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I don't completely agree, but this is similar to everyone retroactively hating Tom Cruise's movies. Zalis Send a noteboard - 05/01/2010 08:47:19 PM
I don't, by the way, but it seems socially acceptable to do so.

My Christian worldview is somewhat disconnected in media, at least to the extent of not expecting stories or characters to hold to my values. There are limits to what I'd visually consume, of course, but I don't read myself into every story. Excessive vulgarity, nudity or heavy-handed pseudo-morality turn me off. Otherwise, I tend to experience and then pass judgment.
The sword might be grateful to the forge fire, but never fond of it.
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Suspension of Disbelief with Politics Dannymac - 05/01/2010 06:46:53 PM 1594 Views
Oh I hear ya! ironclad - 05/01/2010 08:35:38 PM 804 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 841 Views
Which is just as silly, yes. *NM* ironclad - 05/01/2010 08:48:55 PM 382 Views
Who hates Top Gun? That movie R0X0RS! *NM* Tom - 07/01/2010 06:19:48 AM 407 Views
You know, I never understood that LadyLorraine - 07/01/2010 07:28:36 AM 742 Views
What?? Min Rep is fantastic! *NM* ironclad - 07/01/2010 08:19:30 AM 386 Views
*Stands on counter* I am the last Poet Bartender AgentOrange - 07/01/2010 02:08:56 PM 766 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 755 Views
LOL...~hands Dannymac a clue~ damookster - 06/01/2010 04:51:43 AM 951 Views
Just judging him based on what he writes... Dannymac - 06/01/2010 04:17:49 PM 788 Views
the point is... damookster - 06/01/2010 11:25:46 PM 754 Views
talk about needing a clue imlad - 09/01/2010 06:01:14 PM 714 Views
Then read what he writes. I read him every week and he IS a liberal. Cannoli - 09/01/2010 11:45:41 PM 713 Views
Wait...I support same-sex marriage. Just not all that other crap. Tom - 07/01/2010 06:18:40 AM 741 Views
trespasses against persons is subjective. LadyLorraine - 07/01/2010 07:09:22 AM 812 Views
Actually, it isn't. Tom - 07/01/2010 03:46:30 PM 709 Views
ah I wasn't aware you were referring to a legal term LadyLorraine - 07/01/2010 05:37:10 PM 770 Views
Considering that it's made-up BS, why should it be? Cannoli - 09/01/2010 11:01:31 PM 741 Views
what about those not capable of walking away? LadyLorraine - 10/01/2010 03:51:10 AM 672 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 921 Views
You are not wrong LadyLorraine - 10/01/2010 04:43:55 PM 747 Views
Re: trespasses against persons is subjective. Cannoli - 09/01/2010 11:12:57 PM 759 Views
but it is wrong to deny the legal ramifications of marriage LadyLorraine - 10/01/2010 04:19:02 AM 860 Views
Civics & economics 101 Cannoli - 10/01/2010 08:47:07 AM 864 Views
okay, I can agree on your points LadyLorraine - 10/01/2010 05:14:32 PM 674 Views
That's not Economics 101. That's practically Anarcho-capitalism. Ghavrel - 13/01/2010 11:54:22 PM 710 Views
Duh. Cannoli - 14/01/2010 03:00:56 AM 707 Views
The existence of that right isn't what I'm arguing. Ghavrel - 18/01/2010 09:01:07 AM 697 Views
Re: The existence of that right isn't what I'm arguing. Cannoli - 18/01/2010 11:57:33 AM 1009 Views
Apaprently I misread your earlier post. Very good points. *NM* Ghavrel - 19/01/2010 01:17:01 AM 363 Views
I'll agree to the trespass against persons imlad - 09/01/2010 06:07:29 PM 764 Views
What bullshit you write. Tom - 10/01/2010 01:30:02 AM 681 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 376 Views
uhm...nothing in nature shares with all. LadyLorraine - 10/01/2010 05:28:04 AM 733 Views
So what you're saying is people shouldn't take movies to heart ? AgentOrange - 06/01/2010 01:39:21 PM 768 Views
That's just the point. Dannymac - 06/01/2010 04:15:48 PM 860 Views
Precisely *NM* ironclad - 06/01/2010 04:45:58 PM 397 Views
indeed. they are not "soldiers" LadyLorraine - 07/01/2010 07:12:32 AM 749 Views
that's a weasel script AgentOrange - 07/01/2010 09:55:13 AM 725 Views
