Monday, October 18, 2004
Fahrenheit 9/11 Script posted online
For those of you who want to wade through the movie without supporting it... Here's the script.
Another great resource is the Fah. 9/11 Teacher's Guide. Basically when the questions you ask the class aren't true then what you get is an emotional learning experience not based on fact but based on propaganda.
Quote from Michaelmoore.com's Teacher's Guide page:
I found about 40% of the Teacher's Guide to be misphrased or absolutely incorrect. That's at first glance without actually diving in and debating every single list, I could be off by about 5%, but I know certain 'facts' were misrepresented horribly about the events leading up to 9/11.
One example had dates listed wrong for the amount of time that we had enforced the no-fly zone over Iraq - by about SEVEN years. I know because I was there. It also stated it was a 'United States' operation, not authorized by the United Nations.
(from the Teacher's Guide)
Situation #10 (1998-2002) No-Fly Zone
The U.S. and Britain (France withdrew from this coalition), without United Nations authority, have been patrolling and bombing in "no-fly zones" in Iraq. The U.S. and Britain say that they patrol these regions to protect the lives of minority groups that Saddam might threaten. The U.S. and Britain engage in almost daily attacks on Iraqi anti-aircraft emplacements. They launch major bombing episodes in response to alleged significant movements of Iraqi armor in border areas. U.S. and Britain allow pilots to strike any part of the Iraqi air defense system, not just those directly targeting U.S./British aircraft by firing on them or by "locking on" radar detectors to U.S./British planes. The result is up to 5 tons of bombs dropped on Iraq per month with 144 civilians (members of minority groups in the region) killed and 446 injured in 1999 alone. Critics say the bombings violate the United Nations Charter by using military force to allegedly "police" illegal "no-fly" zones that have never been authorized by the U.N. Security Council or by the U.S. Congress. Will the U.S. continue to enforce these "no fly zones?" What will the U.S. government do?
Really? Resolution 688 of the UN Security Council is what I was there in 1992 to enforce. That went into effect with direct UN authority. I see a direct fallacy posed in that 'situation'.
... and our universities and places of higher education are using this as curriculum? I know this because of a friend who's a film student told me her film class at SDSU dealt with Fah. 9/11.
Another great resource is the Fah. 9/11 Teacher's Guide. Basically when the questions you ask the class aren't true then what you get is an emotional learning experience not based on fact but based on propaganda.
Quote from Michaelmoore.com's Teacher's Guide page:
The lessons and activities in this GUIDE are designed to help students develop a
critical analytical ability, historical perspective, and applied math skills that will open their minds beyond the current issues covered in Fahrenheit 9/11.
I found about 40% of the Teacher's Guide to be misphrased or absolutely incorrect. That's at first glance without actually diving in and debating every single list, I could be off by about 5%, but I know certain 'facts' were misrepresented horribly about the events leading up to 9/11.
One example had dates listed wrong for the amount of time that we had enforced the no-fly zone over Iraq - by about SEVEN years. I know because I was there. It also stated it was a 'United States' operation, not authorized by the United Nations.
(from the Teacher's Guide)
Situation #10 (1998-2002) No-Fly Zone
The U.S. and Britain (France withdrew from this coalition), without United Nations authority, have been patrolling and bombing in "no-fly zones" in Iraq. The U.S. and Britain say that they patrol these regions to protect the lives of minority groups that Saddam might threaten. The U.S. and Britain engage in almost daily attacks on Iraqi anti-aircraft emplacements. They launch major bombing episodes in response to alleged significant movements of Iraqi armor in border areas. U.S. and Britain allow pilots to strike any part of the Iraqi air defense system, not just those directly targeting U.S./British aircraft by firing on them or by "locking on" radar detectors to U.S./British planes. The result is up to 5 tons of bombs dropped on Iraq per month with 144 civilians (members of minority groups in the region) killed and 446 injured in 1999 alone. Critics say the bombings violate the United Nations Charter by using military force to allegedly "police" illegal "no-fly" zones that have never been authorized by the U.N. Security Council or by the U.S. Congress. Will the U.S. continue to enforce these "no fly zones?" What will the U.S. government do?
Really? Resolution 688 of the UN Security Council is what I was there in 1992 to enforce. That went into effect with direct UN authority. I see a direct fallacy posed in that 'situation'.
... and our universities and places of higher education are using this as curriculum? I know this because of a friend who's a film student told me her film class at SDSU dealt with Fah. 9/11.
