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Did you watch The War on Democracy?

This John Pilger film was broadcast last night on ITV1, what were your feelings, impressions?
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Asked in current affairs, history, international politics asked on: 08/21/2007 01:51am
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7 hours after the question was opened (08/21/2007 08:51am)

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No I didnt and I am unlikely too, because I am tired of all the Bush bashing and denigrating democracy because then we are giving the terrorists exactly what they want, discontent and this will not resolve anything so mud slinging in my opinion should be only done when mud wrestling is involved...

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12 hours after the question was opened (08/21/2007 01:28pm)

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I saw some of it. It seemed pretty good - but as ever with John Pilger you get the feeling he's just preaching to the converted. As the answer above shows, people who support George Bush are unlikely to listen to any point of view that opposes him (although some idea of what the film was about *might* have helped in this case - it has absolutely nothing to do wih terrorism).

The same is just as true of people who regard Bush as a genocidal fascist - they won't listen to any arguments from Bush's supporters. This of course isn't John Pilger's fault - what is any journalist to do in a world where people choose to disbelieve or disregard facts for ideological reasons? But sadly I can't see the film making much of a difference, worthy though it is.

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