Chris Hedges calls it as it is:

It lionizes the most despicable aspects of U.S. society—the gun
culture, the blind adoration of the military, the belief that we have an
innate right as a “Christian� nation to exterminate the “lesser breeds�
of the earth, a grotesque hypermasculinity that banishes compassion and
pity, a denial of inconvenient facts and historical truth, and a
belittling of critical thinking and artistic expression.

The Guardian sees the film as representing a bigger problem with America:

Solipsistic in its suffering and narcissistic in its impulses, it
promotes itself as the upholder of principles it does not keep, and a
morality it does not practise. This alone would barely distinguish it
from most cultures. What makes the west different is the physical and
philosophical force with which it simultaneously makes its case for
superiority and contradicts it.

And of course there's Matt Talibi over at Rolling Stone:

The thing is, the mere act of trying to make a typically
Hollywoodian one-note fairy tale set in the middle of the insane moral
morass that is/was the Iraq occupation is both dumber and more arrogant
than anything George Bush or even Dick Cheney ever tried.


It of course is the movie American Sniper.
Enjoy your popcorn.


--
Proud to be a Liberal.

On Tue, 27 Jan 2015 19:23:44 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote:

Chris Hedges calls it as it is:

It lionizes the most despicable aspects of U.S. society—the gun
culture, the blind adoration of the military, the belief that we have an
innate right as a “Christian” nation to exterminate the “lesser breeds”
of the earth, a grotesque hypermasculinity that banishes compassion and
pity, a denial of inconvenient facts and historical truth, and a
belittling of critical thinking and artistic expression.

The Guardian sees the film as representing a bigger problem with America:

Solipsistic in its suffering and narcissistic in its impulses, it
promotes itself as the upholder of principles it does not keep, and a
morality it does not practise. This alone would barely distinguish it
from most cultures. What makes the west different is the physical and
philosophical force with which it simultaneously makes its case for
superiority and contradicts it.

And of course there's Matt Talibi over at Rolling Stone:

The thing is, the mere act of trying to make a typically
Hollywoodian one-note fairy tale set in the middle of the insane moral
morass that is/was the Iraq occupation is both dumber and more arrogant
than anything George Bush or even Dick Cheney ever tried.


It of course is the movie American Sniper.
Enjoy your popcorn.

You must have creamed your jeans over that, huh Harry?

"Solipsistic in its suffering and narcissistic in its impulses..." Holy ****.

Did those comments refer to America or to the movie? In either case, the box office results tend to
prove your point - America is a real ****ty country.
--

Guns don't cause problems. The behavior
of certain gun owners causes problems.

On 1/28/15 6:44 AM, Poquito Loco wrote:
On Tue, 27 Jan 2015 19:23:44 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote:

Chris Hedges calls it as it is:

It lionizes the most despicable aspects of U.S. society—the gun
culture, the blind adoration of the military, the belief that we have an
innate right as a “Christian” nation to exterminate the “lesser breeds”
of the earth, a grotesque hypermasculinity that banishes compassion and
pity, a denial of inconvenient facts and historical truth, and a
belittling of critical thinking and artistic expression.

The Guardian sees the film as representing a bigger problem with America:

Solipsistic in its suffering and narcissistic in its impulses, it
promotes itself as the upholder of principles it does not keep, and a
morality it does not practise. This alone would barely distinguish it
from most cultures. What makes the west different is the physical and
philosophical force with which it simultaneously makes its case for
superiority and contradicts it.

And of course there's Matt Talibi over at Rolling Stone:

The thing is, the mere act of trying to make a typically
Hollywoodian one-note fairy tale set in the middle of the insane moral
morass that is/was the Iraq occupation is both dumber and more arrogant
than anything George Bush or even Dick Cheney ever tried.


It of course is the movie American Sniper.
Enjoy your popcorn.

You must have creamed your jeans over that, huh Harry?

"Solipsistic in its suffering and narcissistic in its impulses..." Holy ****.

Did those comments refer to America or to the movie? In either case, the box office results tend to
prove your point - America is a real ****ty country.



Some of us don't get woodies from watching the glorification and pretty
much mindlessness of multiple military homicides. The Hurt Locker was a
great movie because even though there was shooting in the film, the
protagonist was more concerned with saving lives. Another Bigelow film,
Zero Dark Thirty, celebrated the tenacity of the woman who never gave up
on the search for Osama bin Laden.

