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indeed. they are not "soldiers" LadyLorraine Send a noteboard - 07/01/2010 07:12:32 AM
not in the honorable-defender-of-the-home context usually so staunchly defended. They are very explicitly and directly explained to be ex-soldiers working as mercenaries. That is an entirely different animal.

EDIT: also, do folks taking offense to any anti-military sentiments in the movie totally miss that the main character is military? I almost think the movie is a comparison of two types of military...the kind that shoots without regard for ethical implications, or the kind that considers the ethics of their weapons fire. Perhaps it is a secondary theme in the movie, but it is not lacking.
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Suspension of Disbelief with Politics Dannymac - 05/01/2010 06:46:53 PM 1426 Views
Oh I hear ya! ironclad - 05/01/2010 08:35:38 PM 649 Views
I don't completely agree, but this is similar to everyone retroactively hating Tom Cruise's movies. Zalis - 05/01/2010 08:47:19 PM 679 Views
Which is just as silly, yes. *NM* ironclad - 05/01/2010 08:48:55 PM 310 Views
Who hates Top Gun? That movie R0X0RS! *NM* Tom - 07/01/2010 06:19:48 AM 343 Views
You know, I never understood that LadyLorraine - 07/01/2010 07:28:36 AM 560 Views
What?? Min Rep is fantastic! *NM* ironclad - 07/01/2010 08:19:30 AM 327 Views
*Stands on counter* I am the last Poet Bartender AgentOrange - 07/01/2010 02:08:56 PM 602 Views
I always thought that was just stupid of people (and that includes 3/4 of my family) imlad - 09/01/2010 05:27:41 PM 595 Views
LOL...~hands Dannymac a clue~ damookster - 06/01/2010 04:51:43 AM 802 Views
Just judging him based on what he writes... Dannymac - 06/01/2010 04:17:49 PM 640 Views
the point is... damookster - 06/01/2010 11:25:46 PM 618 Views
talk about needing a clue imlad - 09/01/2010 06:01:14 PM 570 Views
Then read what he writes. I read him every week and he IS a liberal. Cannoli - 09/01/2010 11:45:41 PM 564 Views
Wait...I support same-sex marriage. Just not all that other crap. Tom - 07/01/2010 06:18:40 AM 601 Views
trespasses against persons is subjective. LadyLorraine - 07/01/2010 07:09:22 AM 669 Views
Actually, it isn't. Tom - 07/01/2010 03:46:30 PM 569 Views
ah I wasn't aware you were referring to a legal term LadyLorraine - 07/01/2010 05:37:10 PM 598 Views
Considering that it's made-up BS, why should it be? Cannoli - 09/01/2010 11:01:31 PM 597 Views
what about those not capable of walking away? LadyLorraine - 10/01/2010 03:51:10 AM 522 Views
Who has the right to say a parent is abusing the child, and what prevents abuses the other way? Cannoli - 10/01/2010 09:13:45 AM 753 Views
You are not wrong LadyLorraine - 10/01/2010 04:43:55 PM 580 Views
Re: trespasses against persons is subjective. Cannoli - 09/01/2010 11:12:57 PM 621 Views
but it is wrong to deny the legal ramifications of marriage LadyLorraine - 10/01/2010 04:19:02 AM 709 Views
Civics & economics 101 Cannoli - 10/01/2010 08:47:07 AM 706 Views
okay, I can agree on your points LadyLorraine - 10/01/2010 05:14:32 PM 507 Views
That's not Economics 101. That's practically Anarcho-capitalism. Ghavrel - 13/01/2010 11:54:22 PM 570 Views
Duh. Cannoli - 14/01/2010 03:00:56 AM 590 Views
The existence of that right isn't what I'm arguing. Ghavrel - 18/01/2010 09:01:07 AM 552 Views
Re: The existence of that right isn't what I'm arguing. Cannoli - 18/01/2010 11:57:33 AM 863 Views
Apaprently I misread your earlier post. Very good points. *NM* Ghavrel - 19/01/2010 01:17:01 AM 299 Views
I'll agree to the trespass against persons imlad - 09/01/2010 06:07:29 PM 628 Views
What bullshit you write. Tom - 10/01/2010 01:30:02 AM 536 Views
He's such a parody of himself, one wonders if he's not a fake identity created by rightists. *NM* LiterateDog - 10/01/2010 05:14:31 AM 311 Views
uhm...nothing in nature shares with all. LadyLorraine - 10/01/2010 05:28:04 AM 591 Views
So what you're saying is people shouldn't take movies to heart ? AgentOrange - 06/01/2010 01:39:21 PM 618 Views
That's just the point. Dannymac - 06/01/2010 04:15:48 PM 703 Views
Precisely *NM* ironclad - 06/01/2010 04:45:58 PM 333 Views
indeed. they are not "soldiers" LadyLorraine - 07/01/2010 07:12:32 AM 570 Views
