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Old 06-13-2007, 04:17 PM   #152
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Originally Posted by jonesy View Post
To address the original point of this thread, I can't believe all the people that think it is ok to show only one side of a major current issue. Whatever happened to showing both sides and letting all the intelligent people form their own opinion?

What is the worry? If it is so obvious, they will all make the right choice.
It's definetly not ok to only show one side of a contentious issue. I can't believe that the movie is even allowed to be shown in schools except as an example of a political movie.

Where did people get the ideas that documentaries are meant to promote unbiased, critical analyses of subject matter? Documentaries are meant to argue a specific viewpoint. It's like a video argumentative essay. Though some can merely explore an issue without coming to a point I suppose. Gore's film is not of that type.

The science behind it may have a lot of evidentiary support, but the movie is arguably persuasive in nature. Exposing younger children to that type of medium is dangerous if not handled properly.
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