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5/24/2006
FILM FLAM/BLASPHEMY
When I added an email newsletter to Degenerate Press efforts more than a decade
ago, I was optimistic that this new technology would enrich the lives of all
humans, giving us a more democratic method of communication that would provide
an insightful, intelligent view of our fellow citizens of the planet.
Sure, I didn’t bother spending hours researching facts to back up my ezines.
I only have two college degrees, and neither of them journalism-related, a
handful of trips abroad and countless hours of educational TV to draw from for
my rants on social, economic, artistic or philosophic issues. Hell, half the
time I don't even spell-check.
But I hope that these ramblings would inspire others to share their insights,
perhaps from a more knowledgeable standpoint, on whatever topic I raise, which
might inspire an intellectual conversation in the technological utopia I
imagined the internet would be.
My last ezine generated this response:
How did I get on the mailing list of someone so stupid?
Degenerate IM
Here are my arguments, point by point, in this spirited, erudite debate:
I know you are, but what am I?
But seriously, I don’t know how you got on my mailing list. Most people sign up
willingly, either through word-of-mouth/email, or through the form on the web
site. There are a few people out there that have requested I sign up their
friends, so it’s possible they’re actually asking me to sign up their enemies as
a joke.
But you don't have to rely on my reviews. The Onion's AV Club reviewed An
Inconvenient Truth as well.
www.avclub.com/content/node/48825
As did Salon.com
www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2006/05/24/gore/
And it was reviewed on NPR’s All Things Considered on Wednesday, including a
detailed analysis of the science presented in the film. You can probably find
that online as well.
But I bet you won’t. Detailed analysis apparently isn’t your strong suit.
On the other had, degenerate GG sent us this:
Frederick - don't feel bad about your unwillingness to alter your behavior in
response to the looming crisis of global warming. Looks like you're in the
indisputably good company of Al Gore himself.
http://www.drudgereportarchives.com/dsp/specialReports_pc_carden_detail.htm?reportID=%7B08FAD3B1-9FAF-4037-BF26-573B2826B2C3%7D
GLOBAL WARMING ALERT: GORE BURNS 439,500 LBS OF FUEL TO ATTEND SUMMIT
And this was years *after* the publication of his book, Earth In The Balance,
which, as you know, told everybody else that they needed to shape up or
else.....
In other publications, the latest Loafing effort is here:
http://atlanta.creativeloafing.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A78940
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