I saw that episode a few months ago, an excellent documentary that is well worth tracking down.
On 2/21/06, Vivec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "http://www.seomoz.org/blogdetail.php?ID=239 > > > Blogging about Morgan Spurlock's 30 Days > Posted by randfish Fri, Jul 01, 2005 at 11:36:21 AM > Most people will recognize the name Morgan Spurlock from the famous > documentary he made last year - SuperSize Me. He's also the author of Don't > Eat this Book (a play on Abbie Hoffman's famousSteal this Book, which I > once owned a copy of) and now, the creator of a new television program on FX > called 30 Days. > > Morgan has been using the Internet to great effect to push his offerings, > particularly his 30 Days program and he is to be commended for it. Morgan > actually will comment at some of the blogs speaking on the subject of the > show, post about it on his own blog, and help to drum up a committed > community around the subjects and media. This is exactly how the Internet > and specifically the blogosphere can be used for effective promotion and > interest-generation in a new product or idea. Great work, Morgan. > > I usually shy away from political commentary here at SEOmoz, but I'd like to > say that if you have access to the FX channel and are open minded, it is > very important to watch this program. In particular, the last episode > featured a South Virginia conservative Christian man who went for 30 days to > eat, live, sleep and experience Muslim life in America - in Dearborn, > Michigan. Just some of the amazing things I and my friends learned while > watching the episode include: > > * Islam is a branch of the same religious family as Judaism and > Christianity. All three, in fact, worship the same Godof Abraham, Moses, > Jesus & Mohammed. > > * Jihad does not mean "holy war". Rather, it means the struggle to become a > better person - its use was never meant for violence, simply the "struggle > to be more perfect in God's eyes". This is more similiar to the Jewish idea > of "Mitzvah" than to the Christian idea of "Crusade". > > * 20 million Muslims are currently practicing in the United States - > nearly1 out of every 15 Americans. > > * In Islam (the religion that Muslims follow), Jesus was believed to be a > spiritual son of God, similiar but distinct from how Christians view him. > > I cannot recommend this program enough. It was a life changing experience > just watching it. If fear springs from ignorance, then this show is a great > way to conquer your fears. I never thought television could be so > worthwhile." > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:197679 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
