You do realize that it's simply a movie filled with comic book heroes, right?

This isn't some Upton Sinclair style expose of an industry. It's not an allegory of the politcal-corporate complex.

It's a friggin' super-hero comic book movie meant to entertain people in an air-conditioned theater when it's hot outside.

Perspective a bit.

>> ^TheGenk:

This proves my holy Book was right all along. And no, I am not talking about the Bible, I'm talking about the Great Book of Space Pool. Which says that the creator of all things, the three legged, three armed space pool player called Zn'oort created life on earth by playing nine ball in space with asteroids and meteroids. And, well, we all know the rest.


Yeah, and I gotta clean it all up afterwards.

This proves my holy Book was right all along. And no, I am not talking about the Bible, I'm talking about the Great Book of Space Pool. Which says that the creator of all things, the three legged, three armed space pool player called Zn'oort created life on earth by playing nine ball in space with asteroids and meteroids. And, well, we all know the rest.

Ugh... I hate it when people quote the bible to me as if it has any authority on anything.

Why not quote the Koran, or the Egyptian book of the dead?

Oh, I forgot, your religion is "real" all the others are just delusional people who believe something wrong. And of course you know your little magic book is "right" because you "just feel it" or better yet "god told you so."

If I say that I talk to Napoleon Bonapart in my head, I get put away by the men dressed in white, yet a majority in this country believe they talk to some magic guy in the sky (and I'm not just talking about Christians here) and that is totally acceptable, even though he tells them to hate (or worse) their fellow human beings.

Religion needs to go.

Epic Bus Man, Amber Lamps, and Big Heaphones Bus Girl, plus I guess the girl taping... this cellphone video has some serious star-making power. I bet any one of those people could go ahead and start booking appearances right now.

to provide "proof" is to offer mathematics that can back up a theory.

Meanwhile this guy's proof is a book...and the book is right because said book says so.

Yikes. That's interesting in its radicalness, but a very fear-inspiring prospect.

I haven't used a tangible video store in many years and the most I did with Netflix was experiment with their free trial, which went well with new videos arriving so quickly after my return. I vowed never to use Blockbuster when I was younger because I knew they charged $3+ for a single videotape.

Nowadays I just buy all new-to-DVD movies that I've already seen when they're released if I like them that much. If there's something old that's really great and worth several replays I'll buy that too. However, if there's something I haven't seen but am interested in, I just download it onto my HTPC and if it's good enough I'll buy it. (The last example of this is Jackie Chan's New Police Story which was pretty well done.)

I do have cable, but no movie channels. My only upgrades are for digital cable, a DVR box, and all standard HD programming. My cable I could not do without (unless I replaced it with satellite).

I can't imagine cutting all ties in one fell swoop that way, ydj. Where will you go? What will you do? Are you going to spend your time in that house where the hide all the books? Oh, right, the... libary, I think it's called?

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So much time and effort has been spent on studying this ancient book. Where has it gotten them?
Their efforts could well be better spent, in my opinion.
It's a "coded" book all right. That becomes quickly apparent to anyone who has tried to make sense of it.

-- lostonearth

I want to be like Ann Coulter. You're left and wrong, I'm right and right. I have a book, therefore I am right. What I said in the book is right. No it's not wrong, even the wrong part, it's right too. I really couldn't get any more Right could I?

I mean seriously, how far right do you have to be to be criticized by BillO?

WTF - Did he say "vibration technology"?

@-2:40
"When you start to - at its vibration technology - "

HUH? It's a freakin' stick of rubber, man.

@-1:47
"...when it's frequency vibrates..."

WTF is this guy talking about? He's making this sh*t up like a kid doing a book report in front of the class when he hasn't read the book.

Absolutely right - this thing is a piece of junk. It's like a practical joke - I can imagine him saying after "Ha - you totally believed me with that vibrating frequency crap? Man..."

Man, i'm shocked to hear this. I'm only on book 4 right now. It's a real shame to see that the series will not get completed due to his passing. The man had a gift, that's for sure.

He will be missed.

I hate to play devil's advocate (lie - I love it), but in this case you can make a valid argument that this thread hasn't been Godwinized:
(from Wikipedia):
"Godwin's Law does not dispute whether, in a particular instance, a reference or comparison to Hitler or the Nazis might be apt. It is precisely because such a reference or comparison may sometimes be appropriate, Godwin argues in his book, Cyber Rights: Defending Free Speech in the Digital Age, that hyperbolic overuse of the Hitler/Nazi comparison should be avoided, as it robs the valid comparisons of their impact."

Depending on your interpretation of the Law (esp. the first sentence), either you can never use it, or there's an exception for when it's valid. I'd argue the latter, and say that it applies in this case.

Whether or not equating Radical Islamists with Nazis is open to debate, but I understood that q-shroom's point was that those who insist on fighting them are Cassandra-like Churchills.

This was a case where the comparison is apt - for purposes of legitimate debate - and isn't necessarily being used to hysterically attack one side or the other (again, my interpretation is open to debate, but that's how I read q-shroom's comment).

So technically the substance of the debate is not concluded.

You do make a valid point about the cycle of violence, which really isn't much of a mystery. At the same time, there are some people who are out to hurt us. Has the threat been overplayed? I'd say yes - it's not like they have brigades of tanks ready to use to roll through Poland or France, although they do have some people ready to abandon civility and blow themselves and others up.

Not a simple issue by any stretch of the imagination, of course.

And of course, the poor guy who lost his taxi got screwed. Hopefully he'll be able to appeal his case to US Army brass and he gets compensation... if you're an American citizen and truly concerned, I recommend writing to the Pentagon to find out. Old-fashioned letters can have as much power as infantry brigade...