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I still want a warrant. My house, as far as I know, has no illegal contraband in it. I still want a warrant if they search it. My phone, as far as I know, isn't calling Daesh or other terrorist organization or being used to arrange drug drops. I still want them to have a warrant. 
 
It it means the police have to actually do paperwork, the poor precious dears, tough stuff. Our rights as Citizens come before the ease of any government agency. First, Last, Always.
 
 
 

Yes, we can forgive old movies (and books, and plays and comic books).  What we can't do is insist that other people other people forgive them as well.
 
For example, I love Will Eisner.  The man was genius at visual story telling and created a large swath of the storytelling techniques that are used in comic books today.  Beyond his talents as a creator, based on the stories that he chose to write, I believe he was a compassionate and honorable man.  Unfortunately, he was also a product of his times, and without even being aware picked up the blatant racism of his day.
 
So, yes I can love Will Eisner's work, but I can't ask anyone else to overlook the extreme racism in his depiction of blacks and Asians.  If others find these portrayals as insurmountable obstacles to enjoying his work, I should not tell them to give him another chance, or to be more open minded, or to look at in historical prospective, or any garbage like that.  I just need to acknowledge that they have a point and not try to foster my love of Will Eisner on them or judge them over our different perspectives.  

Well, that depends a bit on who you are doesn't it.  Maybe some people get to find these to be distasteful opinions, but if are black, Asian, Jewish or homosexual these movies aren't merely distasteful.  They are direct spits in the face of you and  yours.  Just because an insult or an injustice took place a long time ago does not mean that it no longer requires forgiveness, particularly when a physical embodiment of that injustice is sitting right in front of you. 

I just want to acknowledge that Cate Blanchett absolutely nailed the role of Hela. She was completely convincing as someone with great power and confidence and came across as every bit as threatening and dangerous as she was supposed to be. IMO, she also looked damned good doing it. I found it impressive that she was able to project both "oozing sexy" and "oh hell no, I'm not going near that" at the same time. Mad props to her screen presence and acting ability.

Just keep fighting the good fight; but do it with reason and patience. The reasonable people will eventually hear you. I know they're not as loud as the crazies, but there are more of them, and they're the ones who always clean up after the crazies have inevitably exhausted themselves.

Yes, we can forgive old movies (and books, and plays and comic books).  What we can't do is insist that other people other people forgive them as well.
 
For example, I love Will Eisner.  The man was genius at visual story telling and created a large swath of the storytelling techniques that are used in comic books today.  Beyond his talents as a creator, based on the stories that he chose to write, I believe he was a compassionate and honorable man.  Unfortunately, he was also a product of his times, and without even being aware picked up the blatant racism of his day.
 
So, yes I can love Will Eisner's work, but I can't ask anyone else to overlook the extreme racism in his depiction of blacks and Asians.  If others find these portrayals as insurmountable obstacles to enjoying his work, I should not tell them to give him another chance, or to be more open minded, or to look at in historical prospective, or any garbage like that.  I just need to acknowledge that they have a point and not try to foster my love of Will Eisner on them or judge them over our different perspectives.  

Yes, we can forgive old movies (and books, and plays and comic books).  What we can't do is insist that other people other people forgive them as well.
 
For example, I love Will Eisner.  The man was genius at visual story telling and created a large swath of the storytelling techniques that are used in comic books today.  Beyond his talents as a creator, based on the stories that he chose to write, I believe he was a compassionate and honorable man.  Unfortunately, he was also a product of his times, and without even being aware picked up the blatant racism of his day.
 
So, yes I can love Will Eisner's work, but I can't ask anyone else to overlook the extreme racism in his depiction of blacks and Asians.  If others find these portrayals as insurmountable obstacles to enjoying his work, I should not tell them to give him another chance, or to be more open minded, or to look at in historical prospective, or any garbage like that.  I just need to acknowledge that they have a point and not try to foster my love of Will Eisner on them or judge them over our different perspectives.  

Please delete the portion of your post referring to her having posed in skin-mags, unless you can give a very good explanation why women who do pursue that work need less respect or bodily autonomy than other people.  Even if she were a full-fledged prostitute, posing with hands on breasts while she was asleep is wrong, and no less wrong than doing it to a nun.
 
I also don't think the Trump support matters. I can accept contrary points of view, though, and respect someone who thinks the accusation was at least partially politically motivated. Still, I think clearly non-consensual grope-pose photos are egregious enough that no political motivation is necessary.

Well, I guess those are weakness that I can live with.  I mean, I prefer my plots coherent, but I have noticed that comic book movies that I have had no problem following the plots have often been called incoherent.  I think it is because comic book story lines tend to have a lot of moving parts and fantastic elements, and I think that makes it hard for people not use to them to follow everything.
 
 
 
Doh!  Why would they use Steppenwolf when they could use Darkseid unstead!?!  
 
