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Although best seen after "Roger and Me," "Pets or Meat" will not go misunderstood by first-time viewers of Moore's work. The only escape from the dreariness of flint is Frankenmuth. The inhabitants of Flint repeat the word like a mantra. What is Frankenmuth, you may ask? Only the best restaurant around. The one place where cheery waitresses serve up delicious Bavarian chicken and Old World charm. In Flint, life is bad and getting worse, and chicken isn't the only thing you'll see eaten in this film. When the Bunny Lady, the woman who sold rabbits...
...support for gender equality in America becomes an ingrained conviction, many advocates no longer feel compelled to consider the logic behind the belief. Consequently, a goal which is generally laudable becomes reduced to a reactionary mantra, indiscriminately employed...
...apparently, the belief has become instilled so deeply into the hearts and minds of today's young feminists that the process of reasoning behind the belief is irrelevant. The outcome is a hollow mantra, which is applied indiscriminately to any and all situations as an instant and legitimate cure...
Amid all this hoopla, so far at least, the Administration is talking in tones of conciliation and cooperation. Magaziner and others have made a sort of mantra out of the contention that their plan is "not graven in stone." On the opposite side, the great majority of critics are taking an approach of "We know fundamental reform is necessary, but . . ." After the venomous partisanship of the budget fight, and the bipartisan venom of the battle now being joined over the North American Free Trade Agreement, the nation just might be in for a rare treat: a statesmanlike debate...
...there can be no compromise." (And the students involved face university punishment for their actions.) But merely for suggesting that the feelings of minority students are a concern at all in a diverse academic community, Hackney violated the rules of right-wing political correctness. He didn't get the mantra exactly right...