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“Statues made of matchsticks crumble into one another”
B.Dylan
A few quick points. In my last blog I kind of got a little tough on the current generation of young people graduating. I would like to sorta qualify and rethink my statements because of an experience last night. I went and saw a midnight showing of “Fahrenheit 9-11″ down in Plainville, Connecticut. First off I will try to refrain from creating a political message here. Anyone that knows me…knows where I stand and I would rather not start debates and get dragged down into lengthy political shtuff. Anyway, being from Michigan originally and growing up in the shadows of GM I have often admired Michael Moore’s work since “Roger and Me” and being someone who spends half their life in High schools I really enjoyed “Bowling For Columbine”…So I was very excited about this new movie. And it was GREAT. But this post is not about that… its about the audience. At midnight on a Thursday night in the summer there were about 300 hundred teenagers at this movie. 300 young people! What a mind blowing thing it was to see last night. At the beginning of the movie the crowd was rowdy and shouting out slogans..picking on eachother…just being kids staying out all night. But 2 minutes into this movie the entire crowd was silent…and for two hours a bunch of teenagers thought about politics and their world. I think about what I was doing at age 17 or 18 at that hour…and I just am filled with a sense of respect and appreciation for this new generation. A generation that gets criticized for its video games and TV and every other cliche criticism that you hear on 20/20 (or whatever intelligence insulting news program you watch) was out there last night being entertained and educated and then discussing politics in the parking lot as they rode skateboards or just sat on their car hoods. I was psyched! Even if you disagree with Michael Moore’s movie, and there are many Americans that will, we should all appreciate the dialogue that it has started and the involvement in the political process that it has created. Have a good weekend.
