Tuesday, December 18, 2012

"Americans Kill People": Michael Moore on Newtown, Mass Shootings, and the U.S. Culture of Violence

Michael Moore:
Yes, we need more gun control. Yes, we need free mental health services in this country. But I really believe that even if we had better gun control laws and better mental health, that we would still be the sort of sick and twisted, violent people that we’ve been for hundreds of years, that it’s something that’s just in our craw, just in our DNA.


Mayor Michael Bloomberg:
“It’s time for the president, I think, to stand up and lead and tell this country what we should do — not go to Congress and say, ‘What do you guys want to do?’” Bloomberg said on NBC’s “Meet The Press.” “This should be his number one agenda. He’s president of the United States. And if he does nothing during his second term, something like 48,000 Americans will be killed with illegal guns.” —Bloomberg: Gun control should be Obama’s ‘number one agenda’

Adele M. Stan, in her introduction, echoing some of Michael Moore's views that we have a culture problem: AlterNet Radio Hour - December 15, 2012