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Especially with the warrior tribe mentality they all have! beetnemesis Send a noteboard - 10/01/2010 08:25:57 PM
Everything about the Na'vi warrior's culture is about proving yourself, going one-on-one with the world and everything in it that's trying to kill you.

And the rabbit-puma metaphor doesn't work- rabbits don't have a ritualistic tribal culture that involves subduing pumas and using them as telepathic mounts.


Any hotshot warrior who wanted to prove himself would take a shot at those dragon things, and the fact that they're so skilled with the aerial mounts they ALREADY use shows that it's not that difficult to capture one.
I amuse myself.
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Oh I hear ya! ironclad - 05/01/2010 08:35:38 PM 730 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 748 Views
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LOL...~hands Dannymac a clue~ damookster - 06/01/2010 04:51:43 AM 881 Views
Just judging him based on what he writes... Dannymac - 06/01/2010 04:17:49 PM 719 Views
the point is... damookster - 06/01/2010 11:25:46 PM 685 Views
talk about needing a clue imlad - 09/01/2010 06:01:14 PM 644 Views
Then read what he writes. I read him every week and he IS a liberal. Cannoli - 09/01/2010 11:45:41 PM 631 Views
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Actually, it isn't. Tom - 07/01/2010 03:46:30 PM 640 Views
ah I wasn't aware you were referring to a legal term LadyLorraine - 07/01/2010 05:37:10 PM 684 Views
Considering that it's made-up BS, why should it be? Cannoli - 09/01/2010 11:01:31 PM 670 Views
what about those not capable of walking away? LadyLorraine - 10/01/2010 03:51:10 AM 604 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 828 Views
You are not wrong LadyLorraine - 10/01/2010 04:43:55 PM 658 Views
Re: trespasses against persons is subjective. Cannoli - 09/01/2010 11:12:57 PM 694 Views
but it is wrong to deny the legal ramifications of marriage LadyLorraine - 10/01/2010 04:19:02 AM 785 Views
Civics & economics 101 Cannoli - 10/01/2010 08:47:07 AM 776 Views
okay, I can agree on your points LadyLorraine - 10/01/2010 05:14:32 PM 578 Views
That's not Economics 101. That's practically Anarcho-capitalism. Ghavrel - 13/01/2010 11:54:22 PM 644 Views
Duh. Cannoli - 14/01/2010 03:00:56 AM 637 Views
The existence of that right isn't what I'm arguing. Ghavrel - 18/01/2010 09:01:07 AM 631 Views
Re: The existence of that right isn't what I'm arguing. Cannoli - 18/01/2010 11:57:33 AM 939 Views
Apaprently I misread your earlier post. Very good points. *NM* Ghavrel - 19/01/2010 01:17:01 AM 330 Views
I'll agree to the trespass against persons imlad - 09/01/2010 06:07:29 PM 704 Views
What bullshit you write. Tom - 10/01/2010 01:30:02 AM 612 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 343 Views
uhm...nothing in nature shares with all. LadyLorraine - 10/01/2010 05:28:04 AM 665 Views
So what you're saying is people shouldn't take movies to heart ? AgentOrange - 06/01/2010 01:39:21 PM 695 Views
That's just the point. Dannymac - 06/01/2010 04:15:48 PM 784 Views
Precisely *NM* ironclad - 06/01/2010 04:45:58 PM 363 Views
indeed. they are not "soldiers" LadyLorraine - 07/01/2010 07:12:32 AM 651 Views
that's a weasel script AgentOrange - 07/01/2010 09:55:13 AM 660 Views
well, it seems like it was less "lazy script writing" LadyLorraine - 07/01/2010 05:38:35 PM 632 Views
huh. Well, my hunch would be AgentOrange - 07/01/2010 10:34:35 PM 759 Views
what makes them "look like military"?? imlad - 09/01/2010 06:15:24 PM 717 Views
arguing the natives as terrorists would be a stretch *NM* LadyLorraine - 09/01/2010 10:39:13 PM 344 Views
