--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "claudiouk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20070515/tpl-us-health-government-politics-10170b4.html > > More surprising UK ranking good, yet here we think we're in > crisis. We think France, for instance, is better looked after..
In an interesting juxtaposition, Michael Moore's new film "Sicko" is set to premiere at Cannes soon, and since in it he takes on the damn-the- patient-profit-at-any-cost policies of the US health care industry and pharmaceutical industries, he's come under fire from the Bush administration, which is...uh...somewhat in these industries' pocket. They're claiming he violated a trade embargo with Cuba by going there during the filming. Guess they're still pissed off about "Fahrenheit 9/11," eh? http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/entertainment/view/276253/1/.html Moore describes the new film as "a comedy about 45 million people with no health care in the richest country on Earth." While many may bristle at his tendency to mix comedy and scathing satire with serious issues, I applaud it. The thing that the robber barons of the world hate most is to be laughed at, and Moore helps people to laugh at them. May he continue to make his films, and may the people continue to laugh at those who make a profit from either killing their fellow man (Bowling for Columbine and F 9/11) or just allowing them to die because they don't care whether they live or die, only about profit (Sicko), because when the laughter dies, what remains might be a sense of outrage, and a desire to stop these travesties. As for Michael himself, this article implies that he's well aware of the "shoot the messenger" tactics that will be used against him, and has hired one of the best PR firms in the business to counter their attacks. I don't care whether one likes Michael Moore and his sensibilities or not; I still believe that the world desper- ately needs more people like him.
