I always ask myself one question: what is human? What does it mean to be human? Maybe people will consider my new films brutal again. But this violence is just a reflection of what they really are, of what is in each one of us to certain degree.
1. So, disturbed kids are taking guns to school and killing teachers and classmates. We better make sure kids can__ get guns.2. So, disturbed kids are taking guns to school and killing teachers and classmates. We better find out what__ making these kids want to kill, fix that, and then they won__ want to use guns to kill teachers and classmates.See what I did there? Which statement makes more sense? Don__ bring up politics. Don__ refer to statistical data. Don__ nervously look at your cell phone. Just read the two statements and be honest with yourself. We can do better. We__e smarter than this. WAKE UP.
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1. So, disturbed kids are taking guns to school and killing teachers and classmates. We better make sure kids can__ get guns.2. So, disturbed kids are taking guns to school and killing teachers and classmates. We better find out what__ making these kids want to kill, fix that, and then they won__ want to use guns to kill teachers and classmates.See what I did there? Which statement makes more sense? Don__ bring up politics. Don__ refer to statistical data. Don__ nervously look at your cell phone. Just read the two statements and be honest with yourself. We can do better. We__e smarter than this. WAKE UP.
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