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by Blanket-Man
Apr 18th, 2008
10:02:31 AM
to say this movie sucks? Probably not.
Isn't this supposed to be shite?
by Lost Jarv
Apr 18th, 2008
10:06:21 AM
I seem to remember it being critically savaged.
Spurlock
by Series7
Apr 18th, 2008
10:18:51 AM
I like you. We get it you are a likeable enthusiastic guy. But you are becoming the definition of one trick pony. Stop making your "CONTROVERSIAL" documentaries that play out more family dramas with your wife then anything useful or in-depth. Stick with producing. 30 days is actually worth while. The Superhero movie was excellent. I don't mind you having to put your mug on everything you do because your the biggest media whore this side of Kevin Smith, but just stop making your documentaries. That are stop calling them documentaries. Most documentaries are made by people who have spent years with the subject they are filming and have done lots of reaserch. Supersize Me came off about as in-depth as a wikipedia post. You aren't as good as you think, use your fame to help bring other more talanted filmmakers out. It is hard to hate Morgan, because he does come off as an interesting fun guy. Maybe thats why no one will tell him, his shit stinks.
It IS shite
by slone13
Apr 18th, 2008
10:19:27 AM
I saw nearly 45 minutes of this a couple months ago. Morgan's a narcissistic douche. There are numerous times in the footage that I saw where Spurlock is genuinely surprised that he is not allowed to just waltz into temples and start filming whatever he wants and interview whomever he pleases. Ignorant asshole.
www.aint-it-liberal-propaganda.c om
by uss cygnus
Apr 18th, 2008
10:25:16 AM
AICN Supports AL-Qaeda '08!
AID AND COMFORT TO THE ENEMY=TREASON
by uss cygnus
Apr 18th, 2008
10:27:03 AM
I guess Spurlock, and Oliver Stone were out burning the flag on the day they taught that in school. Deport them both.
Wasn't this interview already posted?
by tonagan
Apr 18th, 2008
10:28:22 AM
I swear I saw it on here a couple of months ago. I'd search for it but, well, you know how the search function works here.
HEy uss!!
by F U Popeaphile
Apr 18th, 2008
10:37:13 AM
How could you see through the eye holes of your hood when you typed those most excellent comments?
www.usscygnusisacunt.com
by Lost Jarv
Apr 18th, 2008
10:39:38 AM
What a fucking toolbox.

IS that the best you can do? Dickhead.

It's not as if you haven't recycled that shitty joke about, oh say, 1000000 times. Is your idea to repeat until funny? because it isn't working.

Lost Jarv
by F U Popeaphile
Apr 18th, 2008
10:44:56 AM
You should see him over on the GI Joe tbs. He's all like..." GI JOKE!! GI JOKE!!!....See what I came up with?....umm No. What a fag
I did see it, but at least it isn't a repeat of his usual
by Lost Jarv
Apr 18th, 2008
10:48:30 AM
crap. Or his lame title spams.

He's a knuckledragging cretin.

"would have sent shockwaves of embarrassment throughout the curr
by Sakurai
Apr 18th, 2008
11:06:12 AM
It would of been embarrassment for our country and more specifically, our military. They are the ones looking for him. Its not Bush out there with a flashlight. Be reasonable Capone.
As I predicted...
by MorbidObesity
Apr 18th, 2008
11:22:41 AM
...Node is stupid enough to be there on opening night. Here's a doc that's dull enough to bring the Right and Left together in agreeing it's a waste of time.
And as anybody could've predicted...
by MorbidObesity
Apr 18th, 2008
11:36:29 AM
...Node still hasn't figured out that an AICN screen name doesn't require a literal translation. Well, the doctor did say last week I'm fifteen pounds over my ideal weight, so maybe Node the Bodybuilder has a point. Also, let's once again note that Node's own screen name is definitely based on real life, since he named himself after a knob.
that interview was gay
by krycek08
Apr 18th, 2008
11:41:02 AM
as in homosexual gay
You are a loathsome fascist Morbid
by Lost Jarv
Apr 18th, 2008
11:44:17 AM
and I'm devastated that I missed giving you and your equally vile compadre AnimalBraneBalls a thorough kicking for some of your truly dreadful and wildly innaccurate beliefs
You sound excitable, Lost Jarv.
by MorbidObesity
Apr 18th, 2008
11:49:16 AM
I have no "compadres" here at AICN, so don't try to include my views with that of anyone else. That said, don't be shy. Go ahead and cite what you consider to be one of my dreadful beliefs.
So, wait, his excuse is
by GodMars
Apr 18th, 2008
12:05:38 PM
My wife got pregnant? No, I think I'm going to stick with shite concept/shite flim maker.
Did you know fast food makes you fat?
by Sithdan
Apr 18th, 2008
12:21:15 PM
It's unhealthy. Also, did you know that the Earth is round and G.W. is a moron?
Where in the world is Morgan Spurlock?
by Spastic Jedi
Apr 18th, 2008
12:26:18 PM
Oh right, he's right there on camera the whole time.

