After years of watching the documentary, I've finally completed it. Don't get me wrong, it didn't take me that long to watch the whole thing - oh no, my teachers before just loved pausing the movie to make notes and point out persuasive techniques and therefore running out of time and not finishing the damn dvd. of course watching it again did not bore us. We still laughed at the same sarcastic, rhetorical questions and felt melancholy from the the anecdotes.
Bowling for Columbine is a documentary composed by film maker Michael Moore. His contention is that Americans live in a society of fear which promotes violence. His documentary mainly relates to Columbine High School where a massive shooting killed a number of people and injured many. Moreover, he also targets the NRA for their encouragement in gun usage and rallies at certain areas right after a tragedy involving with guns. He presented the NRA and it's spokesperson to be a callous and careless organization and using analogies of Detroit and Canada which are right next to each other- both Detroit and Canada have abundant supplies of arms and weaponry. In Detroit, news of death and violence are on the television nightly and every person protects themselves and their homes with guns. In Canada, hunting is hugely promoted as it is part of their culture and tradition, however they have barely and violence and rarely and death caused by guns - maybe 1 or 2 every 3-5 years. People in Canada, mostly live with their doors unlocked, even when they are out. Whilst Americans are locking 3 locks on their doors, carefree Canadians are strolling out for coffee with their doors open. The contrast between the two states is evident that it is not the number of guns supplied to people that are creating havoc, but the fear evoked into them. When questioned whether they were afraid of getting attacked, the Canadians shook their heads "Nope."
Watching the documentary itself was an eye opener. I was glad I wasn't living in America; apparently they're entrenched in fear and they also do not provide health care. In fact they try to prevent giving you health care by going through your records and picking out things that they could use against you to stop you from gaining health care. Not only that but they are also the world's #1 fattest country (Yes, that's a metaphor). Although you could just say that perhaps everybody is just against America and decided "Hey, let's all make documentaries about America's bad points to make everybody hate them as much as we do!"
That, I probably will never find out. Fore, conspiracies have to remain concealed to be conspiracies. When a conspiracy becomes public, it simply just isn't a conspiracy anymore.