guessing you've seen it by now AgentOrange - 10/01/2010 12:48:57 PM 579 Views
AMEN *NM* imlad - 09/01/2010 06:09:27 PM 318 Views
if the foo shits, wear it *NM* imlad - 09/01/2010 06:08:11 PM 372 Views
I completely disagree with you about Avatar. Tom - 06/01/2010 02:18:22 PM 751 Views
would you have felt better if they were albino aliens? LadyLorraine - 07/01/2010 07:16:20 AM 649 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 714 Views
Yes well, it's a habit I picked up from the rest of the posters. LadyLorraine - 07/01/2010 05:41:51 PM 754 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 732 Views
Yeah, I liked The Neverending Story better. Tom - 08/01/2010 01:41:37 PM 662 Views
You know what it is for me... Jeordam - 06/01/2010 07:37:10 PM 759 Views
That's understandable LadyLorraine - 07/01/2010 07:25:23 AM 641 Views
That's totally what it is, hah beetnemesis - 08/01/2010 08:57:10 AM 770 Views
See...that's where I'm different. Jeordam - 08/01/2010 03:33:30 PM 646 Views
I suppose the lesson is to not read about celebrities' politics? beetnemesis - 08/01/2010 06:22:10 PM 536 Views
But that's kind of the point... Jeordam - 08/01/2010 06:51:05 PM 644 Views
Uh oh, you used the "c" word... Dannymac - 08/01/2010 07:47:40 PM 753 Views
I hate it when you sound like an actual preacher LadyLorraine - 08/01/2010 10:03:28 PM 657 Views
Aw, I liked some of those sentences. Ghavrel - 08/01/2010 11:07:15 PM 603 Views
Isn't that a Bible quote? *NM* Legolas - 09/01/2010 12:33:51 AM 347 Views
I guess maybe from an epistle? *NM* Ghavrel - 09/01/2010 02:44:36 AM 325 Views
Yup, Romans 8:31 Darth_Katie - 09/01/2010 11:36:46 PM 554 Views
it's not that it was bad LadyLorraine - 09/01/2010 01:01:21 AM 716 Views
That seems like a pretty dangerous philosophy. Gher - 09/01/2010 06:24:35 AM 714 Views
Agreed. It also sounds absurd. I have +2 Armor of Christ. How about you? *NM* Tom - 10/01/2010 06:42:24 PM 329 Views
he he *NM* LadyLorraine - 11/01/2010 12:20:26 AM 301 Views
Maybe a little. Dannymac - 11/01/2010 06:06:24 AM 758 Views
I like your philosophy. Thanks for sharing! *NM* Darth_Katie - 11/01/2010 03:08:09 PM 299 Views
Ok, so apart from political subtexts, Mad Cow Bomber - 07/01/2010 05:40:28 AM 670 Views
You have to admire the world building though LadyLorraine - 07/01/2010 07:27:13 AM 581 Views
Both of you are more or less right beetnemesis - 08/01/2010 08:59:34 AM 601 Views
He DID write the original screenplay, I thought? LadyLorraine - 08/01/2010 10:04:07 PM 611 Views
And why is it that anyone who can <spoilers!> beetnemesis - 08/01/2010 09:03:45 AM 869 Views
Exactly! *Same spoilers ^he^ had. Gher - 08/01/2010 04:59:16 PM 665 Views
You're looking at it from the outsider point of view LadyLorraine - 08/01/2010 10:12:15 PM 646 Views
I don't buy it. Gher - 09/01/2010 06:29:07 AM 676 Views
Especially with the warrior tribe mentality they all have! beetnemesis - 10/01/2010 08:25:57 PM 538 Views
if there were all these hotshot warriors trying LadyLorraine - 11/01/2010 12:22:19 AM 619 Views
Poor scriptwriting *NM* Gher - 11/01/2010 12:56:24 AM 309 Views
oh come on LadyLorraine - 11/01/2010 01:00:40 AM 664 Views
Gher's right. It's Plot convinience, with a capital P *NM* AgentOrange - 13/01/2010 09:42:07 PM 313 Views
Re: Exactly! *Same spoilers ^he^ had. ironclad - 09/01/2010 01:27:59 PM 836 Views
It's pretty easy to conquer one of those things beetnemesis - 10/01/2010 08:27:20 PM 842 Views
Re: It's pretty easy to conquer one of those things ironclad - 10/01/2010 08:56:38 PM 609 Views
seriously LadyLorraine - 11/01/2010 12:23:58 AM 577 Views
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