[afterthefact]

A letter to all of the people who hate this movie.

Why do movies like this make you so pissed off? And I don't mean the corporate bigshots who are being attacked, but I'm talking to you, the everyday people who aren't even connected. Why does this bother you? I mean, this only presents facts. If you look into anything they are saying, the facts only back it up (and I am talking specifically about this documentary with this statement; obviously not ALL such documentaries have as much integrity). So where is the complaint? It's like you are in denile. It's not that you don't know corporations are preying on the developing minds of our children and that they value the US Dollar more than human happiness and safety. Everybody knows that. You just would rather not think about it because it shakes up your perfect little idea of how life is. You like the Gap; why would you want to think about the fact that they use sweatshops to make their clothes? Isn't easier to just pretend you didn't hear that part? Of course it is. And if you are going to go through the trouble of dumbing down your conscience so that it allows you to still buy these products without feeling an ounce of guilt, obviously you are going to be pissed at the person who tries to show you that things aren't so happy-go-lucky as they appear to be, and it that it might actually take a little concern and action on your part to fix these atrocities.

Well you know what? You piss me off. It people like you who make the fight against these problems harder. Because as long as you don't care and keep buying into any product/idea/etc that they push on you, they aren't going to stop. They've got a good thing going as far as they are concerned, so why would they?