ok - so if i was dadberg and mumberg, id probably want to be somewhere near my remaining kids, 3 weeks after my eldest son got beheaded. and i would wanna see the footage of my dead son looking good in a suit and talking about trying to save the world, at least to try to get the horrible imagery out of my head. id at least get the kids to fedex me a copy if i did decide to go away for a fortnight - i certainly wouldnt go away without leaving contact details for the other kids, leaving them in the inevitable media maelstrom.

it was only a week ago that the articulate dadberg was speaking at public rallies and writing letters (eg http://www.stopwar.org.uk/article.asp?id=160504 & http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1221644,00.html) saying "bush killed my son" - and now he's gone away for 2 weeks, just as the f911 footage comes out. if i was dadberg, id recognize the media value of the f911/moore connection, and use it to further my goals of 'stop bush.' - its not like there seems to be any 'privacy' goals or concerns or woteva...

if i was mumberg, id prolly wanna release the footage so that there was another side of sunberg that people could remember, apart from being beheaded in a prison suit.

if i were broberg and sisberg, i wouldnt claim to want to keep the tape private, and then go yakking about it everywhere.

and if i was michael moore, lets see... ummmm. well firstly, his website seems to be pretty unstable and hard to get to, and even when we get there, it seems to exist as a single flat page - without any links, last updated may23 ("Mike will have some more words... in the next day or so.") with just the story about winning at cannes. i dont usually hang out at his website, but im sure theres usually a lot more there than just a single page, and i remember him being quite timely putting up speeches and things on the site.

but the best we get from this media hound is the following:
"Moore's office in New York confirmed it has the 20-minute interview but said there were no plans to release it.
"We are not releasing it to the media. It is not in the film. We are dealing privately with the family," a statement from Moore's office said. Moore was not available for comment."

if i was michaelmoore, and for one reason or other wanted to protect the privacy of the family, id be magnanimous in protecting the footage, and then id go on a rant about how the bushwar is killing innocent kids... cos i reckon id get some exposure, which would be good for my political objctives, and good for f911 ticket sales, and would improve my bargaining position when i was negotiating the distribution arrangements in the near future.

and if i was michaelmoore, id know about the conspiracy theories re the video, and id use my media megaphone to demand some answers.

and if i was michaelmoore, id know that dadberg is virulently antibush, and antiwar. nine days ago he wrote:
"My son’s life was put to an end, but his work still goes on. Where there was one peacemaker before I now see and have heard from thousands of peacemakers. And for every one of them there are thousands more who can’t find the words but feel the same way. Nick Berg was a man who acted on his beliefs. We the people of this world now need to act on our beliefs. We need to let the evildoers on both sides of the Atlantic know that we are fed up with war. We are fed up with the killing and bombing and maiming of innocent people. We are fed up with the lies from our government about Nick’s detention and we are fed up with the lies from our government about the reasons for this war. Yes, we are fed up with the suicide bombers, and with the failure of the Israeli’s and Palestinians to find a way to stop killing each other. We are fed up with negotiations and peace conferences that are entered into on both sides with preset conditions that preclude the outcome of peace. We want world peace now!!!

What is it, I have to ask, that our leaders and the leaders of the world are afraid they will lose that is any more valuable than PEACE? Many people have offered to pray for Nick and my family. I appreciate their thoughts, but I ask them to include in their prayers a prayer for peace. I ask them to do more than pray. I ask them to demand PEACE NOW! from the politicians and leaders in the white house and in the state houses across the world and in the mountain camps where they may hide. Let the politicians know that you want PEACE NOW! And let them know that if you don’t get it, they aren’t going to work for you as their leaders any more. DEMAND PEACE NOW! DEMAND PEACE NOW! PEACE NOW! PEACE NOW! PEACE NOW! "

if i was michaelmoore id have to think that my interests and dadberg's interest dovetailed quite nicely - why are they hiding the video, and why are they both silent when they could be cross-fertilising?

if i were me, id be curiouser and crazier...