I don’t blame the film industry for the statutory rape and underage drug use instigated by Roman Polanski (although I do blame sympathizers like Debra Winger, who need to wake up and smell the need for justice to be done)…
I don’t blame capitalism for the greed-headedness of many corporate CEOs (although I do blame Michael Moore for condemning an economic system that allows him to make his films)…
I don’t blame mass media for the excesses and blatant lies coming from Fox News (although I do blame Rupert Murdoch for making profits from his warping of the news industry)…
I don’t blame the medical system in America for the continued criminal neglect inflicted by the medical insurance system (although I do blame Congresscritters for allowing Big Insurance to remove their balls)…
I don’t blame the Christian religion for the hypocrisy and hatred perpetuated by right-wing fundie nutballs (although I blame the Pope for not rooting out the rape and pedophilia that he passively condones)…
I don’t blame those who find “alternative” lifestyles personally distasteful (although I would fight to the death to preserve the right for others to practice any sort of sexual act as long as it is among consenting adults)…
…and I don’t blame the food industry for trying to make food as affordable as possible (although I would personally strangle with my own hands those who push corn syrup, artificial preservatives, and substandard, filth-laden food on unwitting consumers).
So mote be it.
I thought it was Freedom of Speech that let Moore make his films.
Without a capitalist market (and the democracy and free speech that supports it), Mr. Moore could not make his films, since he’s in it for the money.
(And make no mistake about that.)
An ignorant prayer.
“although I would personally strangle with my own hands those who push corn syrup, artificial preservatives, and substandard, filth-laden food on unwitting consumers”
It is just as easily argued that corn syrup and preservatives have saved millions of lives across the world. And since we live in a democratic capitalist system as you mention earlier, how is anyone able to push certain foods on another?
pppppp: Boy, you sure showed me.