well, it seems like it was less "lazy script writing" LadyLorraine - 07/01/2010 05:38:35 PM 722 Views
huh. Well, my hunch would be AgentOrange - 07/01/2010 10:34:35 PM 829 Views
what makes them "look like military"?? imlad - 09/01/2010 06:15:24 PM 794 Views
arguing the natives as terrorists would be a stretch *NM* LadyLorraine - 09/01/2010 10:39:13 PM 380 Views
guessing you've seen it by now AgentOrange - 10/01/2010 12:48:57 PM 669 Views
AMEN *NM* imlad - 09/01/2010 06:09:27 PM 362 Views
if the foo shits, wear it *NM* imlad - 09/01/2010 06:08:11 PM 407 Views
I completely disagree with you about Avatar. Tom - 06/01/2010 02:18:22 PM 821 Views
would you have felt better if they were albino aliens? LadyLorraine - 07/01/2010 07:16:20 AM 734 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 791 Views
Yes well, it's a habit I picked up from the rest of the posters. LadyLorraine - 07/01/2010 05:41:51 PM 827 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 801 Views
Yeah, I liked The Neverending Story better. Tom - 08/01/2010 01:41:37 PM 733 Views
You know what it is for me... Jeordam - 06/01/2010 07:37:10 PM 830 Views
That's understandable LadyLorraine - 07/01/2010 07:25:23 AM 713 Views
That's totally what it is, hah beetnemesis - 08/01/2010 08:57:10 AM 840 Views
See...that's where I'm different. Jeordam - 08/01/2010 03:33:30 PM 715 Views
I suppose the lesson is to not read about celebrities' politics? beetnemesis - 08/01/2010 06:22:10 PM 610 Views
But that's kind of the point... Jeordam - 08/01/2010 06:51:05 PM 737 Views
Uh oh, you used the "c" word... Dannymac - 08/01/2010 07:47:40 PM 826 Views
I hate it when you sound like an actual preacher LadyLorraine - 08/01/2010 10:03:28 PM 727 Views
Aw, I liked some of those sentences. Ghavrel - 08/01/2010 11:07:15 PM 666 Views
Isn't that a Bible quote? *NM* Legolas - 09/01/2010 12:33:51 AM 381 Views
I guess maybe from an epistle? *NM* Ghavrel - 09/01/2010 02:44:36 AM 357 Views
Yup, Romans 8:31 Darth_Katie - 09/01/2010 11:36:46 PM 646 Views
it's not that it was bad LadyLorraine - 09/01/2010 01:01:21 AM 788 Views
That seems like a pretty dangerous philosophy. Gher - 09/01/2010 06:24:35 AM 810 Views
Agreed. It also sounds absurd. I have +2 Armor of Christ. How about you? *NM* Tom - 10/01/2010 06:42:24 PM 365 Views
he he *NM* LadyLorraine - 11/01/2010 12:20:26 AM 335 Views
Maybe a little. Dannymac - 11/01/2010 06:06:24 AM 827 Views
I like your philosophy. Thanks for sharing! *NM* Darth_Katie - 11/01/2010 03:08:09 PM 331 Views
Ok, so apart from political subtexts, Mad Cow Bomber - 07/01/2010 05:40:28 AM 801 Views
You have to admire the world building though LadyLorraine - 07/01/2010 07:27:13 AM 655 Views
Both of you are more or less right beetnemesis - 08/01/2010 08:59:34 AM 673 Views
He DID write the original screenplay, I thought? LadyLorraine - 08/01/2010 10:04:07 PM 695 Views
And why is it that anyone who can <spoilers!> beetnemesis - 08/01/2010 09:03:45 AM 938 Views
Exactly! *Same spoilers ^he^ had. Gher - 08/01/2010 04:59:16 PM 756 Views
You're looking at it from the outsider point of view LadyLorraine - 08/01/2010 10:12:15 PM 715 Views
I don't buy it. Gher - 09/01/2010 06:29:07 AM 745 Views
Especially with the warrior tribe mentality they all have! beetnemesis - 10/01/2010 08:25:57 PM 609 Views
if there were all these hotshot warriors trying LadyLorraine - 11/01/2010 12:22:19 AM 691 Views
Poor scriptwriting *NM* Gher - 11/01/2010 12:56:24 AM 358 Views
oh come on LadyLorraine - 11/01/2010 01:00:40 AM 759 Views
Gher's right. It's Plot convinience, with a capital P *NM* AgentOrange - 13/01/2010 09:42:07 PM 343 Views
Re: Exactly! *Same spoilers ^he^ had. ironclad - 09/01/2010 01:27:59 PM 907 Views
It's pretty easy to conquer one of those things beetnemesis - 10/01/2010 08:27:20 PM 904 Views
Re: It's pretty easy to conquer one of those things ironclad - 10/01/2010 08:56:38 PM 668 Views
seriously LadyLorraine - 11/01/2010 12:23:58 AM 638 Views
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