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I've taken time to calm down from the personal nature of the exchange earlier, and this will likewise be my last words on the subject. Let's...
Who are you to judge who does or doesn't have a right to judge? Any moral being has the right to judge. The genocide of American Indians was a...
Actual: First Emperor invades other countries, yoking them together under his rule, AGAINST the wishes of those nations and their inhabitants,...
If you learn how to read, you might have seen that Jin Yong also protested against the glorification of a conqueror who built an empire by killing...
The existence of such a thing as "China" DOES NOT justify the murders of countless innocent people, no matter how long ago they lived. Those...
Whether I'm even Chinese makes zero difference. Is Jin Yong Chinese? Was he born and raised in China? Is he imposing his set of values onto...
I'm glad you brought up Jin Yong. In the epilogue of "The Eagle-shooting Heroes" Jin Yong specifically addressed this same issue, although of...
It's a sad day when a movie is praised for its cinematography and action sequences when the hero it touts was a REAL person who murdered countless...
Did you even watch the movie? The whole "twist" at the end was that the First Emperor was THE hero the title referred to, were you paying the...
Sure they do, and Hollywood has churned out more than its fair share of propaganda. A little more on the First Emperor: he was indeed a "hero"...
Give me a break. "Authentic" Eastern values my ass; "Hero" was propaganda. If you think an apology for imperialism or justification for...
Songs in the Key of Life - Stevie Wonder
The Reverend Al Green.
From the second link: "Blockbuster spokesperson Liz Green "...we will not carry anything above a R rating, such as NC-17. With unrated films...
Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You
Nice change: refs have really been biased FOR the Rockets tonight. Yao could've been called for his 4th foul at least twice in the last 3 minutes;...
The Rockets sure did a lot to make them miss freethrows. Our defense was also so awesome that it scared Kobe into taking one shot. :rolleyes:
One way to look at it: "We played so poorly, we can't play any worse, yet we're only down 6." Another way to look at it: Lakers have missed 7...
Is that 15 turnovers at the half? I kinda lost count, but hard liquor can do that to ya...
New drinking game: take a shot whenever the Rockets turn the ball over.
