I just watched the trailer; was unfamiliar with the movie. I know little of Shane Claiborne, but he seems to be the genuine article. I feel about Campolo almost as I feel about McLaren, though not as strongly; Tony became, not a heretic, but rather almost (sad to say it) a joke to me when I attended the ’04 Emergent Convention and listened at a “Book Club” hosted by McLaren and him regarding their book “Adventures in Missing the Point”. When he suggested that Dick Gephardt had one of the best ideas ever floated in the ’04 presidential campaign, an idea that seemed to be roundly rejected by all, my interest was piqued. What was this great idea, I wondered, and then Tony came out with it: the worldwide minimum wage. At that point, I quietly assigned Tony to a file folder in my mind labeled “nuts”, and since that day, I’ve not had much interest in hearing what he had to say. He has seemed, a la McLaren, to progress down a pathway that began as “provocative” (and useful, I might add!) but that has degenerated into “goofy”. So if these are two of the three experts they are interviewing in the film, I’m probably not going to be terribly interested in it.

I have not, Austin; I’ll open and peruse as I’m able; thanks for the tip.

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