Hezbollah and Michael Moore?

[Elbowroom]

What is the deal with this? I have seen people talking about this on other forums with topics like "Terrorists approve of F911".

[PROGRESSIVE1]

1. Joe "The Murderer of Lori Klaustis" Scarbourough said the same thing.

[pocket]

2. Moore has no control

over what a foreign distributor does. He sold the rights to the distributor, and if that distributor makes a deal with Hezbollah there is nothing he can do about it.

[Elbowroom]

3. can you explain this with more details

please?

[pocket]

7. Moore sold the rights to a company called Front Row

and Hezbollah is helping FR publicise the film. They are not dealing with Moore himself.

[LTR]

13. I'm glad this was posted

RWers are talking about this, and trying to smear MM with it.

And, as usual, it was debunked on DU.

Good job, gang!

[Aidoneus]

16. can that be confirmed?

I have seen the opposite. Hizbu'llah will make no comment when asked, and the Front Row company claims no knowledge of the contact, nor does the distributing company in Lebanon.

for reference,
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=5508

...snip...Cynthia Haddad, marketing manager for Joseph Chakra and Sons - the company distributing the movie in Lebanon - said that they have not been contacted by anyone concerning the distribution of the movie in Lebanon.

"Nobody tried to offer any help distributing the movie, nor has anyone put any pressure on us not to distribute it," she said...snip...

:shrug:

[pocket]

19. That's my understanding of it

going by the same worldnetdaily article. their own article is basically about the distributor, not moore himself.

[nodehopper]

11. I just googled it

and the first result under "Michael Moore" hezbolla was a freeper thread
http://209.157.64.200/focus/f-chat/1155566/posts

which linked to this World Net Daily article
http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=39012

It's very short
"------------------------------------------------------------------------



© 2004 WorldNetDaily.com

Opponents of filmmaker Michael Moore are making the most of an endorsement his Bush-bashing film "Fahrenheit 9/11" received from terrorists affiliated with Hezbollah.

The Guardian of London reported today organizations related to the Middle East-based terrorist network have offered to help promote the film in the United Arab Emirates. "

[Trajan]

12. Didnt Hezbollah ....

also praise "The Passion" because it portrayed Jews in a poor light ? ...

[DrWeird]

14. See, there you go.

Jesus was a terrorist sympathizer.

[nodehopper]

17. no, what they did was

appropriate/spoof the trailor for Passion in their TV spot w/r/t the suffering of the Iraqi prisoners.
Here is a link:
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2004/5/16/91940.shtml

[Trajan]

22. From your own link ....

-snip-

The clip started airing a few days ago.

"The suffering of Jesus Christ is a universal theme. It is something everyone, including us as Muslims, believes in," Ibrahim Mousawi, who heads Al-Manar's political programs, told The Associated Press on Saturday.

"We are simply using a universal theme to get an important message across: that the pain of the Iraqi people is deep, the level of torture appalling," Mousawi said.

Muslims revere Jesus Christ as a prophet but not as the messiah. They believe someone else was crucified in his place.

"The Passion of the Christ" received an exceptionally warm welcome and drew large audiences in the Arab world, which usually bans movies depicting any of the prophets recognized by Islam.

-snip-

[nodehopper]

27. So?

The original poster asked if Hezbollah endoresed the film b/c it showed the Jews in a bad light. I haven't seen anything stating that specifically.

[BootinUp]

26. These terrorists learn quick

That sounds like pretty effective propoganda.

[nodehopper]

15. here is a Guardian link

http://film.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,12589,1240819,00.html

[DS1]

4. Michael Moore is Arafat in a fat suit

:boring:

[nodehopper]

5. What a stupid statement

I'd ask you to explain what you meant by it, but there's just nothing to explain there.

[DS1]

28. What a stupid thread. I've already provided all the explanation

necessary. Ask a stupid question, get a stupid answer.

It's pretty simple.

[nodehopper]

29. I didn't ask a question.

I just said it was stupid to say that Michael Moore is Arafat in a Fat Suit.

Really, can't people talk about something other than MM's weight?

[DS1]

30. You didn't ask a question, but you still chose to reply to my post

Anyone with a background in Hollywood makeup would tell you that the easist way to cover someone's identity is put them in a fat suit.

Arafat would be more recognizable if he were his own standard weight, how he deals with the summer heat is his problem, not ours.

Are you getting it yet? Or, does this thread need some more of the blatant inanity it deserves?

[nodehopper]

32. got it. sorry, brain slow today. not enough cafein.

[Bridget Burke]

6. Summer has begun in Houston--we don't need any more heat.

So, why all the flame-bait threads?

[Aidoneus]

8. I wouldn't care if so, but is apparently inaccurate

Hizbu'llah's office in Beirut claims no interest in commenting on the matter. The company in the UAE that is supposedly where the connection was offered claims no knowledge of the matter, and suspects it is completely false.

Such a term to describe them, however, is inaccurate as well.

I don't expect any of this subtlety--"truth" being an inconvenient formality--to be picked up by any of the propagandists spinning so wildly.

[Trajan]

9. Dont some Hezbollah members ....

Drive Fords and smoke Marlboro cigarettes ??? ....

Doesnt that make Phillip Morris and Ford Corporation Terrorist Co-Conspirators ??? ...

[DrWeird]

10. This has been SOP since 9/11.

Somebody says something bad about the president, just call him a terrorist.

Where have you been?

[parasim]

18. "Terrorists approve of F911"

Yeah, and terrorists wear shoes, are they now going to say "Don't wear shoes! Terrorists approve of shoes!"? :shrug:

[Forkboy]

20. Cool,Hezbollah is one of my fav Ministry songs too

Way to go Mike :thumbsup:

:)

[GreenPartyVoter]

21. Means about the same as "KKK contributes to GOP coffers"

Not every repub is racist on account of that, though.

[Aidoneus]

25. No, it doesn't mean about the same as that

[Trajan]

23. Its time to do a quick DU search ....

This now seems a hit-n-run thread ...

[DS1]

31. You don't say

:eyes:

[genius]

24. Clearly they have not seen Episode 87 of the Bully George Comic

It links Osama to the theaters not showing it. Check it out at http://mhull.rupa.com