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Lovely! Absolutely lovely!

I hate 333 and all other people who turned this trhead into a joke. It was intended to be serious-lite, with only a few silly jokes.

If anyone still cares, although this has been hilarious.... http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Movies/05/12/disney.moore.reut/index.html

Can it all be a... publicity stunt?! I am not quite familiar with the history of Moore and Disney, but it does seem that by "blocking" this movie Disney created a lot of interest in it. Now, the public knows there is something controversial in it, and we all know how the average movie goer loves a little spicy controversy.

I hate OSC for being rude.

I hate everyone for not taking the thread seriously enough!

Las always acts like a human encyclopedia.

This is the evil twin of Spongy's "I love the person who posted the last post" thread.

In here, you need to criticize something you don't like in the person who posted the last post, something that will hopefully make us all better people. But, please do you criticism in a respectful manner. If you can't accept criticism, then please don't post here.

And the first blow, of course, goes my way! Hurrah!

Surprsingly enough, I have to say that this isn't much different from what the Americans did to the Iraqis, and thus, as shocking as it is, it is hypocrisy to call it sub-human.

Unlike what those fucking Hammas dogs did to the remains of six Israeli soldiers today. Fucking sub-human apes. I hope there's already a rocket with their name on it.

FACT 1: Calling the Iraqi beheading a "sub-human" action is hypocrisy.

FACT 2: Labelling Hamas' actions as "sub-human" is not a hypocrisy.

FACT 3: To simultaniously believe the above two facts is the real hypocrisy.

Let's be realistic here: you can't say one thing is a hypocrisy and then say a similar situation is not.

It's like saying "You're drinking alcohol?? That shit is bad for you! Don't touch alcohol, man, whatever you do because it's addictive and will kill you! And if you believe it's not addictive, then you're a hypocrite in denial! (pause) Man, I need a smoke!"

Ain't we contradictory beings? With no recent known case of abuse by the IDF, I allowed myself to say this. But, yet, I do see your point. I take my words back.

As for the beheading, there's a lesson to be learnt and IMO it's this: for every bad thing that happens in a war, another bad thing will happen as an opposite reaction, only a little more extreme. Then another opposite reaction happens, then another, then another, until we're so far ahead of what happened with the violence and the carnage that we don't know where we started. We end up losing everything that made us innocent in the first place (and by this, I'm talking about both sides of the war).

This is very, very, theoretical. The same can be said the other way. If one bad thing in a war goes by without a reaction from the other side, the next attack will be worse. Weighed against one another, these two extremes of the same scale are equal. Equal, and fictional. War is not a hypothetical case. The are things which happen that are outside the norm (whether it is the one you mentioned or the one I did). Indeed, as with most general cases, this fits, but just loosely. Sometimes, for example, a good and effective blow will destroy the opponent's ability to react. Where is the worse next vengance step then?



And, by the way, I agree with Darth-Mandrab. These things are part of human nature, and not surprising.

Nor will hugging those who use violence, but people will never understand that, because they're all much too dumb and blind.

The ultimate dillema, eh? The truth is, both solutions are bad. I just seem to believe mine is the lesser evil.

Surprsingly enough, I have to say that this isn't much different from what the Americans did to the Iraqis, and thus, as shocking as it is, it is hypocrisy to call it sub-human.

Unlike what those fucking Hammas dogs did to the remains of six Israeli soldiers today. Fucking sub-human apes. I hope there's already a rocket with their name on it.

They've been enlisted to help build the olympic venues, since the relevant authorities have taken the drastic action of press ganging hairy types off the street the get the damn things done.

But, alas, they uncovered pieces of this or that Wonder of the World while laying the basis, and all work ceased. Now, they are riding home, but are stuck in traffic. Ah, Greece...

Graduation party photos! Rejoice:



Looking all academic.



My 150$ outfit! I love that shirt.



The matrix scene from the play.

I disagree, CJ. For a documentary to give a balanced viewpoint, its creator must be neutral. And a neutral perspective more often than not characterizes a person who doesn't really care. Such people don't do documentaries. Whether it is the BBC's "The Great War Spin" or Moore's "Bowling for Columbine", the creators have an opinion and it would be impossible to hide it even if so they wished. In other words, every documentary (bar, perhaps, "Le Peuple Migrateur"  ) is biased.
The real problem is that most people tend to accept what they see in documentaries as absolute truth. But then again, this is often true about any film which portrais a real event.

The problem with Dumas is that his works, or at least his famous ones, feel old and dated. They have been a source of inspiration for so long, that each and every element from his writing has been ripped off. At least that is how I remember it, as I read it quite a while ago. Maybe I should re-read The Three Musketeers with my newly adult mind.

I'm going through Hunter S. Thompson's "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas". I can't decide whether watching the movie three or four times before reading the book helps or not.

I've recently read Stanislaw Lem's "The Cyberiad", a collection of futuristic fables. It has its ups and downs, but it is mostly a very interesting piece.

And Disney don't want to release his film in an election year? In the name of fairness and freedom? Can't they see the contradiction there?

It's not about fairness and freedom, it's about being non-partisan. They aren't making any kind of statement by not releasing it, they're trying to avoid making any kind of statement.

It's not even about that. It's all about not losing (even more) money.

I am getting some weird reactions when I try to change text sizes. Am I the only one?

I love Squinky for his wits. Ah, who am I kidding; It's all about the eyepatch.