For everyone who has seen "Supersize Me"

[Rocknrule]

Remember the part where the guy who made the movie (forget his name) held up a bunch of pictures to 1st graders? When he held one picture up, the kid identified it as "George W. Bush" and he said "No, but close" (it turned out to be a picture of Jesus).

Did anyone else find this scary as hell? Kids really are being brainwashed at an early age, at age 6 he already thinks that Bush = Jesus.
:scared:

[SmokingJacket]

1. My kid dressed up as George Washington for Halloween...

all along the trick or treating route, other kids were calling him George Bush. Weird!!

[proud2BlibKansan]

2. I didn't take it that way at all

The kid is 6 years old. He knew it was a famous face. He just called out the wrong name.

[Rocknrule]

3. That may be

but the "No, but close" comment definitely was disturbing

[realisticphish]

8. i'm assuming

it was sarcastic, but i haven't seen the movie :shrug:

[jwirr]

5. That is how I took it. Still very sad.

[NYC]

4. I guess that wasn't in the book.

Surely, I would have remembered that. The title of the book was Don't Eat This Book. The author's name was Morgan Spurlock.

[femmedem]

6. I took it differently.

I think he would have said, "Close" no matter how the child answered, because he didn't want him (or her? Can't remember.)to feel wrong.
He was just trying to be a good guy, IMHO.

[proud2BlibKansan]

9. Teachers are taught NOT to say

'no' or 'wrong answer' when kids get something wrong.

[Spirochete]

7. By "no, but close" he meant

"this is Jesus - not the guy that THINKS he's Jesus. Nice try, though."