--
Proud to be a Liberal.

On Wed, 28 Jan 2015 07:41:01 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote:

On 1/28/15 6:44 AM, Poquito Loco wrote:
On Tue, 27 Jan 2015 19:23:44 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote:

Chris Hedges calls it as it is:

It lionizes the most despicable aspects of U.S. society—the gun
culture, the blind adoration of the military, the belief that we have an
innate right as a “Christian” nation to exterminate the “lesser breeds”
of the earth, a grotesque hypermasculinity that banishes compassion and
pity, a denial of inconvenient facts and historical truth, and a
belittling of critical thinking and artistic expression.

The Guardian sees the film as representing a bigger problem with America:

Solipsistic in its suffering and narcissistic in its impulses, it
promotes itself as the upholder of principles it does not keep, and a
morality it does not practise. This alone would barely distinguish it
from most cultures. What makes the west different is the physical and
philosophical force with which it simultaneously makes its case for
superiority and contradicts it.

And of course there's Matt Talibi over at Rolling Stone:

The thing is, the mere act of trying to make a typically
Hollywoodian one-note fairy tale set in the middle of the insane moral
morass that is/was the Iraq occupation is both dumber and more arrogant
than anything George Bush or even Dick Cheney ever tried.


It of course is the movie American Sniper.
Enjoy your popcorn.

You must have creamed your jeans over that, huh Harry?

"Solipsistic in its suffering and narcissistic in its impulses..." Holy ****.

Did those comments refer to America or to the movie? In either case, the box office results tend to
prove your point - America is a real ****ty country.



Some of us don't get woodies from watching the glorification and pretty
much mindlessness of multiple military homicides. The Hurt Locker was a
great movie because even though there was shooting in the film, the
protagonist was more concerned with saving lives. Another Bigelow film,
Zero Dark Thirty, celebrated the tenacity of the woman who never gave up
on the search for Osama bin Laden.


"...the protagonist was more concerned with saving lives,"

Go watch the movie. You will learn something.
--

Guns don't cause problems. The behavior
of certain gun owners causes problems.

On 1/28/2015 7:41 AM, Keyser Söze wrote:
On 1/28/15 6:44 AM, Poquito Loco wrote:
On Tue, 27 Jan 2015 19:23:44 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote:

Chris Hedges calls it as it is:

It lionizes the most despicable aspects of U.S. society—the gun
culture, the blind adoration of the military, the belief that we have an
innate right as a “Christian” nation to exterminate the “lesser breeds”
of the earth, a grotesque hypermasculinity that banishes compassion and
pity, a denial of inconvenient facts and historical truth, and a
belittling of critical thinking and artistic expression.

The Guardian sees the film as representing a bigger problem with
America:

Solipsistic in its suffering and narcissistic in its impulses, it
promotes itself as the upholder of principles it does not keep, and a
morality it does not practise. This alone would barely distinguish it
from most cultures. What makes the west different is the physical and
philosophical force with which it simultaneously makes its case for
superiority and contradicts it.

And of course there's Matt Talibi over at Rolling Stone:

The thing is, the mere act of trying to make a typically
Hollywoodian one-note fairy tale set in the middle of the insane moral
morass that is/was the Iraq occupation is both dumber and more arrogant
than anything George Bush or even Dick Cheney ever tried.


It of course is the movie American Sniper.
Enjoy your popcorn.

You must have creamed your jeans over that, huh Harry?

"Solipsistic in its suffering and narcissistic in its impulses..."
Holy ****.

Did those comments refer to America or to the movie? In either case,
the box office results tend to
prove your point - America is a real ****ty country.



Some of us don't get woodies from watching the glorification and pretty
much mindlessness of multiple military homicides. The Hurt Locker was a
great movie because even though there was shooting in the film, the
protagonist was more concerned with saving lives. Another Bigelow film,
Zero Dark Thirty, celebrated the tenacity of the woman who never gave up
on the search for Osama bin Laden.


What gives you woodies, Dickhead?

--

Respectfully submitted by Justan

Laugh of the day from Krause

"I'm not to blame anymore for the atmosphere in here.
I've been "born again" as a nice guy."

