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Moore. Smoore. Get your facts right, buddy. [11?] If Moore's deceiving ways were ways to loose weight, Micheal Moore, the

director of Bowling for Columbine, would be the skinniest man alive. The

documentary claims that Charleston Heston, the leader of the NRA, had total

control over what he was doing, making it look as though the movie star

'rushed to' Denver, Colorado and Flint, Michigan for his gun rallies RIGHT

after the Columbine High School Massicre and the killing of a 6 year old. It

made it seem as if he did not care about the incidents. It may seem Moore's

claim is correct in the movie, but the impression a viewer gets from Bowling

for Columbine is a false one. Heston had his trip to Denver and Flint planned

in advance, for it was an annual meeting. Because he could not cancel the

event completely, Heston did pay his respects.

What about Heston's rifle raising and proclamation of, "I have only five words

for you: 'from my cold, dead, hands" that is shown/heard more than once

through the film? Moore claims that Heston said those words at the NRA

Denver rally. False. Moore then has a clip from the actual Denver meeting,

but does not play the full speech, having his viewers assume that Heston did

not give a care about Columbine, but whenever he full heartedly apoligized.

Looking close to the clips shown, Heston is even wearing different clothing.
As the for the Flint incident, Moore made his viewers believe that Heston was

coming to places like Flint because he had no heart. By zooming up on the

NRA's website page, Moore zooms in on the words, "48-hours after Kayla

Rolland is pronounced dead", thus persuading the viewer to believe that

Heston was this evil, gun greedy man who did go to Flint for the single

purpose of his guns.

Moore is a very intelligent man, but why deceive an audience? His "NRA and

Reaction to Tragedy" was a complete bowl of false, assumptions, but with

factual ingredients. Though Moore had facts , he used them way out of place

and for deceiving.




Works Cited:

http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2003/8/12/171427/607

http://www.hardylaw.net/Truth_About_Bowling.html