mjgates @23: How abour Barbarella?
James @46: It's already $20 off the cover price, I don't recall seeing that deep a discount on a new release "bestseller" ever. I could be wrong though.
Amazon is selling the book for 9.99 on the hardcover. Can't wait until the reviews start coming in. I am tempted to get it for the comedy value.
I was about 15 when this happened. I remember watching it on TV in my grandmothers living room.
I recall thinking two things. The first being I never thought I'd see that happen, the second was general awe that is was happening.
It was sure a wild few years back then.
Debbie @56: There are always that group that think that way, they tend to be rather vocal. I hope I am not naive, but I do live in the NYC area so my view might be skewed. I don't think it is.
Zander @4: I always saw it that way too.
Funny enough how so many of those cyberpunk novels have had a lot of the tech predictions come true, and the societal ones to varying degrees. I am preparing to start messing with an Augmented Reality app on my iphone as I type this.
This is why most sports writers annoy me in general. They tend to just shoot off opinions based on, well, their own whatever they come up with. It's really the assumptions he made that get me. He did not even bother to check just assumed "oh he has a funny sounding name, he must be a ringer" or something along those lines.
It's pretty insulting to be called a "technical american." It implies that one is not really a citizen, it's only because of a loophole they are. At least that is how it comes across. In my adoptive family I am the 1st or 2nd generation (depending on the side of the family) born in the US. Going by my biological it gets murkier (half were here from the 1700s). But in the end that doesn't matter, this guy doesn't seem to get that. It's not like tenure, it's not "I was here first so I am more American."
@Abi: It's important to remember that most Americans are not asses, and do recall where their roots are and what it means to become, and be, an American. If you think about all the parades and how people call themselves "X-American" you can see that.
I have to say, I back Jim on this thing. I think we are taking some statements too literally perhaps for whatever reason.
@103: Are you taking him at his literal word to further the argument?
Their list is kind of meh. The first one was a mistake IIRC, how can that be a hoax?
Also the Epilepsy thing is not really a hoax, more of a cruel attack on people. I'll put my nitpicking aside to add the writer scams in the poll. Except for the suicide I'd think the rest are mild in comparison.
Craig Ranapia @75: I am not sure if it is on purpose, but you seem to be deliberately ignoring the context of the comments to focus on a single word and it's possible meanings. In the context it was used it does not seem to me to be an attempt to demean a woman because she is a woman.
Anyone doing the same could be called a whore in the context. It's not about party or affiliation. But we are currently discussing one persons use of a word to apply to another. She happens to be a woman which is what set you off it seems.
As for the rest, I am not going to even bother going down that path. I haven't seen anyone else here attempt to insult or belittle you. I am not sure why you are all of a sudden getting rather antagonistic considering you seem to "prefer the high road." If you are trying to prove a point it missed the point because it is nothing like the original comment in context, meaning, or purpose.
@Revolver: You just had to link that site. Now I am going to spend all day reading reviews versus getting work done. Thanks.
Craig R. @ 59: If they are embracing Ayn Rand then that is pretty much what they want. She seemed to hate the "masses", the poor and those in the lower strata of society.
Crag @35: I don't think you can call that statement misogynistic in the context. If any man or woman is essentially selling their votes and positions to the highest bidder then they are a whore in my books. Call a spade a spade. I sometimes wonder if people read too much into some attacks, looking for hidden codes because they expect them from the right so it has to be that way.
It's been proven time after time that you can't just smile, nod, and ignore them. You have to, at least to some degree, come right back at them. Being high-minded does not mean being a wimp and just taking whatever garbage is thrown at you. IMHO the dems have taken the garbage for way to long and need to fight back more.
That is pretty neat. How durable are they?
It just gets me that whenever any democrat says, or does, something to fight back they are labelled as crude, petty, mean, or hurting the cause. But from repubs it is just "business as usual." And in the end the repubs manage to destroy or water down whatever it was trying to be done.
It's great to be high-minded, it's the kind of thing that makes the people who always lose feel good. "He beat me, but in the end I know I was fairer and the better man." I wonder if some of the current reaction is simply from the last twenty or so years of being beat down since Reagan? Dems got so used to losing they rationalized it away.
There is nothing wrong with defending ones views, there is nothing wrong with meeting strong language with strong language. There is nothing wrong with the use of shocking or strong language when appropriate. Plus Grayson has not actually lied.
My arteries are hardening in joyous anticipation of this concoction of evil and yum. The description is priceless.
I keep thinking of Concentrated Evil from Time Bandits for some reason.
@102: That is a good point. From a Roman Catholic perspective (I was raised as such) it's about the sacrifice. It's a mix of payback to Jesus for dying for us, a way to emulate his sacrifice, and a showing of devotion to God by doing so. It's meant to show piety not reveal new things due to altered states of being.
That is how they presented it when you heard about saints and what not fasting and doing stuff. It was because of the pious nature they showed and the intense faith.
fidelio @84: My grandfather, straight off the boat from Italy, had a serious problem with the Lent fasting after watching the priests as an altar boy. He'd see them eat what they wanted and get drunk off the remaining sacramental wine.
From what I can recall, Lent fasting has from the earliest been a bit of a crap shoot depending on where you were. And I think it was actually St. Augustine who pushed the vegan ideal onto it pretty hard. And yes it was always done sanely. They made a lot of changes over the years to allow people to, well, not die or get seriously sick.
What never ceases to amaze me is how people can totally and completely misunderstand how to do something because they barely read about it or don't really care. You don't even need common sense to know a closed room with very high heat exposure should be bad.
@87: Never heard that one before, it's perfect! Time for me to consult with the googles I think.
As an aside. Anyone want to bet that Ray vanishes? I am kind of surprised the sheriff just let him go and did not hold him at least. They could have held him for 24-48 hours.
I've had heat stroke (I was a kid and my stupid cousin thought I was being a wimp when I started complaining.) Luckily my mother stopped it right before I threw up. I can very much see people not wanting to get out of there to show they are strong and not quitters. It's not about being dumb at that point.
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