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Originally written by Evnissyen:

I'm opinionated, and I love film, and I'm an artist who knows art... visual, audial, and written. So... I can be very, very critical. I can also be very forgiving when I see interesting things, when I see honesty and daring. I think I've mentioned a whole bunch of filmmakers, already, who fit that category. I don't expect everyone to be Tarkovsky & Bergman; that would be ridiculous. I just want people to be honest, and trust the audience instead of treating us like idiots and, in the process, degrading their work.

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Originally written by Arancaytar:

Fans occasionally credit him, in spirit, with Homeland, but Homeland is not as good by far, it is for PC, and Richard White had nothing to do with its conception. Richard White did write several books about the Department of Homeland Security, but that's probably a different Dick.

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Originally written by Thralni:

Out of curiosity, why are you using the eMac for Mac stuff? Why not the Macbook?

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Originally written by Clavicle:

Tull:
Wait, what're your definitions of liberal and conservative?
(Oh, and: same question for Thuryl.)
(I'm curious.)

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Originally written by Clavicle:

A Moderate is somebody who absorbs and accepts the rational arguments of both the left and the right of what used to be the political spectrum, and ignores the irrational.

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Originally written by Emperor Tullegolar:

McCain is about as moderate as Republicans come. Obama is fairly extreme, but, well, the people seem to prefer him to his more moderate opponent.

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Originally written by madrigan:

We were discussing the definition of "politics," not the definition of "democracy." In a democracy, the individuals in the government are elected to serve the people. At Microsoft, employees are hired to serve Bill Gates. It is the exact opposite of a democracy. Do you not see that difference? Seriously. Bill Gates can fire any employee he wants. George Bush cannot "fire" a citizen. It is completely different.

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Originally written by madrigan:

I'd say that the American political system is very different from the "politics" of a family or a corporation purely because the scale is far, far greater, and because the United States is a democracy. Families and corporations are not democracies. I see how all of these could fall under a very broad definition, but very broad definitions tend not to define, and are therefore not very useful.

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Originally written by Emperor Tullegolar:

And how hard did you have to look to find a definition of the word politics without the word 'government' in it? Or would you consider a group of friends a kind of government as well, Mr. Broad-Definitions?

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Originally written by Emperor Tullegolar:

I wouldn't say that's true. Plenty of people go through life without ever voting or even having a political opinion. The United States suffers chronically from people like this.

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Originally written by The Mystic:

Good point. I've never met a politician I didn't dislike.

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Originally written by The Masked Man of Mystery:

But then what happened to Richard White? Did he die again?

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Originally written by Randomizer:

It trys to realistically portray that expensive lab equipment is used for food preparation because physicists aren't allow microwave ovens :) .

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Originally written by Clavicle:

There're two filmmakers that come to mind who really know how to use soundtracks.

The first is David Lynch: This man, for all his faults (and I love Lynch) is an absolute master of sound.

The second is Ingmar Bergman. Ingmar Bergman suggested the superiority of incidental sound over imposed sound. Bergman was interested in telling stories and exploring human character, not shallowly manipulating an audience.

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Originally written by Arancaytar:

I do play female characters in ADOM quite often. I rather avoid that in MMORPGs though, because of the negative stigma.

The stigma against online women who are actually men, that is, not against female characters.

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Originally written by Nikki.:

How is that smart? I mean, yeah, the new lass is pretty, but she can't sing, and it makes him look a total jerk in front of everybody. Unless the French actively encourage trading spouses in for younger models...

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