Still, slightly relieved that the underwelming villain wasn't Darkseid.  If you have Darkseid as your villain and he is not intimidating as all get out, then story telling just clearly is not your thing. 
 

Is my memory playing tricks  on me, or did Wonder Woman have a bunch of early reviews before it came out.  Justice League comes out Friday and there still hasn't been a single early review.  That doesn't seem like a good sign,
 
I want this movie to be good.  Heck, I want it to be awesome, but I am not going to go see it unless it has a Rotten Tomato score of at least 70%.  I have Friday off and I could certainly take in a movie, but I have this uneasy feeling that I will spending Friday binge watching The Punisher on  Netflix instead.  Hope I'm wrong  about that.

I think that Trump is truly pathological in many ways and doesn't even understand what would be good for him or anybody else. He makes decisions on how they make him feel (powerful, smart, better, etc.). That has and never will be a winning governing strategy. In the short-term, he will feel good. In the long-term he damages the very civilization that he swore to protect and defend. In the long-term, he will go down as one of the worst presidents in history. He won't be alive to see it, but his descendants will. Maybe they will consider his utter and complete failure before committing to any sort of government service. Yeah, most politicians see a gravy train when they get elected, but there has to be a few who remember that elected positions are at the very core of government service.
 
Maybe?

One thing Trump has achieved: A lot of us are realizing, or remembering, how important such fuzzy and archaic concepts as "honor," "character," "tradition," and "trust" actually are to maintaining the sort of society we want to live in.
 
Back when I attended the University of Washington, I heard a talk from an emeritus professor who was one of FDR's advisors back in WW2. Early in the war, there was debate about media control. Should the government try to suppress news about military defeats or domestic labor unrest?
 
He said no. He argued that "The government of the United States must never be seen to lie." Or even to hide the truth. His reason: "If our enemies see that we tell the truth when the truth is bad for us and good for them, they will believe us when the truth is good for us and bad for them." Roosevelt agreed.
 
The payoff came at the end of the war. The administration knew the US was going to defeat Japan eventually, and began planning for the war's end. This led to what the professor called the most narrowly targeted propaganda campaign in history: aimed solely at Emperor Hirohito and the few other people with real power in the Japanese government. The message: Though we demand unconditional surrender, we in fact offer some conditions. There will be no revenge -- and the Emperor will live. In this, it is safe to surrender.
 
And the message was believed. Not to undervalue the importance of nuking Hiroshima and Nagasaki, but the professor argued it was just as important that the Japanese government -- in particular, Hirohito himself -- believed the back-channel promise that he would be spared.
 
I have remembered this story every time it has come out that the US government or president has lied through its teeth. When strict honesty was the rational strategic choice in the greatest danger the country faced in a century, what's your excuse for lying now?

To some extent I have to disagree with you. What I've heard and read from a number of women discussing Wonder Woman and female action characters in general, is that in the past women seemed to need to behave like their male counterparts to be taken seriously. Qualities which have traditionally been seen as "female" -- warmth, compassion, supportiveness -- have often been viewed as weaknesses, making women "unable to make tough choices." As a result strong women have most often been portrayed as hard, stoic, even ruthless, the way men have been. Charlize Theron in Atomic Blonde is one recent example.
 
The Wonder Woman film is a game changer because Diana is none of that. She wears her heart on her sleeve all the time. She doesn't sacrifice her compassion in order to be strong; in fact it's the source of her strength, the motivation for her heroism. Essentially it's telling women that if they want to be heroes, they should embrace what makes them who they are, not give it up.

Trump and his people aren't competent enough to pull something like this.  Really, they would be reporting on the plot on the front page Washington Post before it got out of the spitballing phase, and since nothing would have actually have happened yet, the Trump administration would successfully play off as some poor taste joking.  Then Trump would hold a rally and ask if the joke was really in all that poor of taste.  His audience would assure him that no not really.  There might be some chanting of "Blow them up! Blow them up!"

Trump and his people aren't competent enough to pull something like this.  Really, they would be reporting on the plot on the front page Washington Post before it got out of the spitballing phase, and since nothing would have actually have happened yet, the Trump administration would successfully play off as some poor taste joking.  Then Trump would hold a rally and ask if the joke was really in all that poor of taste.  His audience would assure him that no not really.  There might be some chanting of "Blow them up! Blow them up!"

Does this make you feel inadequate? Are you suffering a crisis of identity?

They're all DCEU. Each one takes place on a different earth than the comics. Universe doesn't get any more expanded than that.

Well, the review that bigdamnhero posted mentioned how tone deaf episode 3 was with its message. So we know that they got watch at least 3 episodes.

Well, the review that bigdamnhero posted mentioned how tone deaf episode 3 was with its message. So we know that they got watch at least 3 episodes.

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What Moderates Believe
 
This article does a really good job encapsulating my political beliefs.

What Moderates Believe
 
This article does a really good job encapsulating my political beliefs.

What Moderates Believe
 
This article does a really good job encapsulating my political beliefs.