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Offline Gunslinger

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« on: May 31, 2006, 05:19:49 PM »
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A double-amputee Iraq-war vet is suing Michael Moore for $85 million, claiming the portly peacenik recycled an old interview and used it out of context to make him appear anti-war in “Fahrenheit 9/11.”

Sgt. Peter Damon, 33, who strongly supports America’s invasion of Iraq, said he never agreed to be in the 2004 movie, which trashes President Bush.

In the 2003 interview, which he did at Walter Reed Army Hospital for NBC News, he discussed only a new painkiller the military was using on wounded vets. “They took the clip because it was a gut-wrenching scene,” Damon said yesterday. “They sandwiched it in. [Moore] was using me as ammunition.”

Damon seems to “voice complaint about the war effort” in the movie, according to the lawsuit.

But what the father of two from Middleborough, Mass., was really talking about was the “excruciating” pain he felt after he lost his arms when a Black Hawk helicopter exploded in front of him. Damon wasn’t expressing any opinion about the war, the suit charges, but rather extolling the drug.

“I just want everybody to know what kind of a guy Michael Moore is, and what kind of film this is,” said Damon. He has appeared in two films attacking “Fahrenheit” -“Michael Moore Hates America” and “Fahrenhype 9/11.” ...

Particularly outrageous to Damon is the fact that Moore never interviewed him or asked his permission to use the old clip


Personally I'd hate to be misquoted and put in a moore film but in reality I don't think the soldier has a leg to stand on (no pun intended if he'd lost his legs too) if he agreed to the orriginal interview and then Moore baught the rights to the interview for the film.  It would be kinda sad (like the entire movie) if this clip was used out of context (not like moore cares about that) but personally I cant remember the scene in wich this happens.
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« Reply #1 on: May 31, 2006, 05:24:47 PM »
From what I have read, almost everything in a Moore movie is either out of context or just plain wrong.  Seems he doesnt mind lieing to fool democrats and make money.
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« Reply #2 on: May 31, 2006, 06:12:27 PM »
Many news agencys, reality shows, and not a small number of documentaries are guilty of the same thing.  Why should some extremists personal agenda film be any different?

Believe nothing you hear and only half what you see.
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« Reply #3 on: May 31, 2006, 06:38:25 PM »
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Originally posted by ChickenHawk
Believe nothing you hear and only half what you see.


I question that...
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« Reply #4 on: May 31, 2006, 06:56:58 PM »
TV sucks, thats why i play this game :noid
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« Reply #5 on: May 31, 2006, 07:07:58 PM »
I'd send a dollar to that guy's legal defense fund.  Though if I win tonight's lottery, I'll send 10.
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« Reply #6 on: May 31, 2006, 11:33:09 PM »
Sad thing is, if he wins, the lawyer will get 35-40% of that compensation. Personally, I'd like to see him (the lawyer), justify a payout that big. Not saying it can't be done, just interested in the tactics he'll use.

Ironic thing is, it's the more liberal judges, juries and jurisdictions that make these high-profile pay-days possible. If it works out, Michael Moore might get done-in by an offshoot of his own supposed ideology.

I'm wondering how much of that movie's profits Moore kept, and how much he dedicated to his favorite cause.
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« Reply #7 on: June 01, 2006, 12:55:20 AM »
michael moore should have eaten the guy when he had the chance...
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« Reply #8 on: June 01, 2006, 09:01:06 AM »
Mikie Moore= Do as I say not as I do!!     what a jerk off
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« Reply #9 on: June 01, 2006, 09:31:10 AM »
Just another frivilous lawsuit.
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« Reply #10 on: June 01, 2006, 10:27:46 AM »
I've probably mentioned this before, but I have spoken with 3 young men who decided not to re-up after seeing Moore's movie, two of whom had expensive to train MOSs currently in short supply.

Now I know some would say, "3 guys in one town, what's the big deal?" Well that's just the few that one individual knows about in the airborne here at Bragg. If one simply extends that percentage to all of the US Armed forces throughout America, we are talking about thousands of Soldiers, Guardsmen, Sailors, and Aviators who have been persuaded by Moore not to re-enlist in addition to those who have seen the movie and decided not to enlist in the first place. Tokyo Rose probably had a less dramatic effect on troop retention, enlistment, and overall morale. It's also worth considering that Al Qaeda has removed fewer American troops from active service than Moore.

Truly the pen (or in this case the Tube) is mightier than the sword.

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« Reply #11 on: June 01, 2006, 10:47:10 AM »
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Originally posted by Red Tail 444
Just another frivilous lawsuit.



Nothing frivolous about it. Misprepresenting somebody's words, intentionally, for the purposes of propaganda, should be considered very serious. You wouldn't call it frivolous if the KKK decided to quote you out of context for their benefit, would you, in a high-profile big-screen production to boot? For this soldier, the offense was no less infuriating.

Freedom of speech must not be allowed to be exploited in such a manner. $85 million might be too much, but the soldier has every right to make a point.
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« Reply #12 on: June 01, 2006, 12:55:20 PM »
Like Bush says, we need tort reform to stop all these frivolous lawsuits.

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« Reply #13 on: June 01, 2006, 02:33:37 PM »
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I've probably mentioned this before, but I have spoken with 3 young men who decided not to re-up after seeing Moore's movie, two of whom had expensive to train MOSs currently in short supply.

Now I know some would say, "3 guys in one town, what's the big deal?" Well that's just the few that one individual knows about in the airborne here at Bragg. If one simply extends that percentage to all of the US Armed forces throughout America, we are talking about thousands of Soldiers, Guardsmen, Sailors, and Aviators who have been persuaded by Moore not to re-enlist in addition to those who have seen the movie and decided not to enlist in the first place. Tokyo Rose probably had a less dramatic effect on troop retention, enlistment, and overall morale. It's also worth considering that Al Qaeda has removed fewer American troops from active service than Moore.

Truly the pen (or in this case the Tube) is mightier than the sword.

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If they can be persuaded by Michael Moore not to re-up, (trust me) we don't need them.
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« Reply #14 on: June 01, 2006, 02:40:22 PM »
When asked about the use of lawsuits to combat the KKK and other supremist organizations, Mr Shamus replied.....


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Like Bush says, we need tort reform to stop all these frivolous lawsuits.

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