When did documentaries become about the documentarian?

Seems to me Moore and Spurlock make projects about themselves more than anything else.

Judging from Node's last post...
by MorbidObesity
Apr 18th, 2008
12:28:50 PM
....I should assume his screen name is some sort of misspelling. Typos are no big deal, but Node's really got some kind of sputtering idiocy going there. Maybe he should try typing with both hands. (And spare us the projection. What is it with those types here?)
midwives...
by Wee Willie
Apr 18th, 2008
12:48:18 PM
My wife and I were on the midwife train with our first kid. One day, we had an MSS screening done. The results came back that our kid had a 75% chance of having Down's Syndrome. We were devestated. Then we got a sheepish call from the midwife explaining that she had filled out our forms incorrectly before sending them along with my wife's blood sample... We fired her and went with a doctor, who re-did the test and found that the kids was well within normal range. THEN, when our son was born, he got stuck. His little shoulder got stuck on my wife's pelvis. The doctor did some quick cutting with a scalpel, reached in, and freed the little dude. The nurse said later that it takes a lot of skill to do what the doctor did and that if my son had been stuck for more than a minute, he likely would have died. I imagined what that incompetent midwife would have done in a similar situation. Who do you want to trust your unborn kid with? Someone with a college diploma, or eight years of training, plus residency?
HAVE ANOTHER FRENCH FRY, SPURLOCK!
by Pennsy
Apr 18th, 2008
12:54:05 PM
Yes, I know it doesn't have the same ring as Jim Schoenfeld's "Go have another donut, you fat pig" to NHL referee Don Koharski, but no matter what side of the political aisle you're on, Spurlock is just a waste of space. Michael Moore is Edward R. Murrow compared to this self-aggrandizer.
MORBID'S POWERS OF DEDUCTION ARE PITIFUL
by BringingSexyBack
Apr 18th, 2008
01:07:04 PM
Ever notice the URL to AICN's pages? That's where "Node" comes from, Sherlock.

I thought Bush was gonna smoke out bin Laden, you know, to bring justice to 3,000 Americans killed?

Bush: "A fellow came the other day to the office, and said, well, are you worried about Mr. bin Laden? I said, no, I'm not too worried about him. He's the guy that needs to be worried. But I want to assure you, the objective is not bin Laden. Oh, we'll get bin Laden. There's only so many caves he can hide in, if he's still hiding in caves. My attitude was, once we get him running, it's just a matter of time before we bring him to justice."

Prick.

Actually, Node...
by MorbidObesity
Apr 18th, 2008
01:11:43 PM
...I clearly stated that typos were no big deal, but your ineptitude seems downright inspired by idiocy. And goofing on typing skills is high comedy compared to making fat jokes on a site like AICN...or haven't you noticed that AICN was founded by a person who's significantly overweight? You know, as in real life? Which you can't seem to distinguish from a simple screen name? Oh, well. Indulging a dolt like Node is at least more entertaining than Spurlock's incredibly dull doc. Seriously, it's that bad.
And, yes, BSB...
by MorbidObesity
Apr 18th, 2008
01:13:26 PM
...that's easily noticed. In fact, many URLs have "node" within them. Now explain that to Node. He seems to think his screen name has something to do with matters of personal taste.
Another Liberal Circle Jerk
by msspurlock
Apr 18th, 2008
01:41:38 PM
Still preaching to the choir, I see. How do you sleep at night, Morgan?
Spurlock is douche supreme....
by Darth Macchio
Apr 18th, 2008
01:44:19 PM
And I still don't get why people aren't chasing this goat-teed fuck down the street with torches yelling "you took my super-sized coke away you fucking dickhat!!!"

