[CLUE-Talk] Political compass

[Jeff Cann]

On Sunday 09 November 2003 8:46 am, Sean LeBlanc wrote:

> He even admits himself toward the end of the movie that he's not sure why
> we have more gun deaths [1] than other countries. It's not, according to
> the movie, access to guns. It's not a history of violence.

I thought that his point is that people here are afraid of things that are 
unlikely to happen to them, but TV news (in particular) does a good job of 
promoting fear as a means to gain viewership.  

It's too bad that many people seemed to miss or ignore this point because he 
bagged on the NRA or used hyperbole to make his point.  IMHO, his point about 
fear is right on, maybe other things in his movie are not.

Jeff

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