On 1/28/15 11:51 AM, wrote:
On Wed, 28 Jan 2015 07:41:01 -0500, Keyser Söze
wrote:

Some of us don't get woodies from watching the glorification and pretty
much mindlessness of multiple military homicides.

Does that also apply to the stand off killings your heroes commit?



Indeed, I don't get woodies from any sort of killing or the
glorification of same. Do you?

Oh, to which heroes are you referring?

--
Proud to be a Liberal.

On Wed, 28 Jan 2015 11:53:58 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote:

On 1/28/15 11:51 AM, wrote:
On Wed, 28 Jan 2015 07:41:01 -0500, Keyser Söze
wrote:

Some of us don't get woodies from watching the glorification and pretty
much mindlessness of multiple military homicides.

Does that also apply to the stand off killings your heroes commit?



Indeed, I don't get woodies from any sort of killing or the
glorification of same. Do you?

Oh, to which heroes are you referring?

'Your' heroes.
--

Guns don't cause problems. The behavior
of certain gun owners causes problems.

On 1/28/15 12:51 PM, Poquito Loco wrote:
On Wed, 28 Jan 2015 11:53:58 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote:

On 1/28/15 11:51 AM, wrote:
On Wed, 28 Jan 2015 07:41:01 -0500, Keyser Söze
wrote:

Some of us don't get woodies from watching the glorification and pretty
much mindlessness of multiple military homicides.

Does that also apply to the stand off killings your heroes commit?



Indeed, I don't get woodies from any sort of killing or the
glorification of same. Do you?

Oh, to which heroes are you referring?

'Your' heroes.


I doubt either of you would have any idea of who would be the Top 10
Heroes on my list.



--
Proud to be a Liberal.

On Tuesday, January 27, 2015 at 4:23:46 PM UTC-8, Keyser Söze wrote:
Chris Hedges calls it as it is:

It lionizes the most despicable aspects of U.S. society--the gun
culture, the blind adoration of the military, the belief that we have an
innate right as a "Christian" nation to exterminate the "lesser breeds"
of the earth, a grotesque hypermasculinity that banishes compassion and
pity, a denial of inconvenient facts and historical truth, and a
belittling of critical thinking and artistic expression.

The Guardian sees the film as representing a bigger problem with America:

Solipsistic in its suffering and narcissistic in its impulses, it
promotes itself as the upholder of principles it does not keep, and a
morality it does not practise. This alone would barely distinguish it
from most cultures. What makes the west different is the physical and
philosophical force with which it simultaneously makes its case for
superiority and contradicts it.

And of course there's Matt Talibi over at Rolling Stone:

The thing is, the mere act of trying to make a typically
Hollywoodian one-note fairy tale set in the middle of the insane moral
morass that is/was the Iraq occupation is both dumber and more arrogant
than anything George Bush or even Dick Cheney ever tried.


It of course is the movie American Sniper.
Enjoy your popcorn.


--
Proud to be a Liberal.

You're right Harry, but it box office stats prove that there's plenty that are.

Hey, here's a cut n paste for you.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America...d.27s_response

"Eastwood's response[edit]
Responding to critics that called the film Pro-War on Terror, Pro-Republican and jingoistic, Eastwood said that it is a "stupid analysis" and that the film has nothing to do with political parties. He stated: "I was a child growing up during World War II. That was supposed to be the one to end all wars. And four years later, I was standing at the draft board being drafted during the Korean conflict, and then after that there was Vietnam, and it goes on and on forever ... I just wonder ... does this ever stop? And no, it doesn't. So each time we get in these conflicts, it deserves a lot of thought before we go wading in or wading out. Going in or coming out. It needs a better thought process, I think."[101] Eastwood called American Sniper "the biggest anti-war statement any film can make," and said that "the fact of what [war] does to the family and the people who have to go back into civilian life like Chris Kyle did" and "what it (war) does to the people left behind." Eastwood further stated: "One of my favorite war movies that I've been involved with is Letters from Iwo Jima and that was about family, about being taken away from life, being sent someplace. In World War II, everybody just sort of went home and got over it. Now there is some effort to help people through it."[102]"

On Thu, 29 Jan 2015 06:13:36 -0500, Keyser Söze
wrote:

in the world of rational people, they are not.

===

Just when did your field of expertise expand to include rational
people?