Micheal Moore. SICKO. Great Show. Period.
Yes. I can't find anything close to describing Sicko. No doubt that the show is in some sense biased with Micheal Moore's voice and displeasure raised throughout the show. BUT even when i watched it with that bit of skepticism, it got to me. Especially when he brought the "heros" of 9/11 to CUBA.. LISTEN.. CUBA (a place where US thought of as enemy), for free professional medical treatment, something that they were deprived of back at home. Either that, or the price for medicine in the US was just exorbitant. Why "heros" you may ask, cause they were volunteers that helped out at the 9/11 site and were not under the governments payroll.. and that's why.. THEY are NOT the governments' responsibility and cannot benefit from the fund that was set aside for the REAL HEROS. and may i add, The PAYED REAL HEROS that the government is RESPONSIBLE for.
You seriously got to catch it. I know many would be turned off by watching a documentary, but one can definitely learn a lot from it. Well.. I had this moment in the show where it just struck me.. what the hell am i here for? Life is so fragile, yet the society can be so unfeeling, turning its back on those who have fallen through the cracks or those unfortunate enough to be plagued with diseases. Have we adopted the mentality of, "it's not my problem?", "it's his folly for not saving enough for old age." or "I can't share because I don't have enough".
Watching how other countries accepted those ill Americans with open arms and gave them free treatment just hit me.. have we rejected someone who needed help? Did we say no to helping someone just because they are of a different race, a different nationality or because he speaks funny?
It is hard, extremely hard to be selfless and I don't think i can claim that i can achieve that, but can we be not selfish? Cause in my opinion, the opposite of being selfish isn't being selfless, but it's sharing, giving without expecting. I'm still pondering over the question.. What's our main purpose of being alive? To waste resources and destroy the earth further? Or to be a blessing.. in the any way, even as small as it may be, it may mean the world to someone else.
Yes. I can't find anything close to describing Sicko. No doubt that the show is in some sense biased with Micheal Moore's voice and displeasure raised throughout the show. BUT even when i watched it with that bit of skepticism, it got to me. Especially when he brought the "heros" of 9/11 to CUBA.. LISTEN.. CUBA (a place where US thought of as enemy), for free professional medical treatment, something that they were deprived of back at home. Either that, or the price for medicine in the US was just exorbitant. Why "heros" you may ask, cause they were volunteers that helped out at the 9/11 site and were not under the governments payroll.. and that's why.. THEY are NOT the governments' responsibility and cannot benefit from the fund that was set aside for the REAL HEROS. and may i add, The PAYED REAL HEROS that the government is RESPONSIBLE for.
You seriously got to catch it. I know many would be turned off by watching a documentary, but one can definitely learn a lot from it. Well.. I had this moment in the show where it just struck me.. what the hell am i here for? Life is so fragile, yet the society can be so unfeeling, turning its back on those who have fallen through the cracks or those unfortunate enough to be plagued with diseases. Have we adopted the mentality of, "it's not my problem?", "it's his folly for not saving enough for old age." or "I can't share because I don't have enough".
Watching how other countries accepted those ill Americans with open arms and gave them free treatment just hit me.. have we rejected someone who needed help? Did we say no to helping someone just because they are of a different race, a different nationality or because he speaks funny?
It is hard, extremely hard to be selfless and I don't think i can claim that i can achieve that, but can we be not selfish? Cause in my opinion, the opposite of being selfish isn't being selfless, but it's sharing, giving without expecting. I'm still pondering over the question.. What's our main purpose of being alive? To waste resources and destroy the earth further? Or to be a blessing.. in the any way, even as small as it may be, it may mean the world to someone else.
