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It was hard to see, so don't feel bad.
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I was going for Pink
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Just kidding - the Rebels were nothing but a bunch of terrorist anarchists hell-bent on destroying any semblance of a centralized federal government, balanced budgetary spending, or responsible trade, immigration and monetary controls; I could no more get a Rebel tattoo than I could join some petarded ELF cell.
12/14/09
Government is all well and good but I draw the line at blowing up planets for the hell of it.
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Look at the beginning of Star Wars. The worst thing that they could say about the Galactic Empire was that it had recently adopted a laissez-faire approach to governance, preferring to not micromanage and giving planets home rule.
So what do the filmmakers do? They play up on Vader's handicap, making him into some kind of monster. Tarkin becomes an overconfident, effete incompetent, in spite of his decades of fair and responsible civil service.
Star Wars is nothing but a hit-piece on those who see the Jedi as a corrupt organization that ruled through fear, intimidation, and violence, coupled with the dangerous eugenics program that was developed on Kamino.
What if there was a documentary like Star Wars, but instead of taking place during the Galactic Civil War, it took place during WWII? If there was a part where Emperor Hirohito started throwing fireballs at American GIs, would you believe that was true as well?
Face it - Star Wars is an anarchist screed centered on fracturing Galactic culture to the point of dysfunction.
12/14/09
If that's so... then what is Jar Jar a metaphor for?
12/14/09
More like a sanitized version of Commandant Jar Jar Binks, a Rebel sympathizer, who duped the Naboo into organizing a secondary anti-Imperial Republic movement, helped install a puppet government on Naboo, headed by grossly inexperienced and naive Padme Amidala, and then sold his own people into subservitude.
Binks gained special notoriety when he destroyed his army's own shield generator, saying his troops would not be permitted to cower beneath a shield and they would either advance and fight or "burn like the cowards they are."
Once Binks became a Senator, his infamy grew as he frequently bribed other Senators with Naboo sex slaves and was known to use his Senate Guard as his own personal hit squad.
He also ordered the carpet-bombing of Ryloth, saying that "the only good tailhead is a dead tailhead".
But of course, apologist "documentarian" George Lucas paints him as some kind of harmless, lovable buffoon.
12/15/09
Ah I get it now. My last question though.... who shot first?
10/15/09
he looks like my dog. #sniff
10/15/09
Why stop at dogs? #sniff
10/15/09
@dingus: Speaking of HalfLife 2 and Dogs... #sniff
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What kind of sick sadist thinks these things up? My wife can't even walk past pets up for adoption without feeling depressed. #sniff
10/15/09
It actually makes me look forward to getting home later and seeing my #dog go nuts as soon as I walk through the door. I wish I could say my wife was as excited to see me walk through that same door...
10/15/09
Seriously though, my wife is usually pretty damn happy to see me when I come home.
The cats however...are usually at the top of the steps meowing at me to feed them. At least they are when they're not trying to trip me and cause me to fall to my death. #sniff
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It would be better if the "dog" looked like the ones from resident evil. #sniff
10/15/09
I might need to carry around a change of pants if anyone decides to follow this advice. #sniff
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Wake up at 3:30am
Be on an airboat in the middle of a swamp (Everglades) at 4:00am
Climb into a pile of sawgrass (appropriately named) and sit chest deep in water at 4:20am.
Note that this is in winter, and it's 30-someodd degrees.
Wait for another hour, while pondering alligators and the leeches that are attaching themselves to your waders.
5:30am, fire shots at passing ducks as the sun rises (I did get a few).
6:30am get picked up in the airboat.
Never again.
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10/09/09
Man, that is one quick little bugger!
09/23/09
At least we can reduce the prirate community to only old people with fuddy hearts.
09/23/09
Yup because clearly every piece of electronics are devilish pirating devices! Hark! What is that!? A phone? EVIL! A DS? BLASPHEMY! Your watch? HERESY!
Do you even know what age we live in?
09/22/09
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So this will stop camera pirates for all of about half an hour. Way to invest in that technology! :P
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Hey guys, listen up! This has gone too far! Time and time again, Big Content has locked down our media, or implemented inconvenient methods of protecting their content. But now, a person has actually been VEXED by these counter-piracy measures. This has gone too far!
How many more people need to be VEXED before we stand up and say, "No more!" We cannot allow vexation to continue in America. We have to resist the vexers, wherever they may attack us!
Now....what does vex mean, again?
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