Thursday, March 30, 2006

F For First!

We beat Cooper to an insight. Dig:

There's been a certain amount of grumbling and objection to the film from the cultural and political right claiming it glorifies terrorism, violence and bloodshed. Poppyock. For the defenders of the war in Iraq, for those who would support the unleashing of the firepower of the U.S. armed forces to overthrow tyranny in Iraq, why on earth would they be squeamish about the violence perpetrated by one man aimed at overthrowing those who smothered the oldest democracy in the world? Could it be some sort of hypocrisy? Oh, of course not!