Seriously. ..I don't need this self-obsessed putz telling me shit I already fucking know and then acting like he's god damn moses just got back from speaking to the burning bush. I consider him the same human shit-tripe as those fucktwit teenagers in the anti-smoking ads. These fucking adolescent morons, unfamiliar with anything remotely resembling critical thinking, join up in their masturbatory group-think pretentions that somehow using megaphones to yell at fat-cats out in front of the big tobacco buildings will make the minions of Sauron...err...I mean Big Tobacco realize the vile evil they have commited and what....start selling fucking candy? Nobody forces anybody to do anything in these contexts. Nobody forces you to smoke or eat fast food. And get off the "poor people" nebulous term used to defend these pretentious assholes. Poor people aren't allowed into fucking libraries? Poor people aren't allowed in school? Read a fucking book and stop acting like without you we'd all be monkeys chewing our nads up in the trees.

Oh and thanks for the right-versus-left continuation into this thread (no surprise) and hopefully infinity and beyond!!! (read: the modern version of SPY V SPY!!!!)...it's inane and totally awesome at the same time!!

Seriously...I'm sure all of you are probably decent people in real life...but seriously...get a room already! Sheesh!

Node32774
by Series7
Apr 18th, 2008
01:48:44 PM
his work is always relevant???? Supersize me may as well just been the nutrition fact sheet on the screen for an hour and a half. Enough time for retards who don't understand it to go look up what each thing means.

This biggest problem I have with Supersize me, is that the special features were more informative then the movie. There is an interview with Eric Schlosser thats is a million times more informative and interesting then what Morgan said. How Fast Food Nation was turned into a garbage fictional movie with a narative while Morgan get an Oscar nom for best doc? These two movies should have been totally the other way. Supersize Me Should've been a stupid comedy about a guy who was bet that he couldn't eat McD's for a whole month, and Morgan wouldn't have been half bad as the dumb shmuck. And Fast Food Nation should have been an in-depth documentary exposing the fast food world for those to lazy to read, or for those you would like to see pictures for the words. Spurlock is like Moore for dummies, and thats sad.

Oh
by Series7
Apr 18th, 2008
01:54:08 PM
And the like time by time shot of the different burgers left in the open and how it took forever for the McD's ones to spoil and the french fries never went. Yeah after seeing that it made me try to remember the last time I saw a french fry that didn't like just like every other french fry I had ever seen. That concept, while very basic, was pretty damn effecttive in getting the point across of how bad that food is.
Supersize Me and Common Sense
by TheLastCleric
Apr 18th, 2008
01:57:45 PM
Of course we all know that fast food is bad for you but who would've thought eating at McDonald's for one month, 3 squares per day, could do so much damage to your body in such a small amount of time? There was also quite a bit of ancillary information provided in the film, including the ridiculous portions of food Americans consume at one sitting. The film wasn't merely about the perils of fast food but also the portions we consume, which is the real cause of obesity in this country.
DARTHMACCHIO
by BringingSexyBack
Apr 18th, 2008
01:58:06 PM
Although I tend to agree that eating fast food is, of course, voluntary, I disagree about smoking. Nicotine is highly addictive, and the cigarette companies are not only aware of it, but they control the amount of nicotine and introduce chemicals to speed up the nicotine delivery. So smoking really is a different issue than fast food. And far more dangerous. If smoking were outlawed, I have no doubt that in less than a year's time, no one would even miss a cigarette, and our nation's health would be vastly improved, to say the least.
Plus
by Series7
Apr 18th, 2008
02:07:27 PM
Spelunking was ordering like $10 worth of food at a time when he went to McD's. Normally people only order one meal. Not a meal and and 2 burgers.

Granted I just ordered $9 of crap at Taco Bell the other night (and was not high). But I did just get off of from working 12 hours. I ain't got Morbid's problem, in fact I actually lost 8 pounds this week.

