Heh, never mind that a lot of the voting-age people in this country (especially those just turning 18) have the political awareness of pond scum. Perhaps they may vote more liberal than the plague of old people we have here (especially in my state), but seriously, a lot of them don't want to vote, and can't afford not to. (the rich can just pay the fine) What benefit does a bunch of Year-10 dropouts donkey-voting on the ballot do, really?
As far as the movie goes, Australia shall not be graced with it's presence for another few weeks... So I shall wait and see.
As far as Michael Moore goes (I own all of his books, and have seen The Awful Truth and Bowling for Columbine), he's biased, he's propagandist, he's left, and he's got a camera. Shit, there's no such thing as pure equality. Take a look at your news and media there (I have). It's biased heavily to the right wing, and frankly a lot of it is pure bullshit. Many of the large networks have connections to politicos, and frankly, it's in their interests (the execs at least) for a conservative government to remain in power, because they reap all of the insane tax benefits the Bush government piles upon them. (trickle down theory my ass. What is it with Americans and tax anyway? You have one of the lowest taxation rates in the world, yet the country is renowned for bitching about it.)
Yeah, Mr Moore is biased, but given the political climate at the moment (hell even our PM is in the sack with Bush, and is currently giving us all kinds of benefits-but-not-really-VOTEME!!! at the moment) I think he's having a good impact. He's ripping away the facade that the Bush administration has erected, and it's probably going to benefit the country.
Oh, and vote Kerry, for the rest of our benefit. I'm not sure Americans realise just how much their elections affect the rest of us.
I'd never expect this kind of political discussion from graffiti artists... :