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Good on ya, Cerek. I watched, and liked, BfC. I was disappointed to note the inaccuracies and misrepresentations, which you rightly note Hardy does a fine job of parsing out. My view is similar to Gene Siskel's: I do not like that Moore's dishonesty detracts from valid points he makes -- there really is something about the American character that bears discussion here. That said, it does not necessarily extend to outlawing firearms.
I've been the neighbor to victims of home invasions, and firearms can be a great deterrent. That particular individual, a doctor, would have been... well, robbed plus who knows what, if he had not fired shots at the intruders. He missed, hitting the wall. Afterwards, and upon the advice of the police, he replaced his .38 with a .357 which could actually have shot through the walls and hit the intruders.
A BfC topic cannot help but venture into gun control. On that issue, I note that I am in the process of buying a townhome in Chicago, and that by moving from the 22nd floor (with doorman) to the 2nd floor (no doorman) I am concerned with home invasions. Handguns are sadly illegal in Chicago, so I will be procuring a shotgun for home defense. About 4 types of paperwork is required, so I must get those in order.
Anywho, back to Moore. He does best when he just points the microphone and lets people hang themselves. When he gets into narration, his bias spews forth, and he gets tripped up. He has an undeniable bias on most issues, though I suspect it's more prevalent in F9/11 than in BfC. Note that he sat the fence on some questions in BfC -- which is fine because even Plato recognized that while he may not have the answers, raising the question is the first step.
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