Node32774
by Series7
Apr 18th, 2008
02:09:42 PM
Have you read fast food nation?
Hey, Node finally figured out...
by MorbidObesity
Apr 18th, 2008
02:19:42 PM
...that I've seen this film. And as I said, any film fan of any ideology is going to want their money back after enduring this one. On the other hand, Ben Stein's EXPELLED is playing in select theaters, and it's surprisingly good...to the point that folks on the Left might agree with the entertainment value. The high point is when Stein casually gets one poor prominent atheist to concede, well, yeah, SURE, there might be a God.
By the way, Node...
by MorbidObesity
Apr 18th, 2008
02:25:41 PM
...nice cutting and pasting. Everybody here knows you're too dopey to compose a phrase as articulate as, "these foods can trigger changes in the brain similar to full-blown addiction."
NODE - THAT'S INTERESTING
by BringingSexyBack
Apr 18th, 2008
02:26:26 PM
I have a very high metabolism so I never had a weight problem, and I do enjoy some fatty foods (fat does taste awesome). But if what you say is true, then the country really does need to address the problem through some regulation and education. I'm a former smoker, so I can seriously attest to the addictive quality of nicotine/cigarettes. That shit really takes people over. But quitting it was so damned easy once you understood your own addiction. I think the same could be done for fat people like Morbid here.
MORBID - IF YOU WANT TO LOSE WEIGHT
by BringingSexyBack
Apr 18th, 2008
02:28:31 PM
I recommend you look up a weight loss book by Allen Carr. His book on quitting smoking helped me quit in a matter of days, so I think he could be of help to you for your weight loss problem. Good luck.
THERE'S A FINE LINE BETWEEN ATHEISTS AND DEISTS
by BringingSexyBack
Apr 18th, 2008
02:32:57 PM
I frequently cross it. Depends on my mood.
I was talking to the grown-ups, Node.
by MorbidObesity
Apr 18th, 2008
02:35:13 PM
See, I noted that EXPELLED is entertaining enough that people of all political ideologies might enjoy it. That's in contrast to Spurlock's dopey doc. And if you'd see the film, then you'd understand why that scene was worth noting...especially in matters of Dawkins. Why don't you and BSB just keep chatting over there? We'll send over some soft drinks.
Node32774
by Series7
Apr 18th, 2008
02:40:58 PM
There is a section of the book about how all the frech fries come from almost one factory or like a few. And there is one person that gets to just taste french fries all day long. Like freshly cut and fried. I was like wow, I never thought there would be a job that I was born to do, but there is. Man I would kill to have that job. The author said that it was the best damn fries he ever had.
YOU WANNA HEAR SOMETHING TOTALLY FREAKY?
by BringingSexyBack
Apr 18th, 2008
02:41:58 PM
True story, somewhat related to this religion side topic ...

A couple of months ago, my GF and I were sitting on the couch and we heard some tapping. It was a very steady tapping, maybe an even 8 seconds apart. We looked around and she saw that her handbag was moving. It looked like something was tapping it from the inside (I wish I had taped this). A very steady tap. She couldn't think of anything that would do that, like her cellphone or whatever. So I took it to the hallway thinking it might be a mouse ...

I emptied the purse and there was NOTHING in it that could have caused the tapping. Absolutely nothing. We were baffled by it, but couldn't figure it out.

A few days later, she told her mom about it, and her mom reminded her that her cat (who lived with her mom) had just recently passed away, and that cat always loved to play in her handbags before. So now we're convinced her kitty had paid us a visit.

It's times like that I do believe in the spiritual world, perhaps in God, but I certainly don't put any faith in organized religion.