that's a weasel script AgentOrange - 07/01/2010 09:55:13 AM 595 Views
well, it seems like it was less "lazy script writing" LadyLorraine - 07/01/2010 05:38:35 PM 559 Views
huh. Well, my hunch would be AgentOrange - 07/01/2010 10:34:35 PM 689 Views
what makes them "look like military"?? imlad - 09/01/2010 06:15:24 PM 645 Views
arguing the natives as terrorists would be a stretch *NM* LadyLorraine - 09/01/2010 10:39:13 PM 315 Views
guessing you've seen it by now AgentOrange - 10/01/2010 12:48:57 PM 505 Views
AMEN *NM* imlad - 09/01/2010 06:09:27 PM 288 Views
if the foo shits, wear it *NM* imlad - 09/01/2010 06:08:11 PM 343 Views
I completely disagree with you about Avatar. Tom - 06/01/2010 02:18:22 PM 671 Views
would you have felt better if they were albino aliens? LadyLorraine - 07/01/2010 07:16:20 AM 603 Views
You really have a habit of missing the point of my posts in the name of snide remarks. Tom - 07/01/2010 03:47:36 PM 646 Views
Yes well, it's a habit I picked up from the rest of the posters. LadyLorraine - 07/01/2010 05:41:51 PM 681 Views
It's just simplistic. Like a Disney movie, but no songs. What really bugs me is that the Company beetnemesis - 08/01/2010 08:48:32 AM 655 Views
Yeah, I liked The Neverending Story better. Tom - 08/01/2010 01:41:37 PM 584 Views
You know what it is for me... Jeordam - 06/01/2010 07:37:10 PM 688 Views
That's understandable LadyLorraine - 07/01/2010 07:25:23 AM 563 Views
That's totally what it is, hah beetnemesis - 08/01/2010 08:57:10 AM 698 Views
See...that's where I'm different. Jeordam - 08/01/2010 03:33:30 PM 599 Views
I suppose the lesson is to not read about celebrities' politics? beetnemesis - 08/01/2010 06:22:10 PM 467 Views
But that's kind of the point... Jeordam - 08/01/2010 06:51:05 PM 578 Views
Uh oh, you used the "c" word... Dannymac - 08/01/2010 07:47:40 PM 673 Views
I hate it when you sound like an actual preacher LadyLorraine - 08/01/2010 10:03:28 PM 587 Views
Aw, I liked some of those sentences. Ghavrel - 08/01/2010 11:07:15 PM 532 Views
Isn't that a Bible quote? *NM* Legolas - 09/01/2010 12:33:51 AM 317 Views
I guess maybe from an epistle? *NM* Ghavrel - 09/01/2010 02:44:36 AM 294 Views
Yup, Romans 8:31 Darth_Katie - 09/01/2010 11:36:46 PM 481 Views
it's not that it was bad LadyLorraine - 09/01/2010 01:01:21 AM 640 Views
That seems like a pretty dangerous philosophy. Gher - 09/01/2010 06:24:35 AM 634 Views
Agreed. It also sounds absurd. I have +2 Armor of Christ. How about you? *NM* Tom - 10/01/2010 06:42:24 PM 296 Views
he he *NM* LadyLorraine - 11/01/2010 12:20:26 AM 274 Views
Maybe a little. Dannymac - 11/01/2010 06:06:24 AM 683 Views
I like your philosophy. Thanks for sharing! *NM* Darth_Katie - 11/01/2010 03:08:09 PM 265 Views
Ok, so apart from political subtexts, Mad Cow Bomber - 07/01/2010 05:40:28 AM 592 Views
You have to admire the world building though LadyLorraine - 07/01/2010 07:27:13 AM 504 Views
Both of you are more or less right beetnemesis - 08/01/2010 08:59:34 AM 527 Views
He DID write the original screenplay, I thought? LadyLorraine - 08/01/2010 10:04:07 PM 536 Views
And why is it that anyone who can <spoilers!> beetnemesis - 08/01/2010 09:03:45 AM 787 Views
Exactly! *Same spoilers ^he^ had. Gher - 08/01/2010 04:59:16 PM 600 Views
You're looking at it from the outsider point of view LadyLorraine - 08/01/2010 10:12:15 PM 575 Views
I don't buy it. Gher - 09/01/2010 06:29:07 AM 601 Views
Especially with the warrior tribe mentality they all have! beetnemesis - 10/01/2010 08:25:57 PM 463 Views
if there were all these hotshot warriors trying LadyLorraine - 11/01/2010 12:22:19 AM 547 Views
Poor scriptwriting *NM* Gher - 11/01/2010 12:56:24 AM 281 Views
oh come on LadyLorraine - 11/01/2010 01:00:40 AM 591 Views
Gher's right. It's Plot convinience, with a capital P *NM* AgentOrange - 13/01/2010 09:42:07 PM 283 Views
Re: Exactly! *Same spoilers ^he^ had. ironclad - 09/01/2010 01:27:59 PM 761 Views
It's pretty easy to conquer one of those things beetnemesis - 10/01/2010 08:27:20 PM 765 Views
Re: It's pretty easy to conquer one of those things ironclad - 10/01/2010 08:56:38 PM 537 Views
seriously LadyLorraine - 11/01/2010 12:23:58 AM 506 Views
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