I was also pretty bewildered at the notion that this movie was defending the importance of national secret services and frankly, I have no idea who this argument was aimed at. Aside from the most idealistic pacifists - ideological outliers - I've never heard this idea proposed. Was this just trying to please people in an echo chamber?
At the very least, it's about 20 years out of date. It feels like the sort of thing people might have said in fits of delusional optimism following the fall of the Berlin Wall. Now though, you're right, especially since 9-11.
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- The Crownless
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"Sometimes unhinged, sometimes unfair, always entertaining"
- The Crownless
“Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.” GK Chesteron
Deus Vult!
Okay, what's going on with Skyfall? Do they realize M was the villain? (Spoilers abound)
- 14/11/2012 03:09:34 AM
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Ulysses was condemned to the Inferno for the "fraud of the Trojan Horse"
- 15/11/2012 10:32:18 PM
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Chinese Gordon was hung out to dry in the Sudan( Khartoum, to be precise), not India
- 19/11/2012 07:36:43 PM
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Hey, look! Someone called one of my posts succinct! Hmm. Do we need a drug testing policy?
- 20/11/2012 04:45:00 PM
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I also had that impression.
- 20/11/2012 07:46:49 AM
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Re: I also had that impression.
- 20/11/2012 05:02:11 PM
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