things are like in other countries. Do they think the USA's the only Western nation with black citizens? It is a good film, and very thought-provoking. There are valid questions raised - especially why the gun murder rate in the USA is so massively higher than that in Canada, Australia, Germany, France or the UK. I think the conclusion is pretty much that there is something wrong with the US culture, but what it is is uncertain.

I found it interesting how so many people he was talking to automatically assumed it had something to do with the mix of ethnic minorities in the USA, thus proving conclusively that most of them have no idea what things are like in other countries. Do they think the USA’s the only Western nation with black citizens?

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