Translating Node for the grown-ups:
by MorbidObesity
Apr 18th, 2008
03:00:52 PM
"As long as they're diet." See, he's referring to some soft drinks cited in a long-ago post. It took him a while to come up with a response. Like I said, typos are one thing -- but Node really can't spell, right? As noted, the only coherent post he's made here so far has been an unattributed cut-and-paste job.
I sent my Sarah Marshall review to Mori...
by Pennsy
Apr 18th, 2008
03:07:06 PM
It was the world premiere at Grauman's Chinese in LA, but it's still not posted. :(
A worthy look?
by Luscious.868
Apr 18th, 2008
03:29:17 PM
I doubt it. Spurlock isn't exactly what I'd call an unbiased observer.
Seriously, fuck this movie in the ear
by SHINEBOXgreen
Apr 18th, 2008
03:30:58 PM
Saw it at Sundance. It will make your brain bleed and your testicles shrivel.
Last posts never age!
by MorbidObesity
Apr 18th, 2008
03:35:22 PM
You learn the most...um, interesting things from Node. Interesting, but nothing more accurate than what Spurlock has to say in this film, of course.
Not about addiction...it's about pretentious bullshit
by Darth Macchio
Apr 18th, 2008
04:00:19 PM
I wasn't saying anything regarding the addictive qualities of either. What I was referring to is how these choads like Spurlock and the "just got out of bed hair" teenager militant anti-smokers aren't telling anyone anything they either don't already know or couldn't find out with a cursory search. The difference being that cigs were sold back in the day as a valid appetite suppressant and they even had fake doctors saying, in essence, that this cigarette was healthy for you when the reality was it's only marginally *less dangerous* due to some flimsy filter. Of course that first cig always came with that lovely hacking cough which I'm sure no one would think is bad for you? So my point wasn't that fast food or cigarettes are or are not additcive. However, they both are *obviously* bad for you plus information relating these facts has been available longer than the guv has been enforcing nutrition labels, etc.

As for fast food being addictive? Links please. Forgive my skepticism but it sounds an awful lot like "I'm big boned" or "I weigh 300lbs cause it's genetic" or some other bullshit 'reason' for not marginalizing obesity within society or to allow the individual the semantic escape from the poor dietary choices he or she makes. PC-correct niceties aside...obesity and shitty diets are almost guaranteed the number one cause of death in the US. Talking about the addiction to fast foods as if it's equivalent to heroin or cigarette addiction...both *chemically* addictive...is likely to be pure pseudo-scientific bullshit. Culturally addictive? Why not right? Just about anything that gives the human animal pleasure or placebo is culturally/socially addictive. That aside, I'm not saying it isn't addictive for sure cuz I don't know...but unless you've got some known medical journals and physiology articles out of the blue somehow saying that fast foods or sugary junk food are now physically or chemically (not socially/culturally) addictive...I simply don't buy it...links please!

Did you realize that there is no clear cut case of someone dying from second hand smoke? That's right kids...the DEA report that all of the militant anti-smoker campaign causes of the supposed harm to innocent bystanders? Yup...complete bullshit. And even our own government has bought the hype based on a bullshit report with fabricated cases. Second-hand smoke is a nuisance...nothing more (tho I wouldn't blow smoke into an infants crib or anything!). And no...I'm not a smoker (I was) but I believe in the scientific method versus what some jackass like Spurlock has to say just cause he feels like opening up his pie-hole and vomiting his opinions on everybody in range.

Treason! Bloody fucking rape! Treason!
by HExTeXly
Apr 18th, 2008
04:08:08 PM
Rush Limbaugh can go suck a fat one (Harry's?). SSM was great, can't wait to see this one...just like SSM--on Lifetime. At 3AM. On a school night. Fucks ta all, y'all!!!
The AICN Republican Guard
by KazamaSmokers
Apr 18th, 2008
04:50:32 PM
You can set your watch by these idiots.
Wow, Node...
by Stevie Grant
Apr 18th, 2008
05:07:51 PM
It really troubles me how liberals have reduced "fascist" to a meaningless, mindless insult. I guess appropriation is the best way to dissolve an inherently, just-fucking-wrong, regardless-of-all-the-reasons- it-is-bad, term, into a defense nowadays. Right, nigga!
There's an AICN Republican Guard?
by MorbidObesity
Apr 18th, 2008
05:24:58 PM
Or is KazamaSmokers just so lazy that he assumes anyone who isn't a loyal Leftist belongs to the Republican Party? Well, if there is an AICN Republican Guard, it seems the Leftists here can call them "idiots," but can't explain why they are because...well, man, it's just so obvious! If you, like, have to ask...well, screw you!
Liberals VS Conservatives!!
by Darth Macchio
Apr 18th, 2008
05:45:31 PM
Arguing about how badly the other sucks without ever debating any actual issues. Do you guys think you'll actually change each other's minds? Or, more accurately, do you think you'll actually change each other's minds with the specific things you say here? Do you have arguments in the meat world like this too?

