Comments on: This Conversation Can Serve No Purpose Anymore http://www.thefilmcake.com/2009/12/15/this-conversation-can-serve-no-purpose-anymore/ Cinema is not a slice of life, but a piece of cake. -- Alfred Hitchcock Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:22:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: GraceKathryn http://www.thefilmcake.com/2009/12/15/this-conversation-can-serve-no-purpose-anymore/comment-page-1/#comment-478 GraceKathryn Mon, 28 Dec 2009 05:32:08 +0000 http://www.thefilmcake.com/?p=753#comment-478 Thank you, thank you, thank you for saying the <b>exact</b> same thing I thought about "New World Order." Frustratingly evenhanded, indeed. Did you notice how nearly every single person in the entire film, almost without exception, had Ron Paul paraphernalia plastered all over the place? The scene at the end where the guy at the rally gives a speech about how everyone should stockpile as much ammo and guns now as possible because (paraphrase) "of course we don't <i>want</i> this to come to violence, but if it does, we all need to be ready" is why Ron Paul's supporters/followers and all these conspiracy theorists (frequently one and the same) scare the hell out of me. I actually think his followers are dangerous... and I mean dangerous literally, in a violent way. Not just dangerous in that their political ideas would result in disastrous ends if ever actualized (although I believe that, too). Yes, I do grasp the irony of being paranoid of conspiracy theorists who are uber-paranoid themselves :-) Thank you, thank you, thank you for saying the exact same thing I thought about “New World Order.” Frustratingly evenhanded, indeed. Did you notice how nearly every single person in the entire film, almost without exception, had Ron Paul paraphernalia plastered all over the place? The scene at the end where the guy at the rally gives a speech about how everyone should stockpile as much ammo and guns now as possible because (paraphrase) “of course we don’t want this to come to violence, but if it does, we all need to be ready” is why Ron Paul’s supporters/followers and all these conspiracy theorists (frequently one and the same) scare the hell out of me. I actually think his followers are dangerous… and I mean dangerous literally, in a violent way. Not just dangerous in that their political ideas would result in disastrous ends if ever actualized (although I believe that, too).

Yes, I do grasp the irony of being paranoid of conspiracy theorists who are uber-paranoid themselves :-)

]]> By: Phil http://www.thefilmcake.com/2009/12/15/this-conversation-can-serve-no-purpose-anymore/comment-page-1/#comment-470 Phil Sun, 20 Dec 2009 04:15:34 +0000 http://www.thefilmcake.com/?p=753#comment-470 Just had to say you're absolutely right about "New World Order." There's fairness and then there's just absurd even-handedness. Letting people go unchallenged doesn't make for a "fair-minded" documentary. Just had to say you’re absolutely right about “New World Order.” There’s fairness and then there’s just absurd even-handedness. Letting people go unchallenged doesn’t make for a “fair-minded” documentary.

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