I'm supposed to go see the movie today, so I don't know the answer to that.
Is it the fact that they wear uniforms? Or that they have vehicles and weapons of a warlike nature? Because if it is their use of war-making equipment, then I'd have to say groups like al-Qaeda are military (and no, I am not in any way condoning AQ). My point is, what makes a group a "military" in the first place?
Without seeing the movie, I'm guessing that an argument could be made (and probably has been made somewhere) that the natives on this planet (the ones fighting against the humans at least) are terrorists.
Is it the fact that they wear uniforms? Or that they have vehicles and weapons of a warlike nature? Because if it is their use of war-making equipment, then I'd have to say groups like al-Qaeda are military (and no, I am not in any way condoning AQ). My point is, what makes a group a "military" in the first place?
Without seeing the movie, I'm guessing that an argument could be made (and probably has been made somewhere) that the natives on this planet (the ones fighting against the humans at least) are terrorists.
Sure, I guess it says somewhere they are not military, but they sure LOOK LIKE military.
See, I wouldn't mind it so much if the bad guys weren't so lamely one dimentional. My annoyance by the heavy handed politics is blended by the heavier annoyance of the lazy scriptwriting. I'm not asking to have a Ben Linus here but a Doc Octopus would be okay.
See, I wouldn't mind it so much if the bad guys weren't so lamely one dimentional. My annoyance by the heavy handed politics is blended by the heavier annoyance of the lazy scriptwriting. I'm not asking to have a Ben Linus here but a Doc Octopus would be okay.
Death to the Regressives of the GOP and the TeaParty. No mercy for Conservatives. Burn them all at the stake for the hateful satanists they are.
Suspension of Disbelief with Politics
05/01/2010 06:46:53 PM
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I don't completely agree, but this is similar to everyone retroactively hating Tom Cruise's movies.
05/01/2010 08:47:19 PM
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I always thought that was just stupid of people (and that includes 3/4 of my family)
09/01/2010 05:27:41 PM
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LOL...~hands Dannymac a clue~
06/01/2010 04:51:43 AM
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Just judging him based on what he writes...
06/01/2010 04:17:49 PM
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Then read what he writes. I read him every week and he IS a liberal.
09/01/2010 11:45:41 PM
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Wait...I support same-sex marriage. Just not all that other crap.
07/01/2010 06:18:40 AM
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trespasses against persons is subjective.
07/01/2010 07:09:22 AM
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Actually, it isn't.
07/01/2010 03:46:30 PM
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ah I wasn't aware you were referring to a legal term
07/01/2010 05:37:10 PM
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Considering that it's made-up BS, why should it be?
09/01/2010 11:01:31 PM
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what about those not capable of walking away?
10/01/2010 03:51:10 AM
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Who has the right to say a parent is abusing the child, and what prevents abuses the other way?
10/01/2010 09:13:45 AM
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Re: trespasses against persons is subjective.
09/01/2010 11:12:57 PM
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but it is wrong to deny the legal ramifications of marriage
10/01/2010 04:19:02 AM
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Civics & economics 101
10/01/2010 08:47:07 AM
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That's not Economics 101. That's practically Anarcho-capitalism.
13/01/2010 11:54:22 PM
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Duh.
14/01/2010 03:00:56 AM
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The existence of that right isn't what I'm arguing.
18/01/2010 09:01:07 AM
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I'll agree to the trespass against persons
09/01/2010 06:07:29 PM
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What bullshit you write.
10/01/2010 01:30:02 AM
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He's such a parody of himself, one wonders if he's not a fake identity created by rightists. *NM*
10/01/2010 05:14:31 AM
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So what you're saying is people shouldn't take movies to heart ?
06/01/2010 01:39:21 PM
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That's just the point.
06/01/2010 04:15:48 PM
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indeed. they are not "soldiers"
07/01/2010 07:12:32 AM
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that's a weasel script
07/01/2010 09:55:13 AM
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what makes them "look like military"??
09/01/2010 06:15:24 PM
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I completely disagree with you about Avatar.
06/01/2010 02:18:22 PM
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would you have felt better if they were albino aliens?
07/01/2010 07:16:20 AM
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You really have a habit of missing the point of my posts in the name of snide remarks.
07/01/2010 03:47:36 PM
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It's just simplistic. Like a Disney movie, but no songs. What really bugs me is that the Company
08/01/2010 08:48:32 AM
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You know what it is for me...
06/01/2010 07:37:10 PM
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That's totally what it is, hah
08/01/2010 08:57:10 AM
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See...that's where I'm different.
08/01/2010 03:33:30 PM
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Uh oh, you used the "c" word...
08/01/2010 07:47:40 PM
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I hate it when you sound like an actual preacher
08/01/2010 10:03:28 PM
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Aw, I liked some of those sentences.
08/01/2010 11:07:15 PM
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Isn't that a Bible quote? *NM*
09/01/2010 12:33:51 AM
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That seems like a pretty dangerous philosophy.
09/01/2010 06:24:35 AM
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Agreed. It also sounds absurd. I have +2 Armor of Christ. How about you? *NM*
10/01/2010 06:42:24 PM
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Ok, so apart from political subtexts,
07/01/2010 05:40:28 AM
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You have to admire the world building though
07/01/2010 07:27:13 AM
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And why is it that anyone who can <spoilers!>
08/01/2010 09:03:45 AM
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Exactly! *Same spoilers ^he^ had.
08/01/2010 04:59:16 PM
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You're looking at it from the outsider point of view
08/01/2010 10:12:15 PM
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I don't buy it.
09/01/2010 06:29:07 AM
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Especially with the warrior tribe mentality they all have!
10/01/2010 08:25:57 PM
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if there were all these hotshot warriors trying
11/01/2010 12:22:19 AM
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Re: Exactly! *Same spoilers ^he^ had.
09/01/2010 01:27:59 PM
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It's pretty easy to conquer one of those things
10/01/2010 08:27:20 PM
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