Regardless...it is occasionally fun to read. And forgive the fake/pretentious "above it all" tone...I do indeed have a say...it's just that, to me, it is the definition of 'pointlessness' trying to argue these things on an informal and anonymous forum which is about movies anyway! But that's just my opinion and I could be right.

Macchio
by Stevie Grant
Apr 18th, 2008
05:57:50 PM
I agree with you. Arguing politics with total strangers on an anonymous internet forum is very, very gay. I try to stay away from it, and occasionally succeed. That being said... I'll most likely fail later tonight and perpetuate total suckage on this TB forum.
I dunno, guys...
by MorbidObesity
Apr 18th, 2008
06:02:33 PM
This tb seems pretty reserved. I couldn't even get Lost Jarv to provide an example of my "truly dreadful" beliefs that make me such a "fascist." Most AICN readers on the Right and Left are probably intelligent enough just to skip over a Spurlock interview.
America is still number one, baby
by 18to88
Apr 18th, 2008
06:09:57 PM
In France you don't even have freedom of speech. Just ask Bridget Bardot.
THE MISSION WAS ALREADY ACCOMPLISHED!!!
by Err
Apr 18th, 2008
06:18:42 PM
Bush said so
MORGAN SPURLOCK = MICHAEL MOORE VERSION 2!!!
by Err
Apr 18th, 2008
06:19:07 PM
Only more of a hack.
true 18to88
by Stevie Grant
Apr 18th, 2008
06:50:21 PM
Bardot is on trial (again) for writing a personal, private letter to a politician that later got published. Sad thing is, I can see that sort of bullshit happening in the US within a decade or two.
Stevie, you avoid the arguments but never cease to
by samsquanch
Apr 18th, 2008
06:57:34 PM
weigh in when you have a good point to make. You're the example of reasonable, informed conservative thought round these parts, in my opinion. I try to avoid argument, rarely succeed, but thanks to folks like you the conversation stays somewhat sane. It's when people, (right or left) start calling people 'idiots' and 'fucktards', or when the stupidest conversation in the world fires up- the semantic bullshit circle-jerk of: "The Nazi's had the word socialist in their name, they must be liberals!" That everything falls to pieces. Uh-oh, I think I just opened the Pandora's Box of bullshit...

here we go...

Macchio- Battle Royale?
by samsquanch
Apr 18th, 2008
06:58:38 PM
Premature?
Samsquanch...
by MorbidObesity
Apr 18th, 2008
07:16:35 PM
...given your lazy (and/or desperate) way of slanting an argument, it seems more likely that you've filled up the Pandora's Box of bullshit.
um, what?
by samsquanch
Apr 18th, 2008
07:28:17 PM
How the hell did I deserve that, Morbid? I don't recall ever even speaking to you in the past. I guess you're one of those people who has actually made such an argument of that fallacy, and you're defending your position through insulting me? No offence to you personally, man, but if you have made this argument before, I have no sympathy for you.
uss cygnus
by shodan6672
Apr 18th, 2008
07:53:18 PM
Please come up with something different. You have made the same post several times. Nothing wrong with being conservative but a Limbaugh-worshipping dittohead is pathetic.
Actually, Samsquanch...
by MorbidObesity
Apr 18th, 2008
08:19:05 PM
...it's plenty of carefully chronicled history that defends my position on certain matters. You have my sympathy if you come here to spout your delusions; you certainly wouldn't last long in other circles. But it's nice to see that we can all agree that USS Cygnus needs to come up with a new subject heading.
I guess by 'sympathy'
by samsquanch
Apr 18th, 2008
08:27:27 PM
I mean 'can't take anything you say seriously.'

why can't we all just get along?

"Anonymous forum," Macchio?
by Garbage
Apr 18th, 2008
08:32:20 PM
But you posted your real name--Darth Macchio. It's right there on every post you make, so that's hardly "anonymous." You blew it, boy! You really blew it!
Excellent!
by Darth Macchio
Apr 18th, 2008
09:01:34 PM
Battle Royale indeed!!! Serious is as serious does. Or not.

