Let's analyze "Bowling for Columbine" like you've never done before. (Taken from this week's philosophy lecture)
What is the question this movie is posing?
- What are the possible causes of gun violence in America?
Here are the possible causes that Moore presents.
1. Media- Moore points at music, movies, video games, and TV news.
- everything here is eliminated as a possible cause except for TV news.
- Marilyn Manson's violent music is blamed, but it's shown that Germany, the goth capital of the world, is not as gun crazy as us Yankees. Movies and video games...other countries watch and play the same ones as us.
2. Bowling
- just silly. This is eliminated due to the post hoc ergo propter hoc fallacy (after this, therefore because of this).
- just because the Columbine killers played bowling before killing... a little bit of Moore humor. ha
3. Children are ticking time bombs
- Just silly.
4. Foreign policy
- Has America's past history of using bombs and violence affected us and made us indifferent towards the harm that guns can inflict?
5. Access to guns
- Are guns easily accessible in the U.S.? Does someone get a gun for opening a bank account?
6. Violent history
- Has our violent history made guns an easily accepted part of our culture?
- Americans- our early residents loved to hunt and kill. They also loved to force the black man into slavery using those guns.
- Do guns just flow through American blood?
7. Fear
- Are we too scared of what might happen to us? Will our house be ransacked and our throats slit by next morning? Will we be robbed at gunpoint in South Los Angeles?
- Are we scared of being the weak one?
8. Poverty
- I don't understand why this was given as a possible cause. Maybe I wasn't paying attention.
9. Race/ethnicity
- Is there too much tension between races?
- Does your local news talk about the latest brown-skinned thief?
10. Break-up of family
- Family members might become traumatized by a break-up and fall down the path of violence.
- Moore cites that the divorce rate is higher in the U.K.
-This is not a strong enough argument because only one country is compared to. To make a stronger argument, there should be more.
11. Lack of safety net/easily accessible health insurance.
- Moore mainly compares the U.S. to Canada. He cites that Canadians all have easily accessible healthcare.
- So does this make them feel safer and more content?
I'll add more details next time. | posted by gina, 11:26 PM
What is the question this movie is posing?
- What are the possible causes of gun violence in America?
Here are the possible causes that Moore presents.
1. Media- Moore points at music, movies, video games, and TV news.
- everything here is eliminated as a possible cause except for TV news.
- Marilyn Manson's violent music is blamed, but it's shown that Germany, the goth capital of the world, is not as gun crazy as us Yankees. Movies and video games...other countries watch and play the same ones as us.
2. Bowling
- just silly. This is eliminated due to the post hoc ergo propter hoc fallacy (after this, therefore because of this).
- just because the Columbine killers played bowling before killing... a little bit of Moore humor. ha
3. Children are ticking time bombs
- Just silly.
4. Foreign policy
- Has America's past history of using bombs and violence affected us and made us indifferent towards the harm that guns can inflict?
5. Access to guns
- Are guns easily accessible in the U.S.? Does someone get a gun for opening a bank account?
6. Violent history
- Has our violent history made guns an easily accepted part of our culture?
- Americans- our early residents loved to hunt and kill. They also loved to force the black man into slavery using those guns.
- Do guns just flow through American blood?
7. Fear
- Are we too scared of what might happen to us? Will our house be ransacked and our throats slit by next morning? Will we be robbed at gunpoint in South Los Angeles?
- Are we scared of being the weak one?
8. Poverty
- I don't understand why this was given as a possible cause. Maybe I wasn't paying attention.
9. Race/ethnicity
- Is there too much tension between races?
- Does your local news talk about the latest brown-skinned thief?
10. Break-up of family
- Family members might become traumatized by a break-up and fall down the path of violence.
- Moore cites that the divorce rate is higher in the U.K.
-This is not a strong enough argument because only one country is compared to. To make a stronger argument, there should be more.
11. Lack of safety net/easily accessible health insurance.
- Moore mainly compares the U.S. to Canada. He cites that Canadians all have easily accessible healthcare.
- So does this make them feel safer and more content?
I'll add more details next time. | posted by gina, 11:26 PM
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