From: ultrarishi <[email protected]> "Ah, the bravery of theliberals who think they have a perfect right to insult anyone's cherishedbeliefs just because they want to."
I'm sorry, but you and the Right Wing do not get to own this argument. I hear this shit from my libertarian and tea bagger friends all the time, that somehow, they are braver, more respectful, more informed, because they they thought that dissent stopped with end of the Revolutionary War. This is offensive speech in my mind. Humor, satire, lampoon is a great American and world wide tradition. Let's remember Ben Franklin. Let's also remember Lenny Bruce. Liberals, and generally opened minded people period, are brave. The choose to buck the status quo. If you want to see a brave liberal catch "The Imitation Game". It's a darn good film even if they fiddle with the details a bit to make it a thriller. Braking the Enigma and Lorenz was great work which saved lives and most likely ended the WWII 2 years early. Remember cherished beliefs are the same thing as cherished facts, or just plain facts. Thanks for your comments on this issue, really. I was starting to think that only Salyavin and Curtis and I were the only sane ones here, and you know that down that path lies madness and NO ONE really wants to go there, so thanks for the course correction. :-) :-) :-) Thanks also for the "entertainment prompt," in the form of reminding me about "The Imitation Game." Those of you who have not yet attained EC (Eyepatch Consciousness) probably don't know, but this is the best time of the year for a pirate such as myself. In the last two days I think I've seen over a dozen "screeners" of this year's best movies. These are almost always in DVD resolution, and you sometimes have to put up with the "Property of Such-and-Such Studios" watermarks from time to time, but they're good, clean copies of the latest movies. I don't know for sure, being a read-only pirate, but I suspect that some of these copies come directly from Academy members or journalists voting for Golden Globe nominations. Many of the ones I found today in the Pirate verse still haven't come to me via my legitimate reviewer channels. Go figure. Anyway, "The Imitation Game" showed up today, so thanks for the reminder. I may watch it later tonight.