Darth Macchio is just my underground fighting circle tag. There's one guy...calls himself the Blade. Boris the Blade. I mean Boris the bullet dodger. As in he dodges bullets Avi.

FUCK ALL YOU
by Stevie Grant
Apr 18th, 2008
09:32:28 PM
Darth Macchio has a golden idea... TB'ers fighting each other over political issues: BEST IDEA EVER (as long as George Sr. is there to tape said fights and market 'Boy Fights, AICN Edition' for the rest of our amusement).

by Stevie Grant
Apr 18th, 2008
09:33:19 PM
that would kick so much ass (only in the metaphorical sense, obviously)
DARTH MACCHIO
by BringingSexyBack
Apr 18th, 2008
11:13:48 PM
I'm not knocking your greater point, but just making a distinction between eating and smoking. I don't know much about eating disorders but I do know smoking involves both physical and psychological addictions. Not to put too fine a point on it, but every smoker knows how bad it is. But just knowing it's bad is not enough to permanently quit it, and I think organizations like truth do help by spreading information. Cigarettes kill a whole lot of people. Only a dysfunctional and immoral society would allow it to continue without at least trying to help people stop.

As for arguing politics on AICN, I've found it to be a fascinating forum, given the right TB, and there are a ton of well-informed people, from a great diversity of backgrounds, to learn from here. At least that's been my personal experience. Sometimes it feels like a Battle Royale, but that's a small price to pay for such a freedom of exchange here.

So...
by jsm1978
Apr 19th, 2008
11:19:52 AM
Another interview with this guy about a documentary THIS VERY WEBSITE has ripped to pieces in the past. Yet not a single word anywhere about Ben Stein's documentary that came out in theaters yesterday?
Needs more Rockapella
by ChrisTuckersOnlyFan
Apr 19th, 2008
11:29:58 AM
Freakonomics
by Omegaman
Apr 19th, 2008
01:05:03 PM
You dont know what Freaknomics is? You must not... read much. I guess you have to be interested in politics. Freakonmics proves that Abortion (Roe v Wade) is what led to the huge drop in crime rates over the last couple decades. Abortion has a very postive impact on a country because it keeps single, poor, females from having babies they cant care for. And that lowers the crime rate, the welfare roles, etc.... Ill be curious to see if they cover that issue in the Freakonomics movie.
Omegaman
by Stevie Grant
Apr 19th, 2008
01:26:41 PM
Levitt is a very famous economist because of studies like that, and generally respected in the field, but there are a lot of other economists who disagree with his process, figures, and results on his abortion paper (just like any given economic paper). It's been a while since I read the book, but, for example, I'm pretty sure he didn't take the 80's crack wars and resulting laws into consideration. His papers are interesting but saying he "proves" it might be a bit strong.
sorry Node
by Stevie Grant
Apr 19th, 2008
03:49:21 PM
I must have confused you and Jarv
Spurlock =
by Mel Garga
Apr 19th, 2008
03:49:44 PM
the poor man's Michael Moore's intern.
If it's any consolation, Node...
by MorbidObesity
Apr 19th, 2008
06:07:48 PM
...I certainly read you as a moron instead of as a fascist.
Freakonomics is the new Bell Curve
by JackieJokeman
Apr 20th, 2008
05:14:37 PM
And is being thought of as such by more and more people. Meaning its unfounded and racist pro-eugenics crap.
EXPELLED is a piece of shit
by NapoleonDynamite
Apr 21st, 2008
12:05:39 AM
I saw it today. It's sleazy, manipulative, dishonet trash that couldn't possibly be effective with anyone with an IQ higher than room temperature. The Dwkins scene was a joke. Dawkins says that alien deigners are hypothetically possible (which they are), but that those aliens would still have to be a product of natural evolution, not magic. Stein tries to ridicule Dawkins for positibng a "science fiction" scenario when Dawkins was speaking purely rhetorically and obviously did nt express any actual belief in the alien scenario. What's lost on Stein and his imbecile target audience is that, as ludicrous as alien designers might sound., they're still not as far fetched as hypothesizing a magical fairy who lives in the sky.
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