The other night I went over to Justin's apartment to watch 'Why we fight', which was very good, but not really important to this post - half through the documentary, something reminded him of (let's just call him) B', I used to work with B' and Justin still does. Apparently, B' refuses to go see the film 'Superman Returns' because it fails to say "truth, justice and the American way".

I didn't notice this during the movie, but according to B'; it's a big deal.

During his announcing the anti-American-Superman movie, he said, "love it or leave it". Now Justin told me this days ago... and I tried to forget it, to let it go, to not let it get under my skin. But I figure what good is a blog if you can't let something off your chest?


"Love it or leave it" has to be the most chicken-shit response I've ever heard, how much of a push-around do you have to be to hold to the mindset where you see something that's wrong, or could be better, and you don't do or say anything about it? Maybe in a dictatorship, I can see that phrase being applicable - because, yes, there's nothing you can do; it's not a responsive government.

But a democracy? Is that why we supposedly have elected representatives - so that we can just "love it or leave it"? No. That's the biggest line of bullshit, and it warrants a strong punch to the face from a founding-father. If you see something that can be better in a democracy: you speak out, you get off your lazy-ass and contact your local, state or federal representatives. You don't just pack up and shuffle your feet to somewhere else, I mean you can, I could care less if a person moves out of the country, but that 'comeback' to American-related critism, or suggestion or (in this case) non-nationalistic themes (the film wasn't even anti-US, it just didn't say anything at all) is rediculous.

I don't know why, but this whole thing has really gotten me upset - B' just always seemed more thoughtful than "love it or leave it"... and that phrase, or saying, or whatever you would call it, is, for a lack of a better word, just weak.

Am I the only one who feels this way?