It’s interesting –well I think so– how I came to write this blog. I was talking to some random person via MSN who said they went to the drive-in and saw Saw 4 last night. I said how I am not a fan of the genre and he asked what sort of movies I am interested in. I told him that I am a fan of mostly “Art House” stuff and mentioned a few films I have seen and enjoyed: Friends with Money, An Inconvenient Truth, Jindabyne. I then decided to see what Wikipedia had to say about these films and the following excerpt is from the entry on An Inconvenient Truth:

“In September 2006, Gore traveled to Sydney, Australia to promote the film. Australian Prime Minister, John Howard said he would not meet with Gore or agree to Kyoto because of the movie: “I don’t take policy advice from films.” Former Opposition Leader Kim Beazley joined Gore for a viewing and other MPs attended a special screening at Parliament House earlier in the week”.

So, little Johnny doesn’t take policy advice from films? So does he maybe think this film is the first to mention the content? Or is he afraid that Gore is making the facts on Climate Change more accessible to the masses, so is dismissing it?

I think it’s interesting how Howard positions himself relative to anyone slightly to his left. He makes them out to be completely irrelevant. What would be do if Gore was President of the USA? Would be still upkeep an alliance of similar strength to what it is today? So many questions to pose, too hypothetical to answer.

PJGO