Yvonne, thanks for the chuckle. I don'd think kids are going to waste their time waiting for their gummies to absorb the vodka. Like Doug syas, that's what water bottles are for.
All companies have corporate guidelines for branding and how to represent their image. This sort of thing is for employee use rather than for general use. Any branding is "unenforceable" among the general public.
J Fraz - there is no question that this man committed the murders. I'm not talking a general death penalty - I'm talking about an extreme measure for extreme circumstances. Sometimes in life, you get one shot, and if you screw it up, people don't give you another. I think this guy used up his one shot big time, and he doesn't deserve to exist any more. It's not barbaric, and it doens't make us barbarians.
I'm not speaking out of anger or emotion or cruelty - I'm saying he should be put down humanely, which is better treatment than his young victims received.
And wow, Nick. Way to take things to extremes. Way to minimize an incredibly horrible act by comparing it to someone stepping on your toes. Your comparison were not eye for eye, but an eye for a sliver.
Sadly, by your logic, Norway is doing the wrong thing by detaining any prisoner at all. What gives us the right to pass judgment on anyone, or to mete out justice at all, no matter how dispassionately?
Complete forgiveness means we should set him free immediately, and he can face his Creator on Judgment Day. What gives us the right to judge anyone, whether it be a thief or murderer or jaywalker?
The entire system of justice and laws is immoral and barbaric. We must put an end to it at once.
As I said, Nick, my argument isn't about Justice being served. My argument is that there is no place in the world for this man, and it would be a better place if his existence on it were terminated. It's not an emotional or barbaric opinion - it's a pragmatic one.
Putting an end to his life doesn't make us "just as bad as he is", unless you feel that the lives of those 77 children (were they all children?) were not not worthwhile lives. His life is not worthwhile. We didn't decide that for him - he chose to do what he did. If we abdicate responsibility to take action against such acts, then are we not as guilty of the act ourselves?
Rhyan, I wasn't arguing with you about the publicity thing. Of course it's to make money. Last time I checked, DC and Marvel weren't charitable organizations. You think it's a bad thing. I think it's a great thing. 100 years ago, gays were non-existent or invisible in most literature, and relegated to being subtly hinted at. 50 years ago, gays were the villains - as Mike above (bless his tiny little soul) calls them "sexual deviants". That a mainstream comic would make a heroic character openly gay is a watershed, no matter what the motivation.
Let me draw an analogy for you. McDonalds was losing customers and wanted to boost their image as being healthy. So they introduced salads. Cynics may say, "They're just doing that to make money. They don't care about your health. The vegetables aren't organic." But the fact of the matter is, society wants healthier food, and they changed to accommodate that, even if it's only to make money. And if you don't like their salads (carrots and lettuce together? That's just deviant!), nobody's forcing you to eat one.
Give the "Gays and LGBT supporters" a little credit - they're not stupid. If you don't like White Anglo-Saxon males (which this gay Green Lantern happens to be), don't read about them. AS I already said, there's a niche for that.
I love it too. He needs to paint it orange, though.
Critics can go build something else. He did something he loved and enjoyed, and it makes sense. Not like some of the other actually insane things people do.
Ignatius, the article made no indication that this was about race in any way. You brought up the man's race on your own. It was "cool" because it was the President of the country. It is exciting for people to meet the current and former leaders of our countries. We met a former one having breakfast at a fancy hotel, just like any other traveler there. I didn't agree with his politics, but it was still kind of exciting for us to see him.
What's hypocritical is that you're trying to cover up racist remarks with sanctimony. It probably wouldn't be as fun for anybody to meet a former President whose political record was tarnished, and whom they didn't respect. I have a feeling that none of the gray-haired Bush family really registers as "cool" with 5th graders. I doubt it has anything to do with race.
You can't really talk about this without considering the context. Do they have free health care?
Sorry, just having a flashback. I think handcuffing would be unnecessary, and I would object to it. Otherwise, they're more than welcome to look in the car, and I'd probably open the trunk for them. A full-blown search maybe I'd object to.
Whenever you cross the border, they search your car, and they search your luggage and person at the airport without probable cause. And they're not even real cops.
Avery Brooks is the most wooden actore they had. Kate Mulgrew was fine. Scott Bakula was a little Pollyanna, but it's not his fault they wrote such crap for his show.
@Rhyan W. I don't read comics at all, plus I'm a white male, so the white male barrier is of no consequence to me. Plus, I thnk you mean the straight white male barrier.
I think black characters in the media in general have been moving away from the stereotypes of yesteryear. Hot Cocoa Bang Bang is now Donna Tubbs - still a caricature, but not a stereotype.
How many original "A-List" superheroes have been created in the past 40 years, anyways, Rhyan? Any new Batmen, Supermen, or Spidermen lately? No, comics are in the same doldrums as the movies - there are only variations on a theme now. It's kinda hard to change those classic superheroes into something they've NOT been for the past 50-70 years.
Superman can't "go gay" any more than he can marry Lois Lane or even father her child - it disrupts the status quo. Thus, the "alternate universe" stuff comes out.
Of course, you could write your own comic, if you wanted.
I'm not speaking out of anger or emotion or cruelty - I'm saying he should be put down humanely, which is better treatment than his young victims received.
And wow, Nick. Way to take things to extremes.
Way to minimize an incredibly horrible act by comparing it to someone stepping on your toes. Your comparison were not eye for eye, but an eye for a sliver.
Sadly, by your logic, Norway is doing the wrong thing by detaining any prisoner at all. What gives us the right to pass judgment on anyone, or to mete out justice at all, no matter how dispassionately?
Complete forgiveness means we should set him free immediately, and he can face his Creator on Judgment Day. What gives us the right to judge anyone, whether it be a thief or murderer or jaywalker?
The entire system of justice and laws is immoral and barbaric. We must put an end to it at once.
As I said, Nick, my argument isn't about Justice being served. My argument is that there is no place in the world for this man, and it would be a better place if his existence on it were terminated. It's not an emotional or barbaric opinion - it's a pragmatic one.
Putting an end to his life doesn't make us "just as bad as he is", unless you feel that the lives of those 77 children (were they all children?) were not not worthwhile lives. His life is not worthwhile. We didn't decide that for him - he chose to do what he did. If we abdicate responsibility to take action against such acts, then are we not as guilty of the act ourselves?
Rhyan, I wasn't arguing with you about the publicity thing. Of course it's to make money. Last time I checked, DC and Marvel weren't charitable organizations. You think it's a bad thing. I think it's a great thing. 100 years ago, gays were non-existent or invisible in most literature, and relegated to being subtly hinted at. 50 years ago, gays were the villains - as Mike above (bless his tiny little soul) calls them "sexual deviants". That a mainstream comic would make a heroic character openly gay is a watershed, no matter what the motivation.
Let me draw an analogy for you. McDonalds was losing customers and wanted to boost their image as being healthy. So they introduced salads. Cynics may say, "They're just doing that to make money. They don't care about your health. The vegetables aren't organic." But the fact of the matter is, society wants healthier food, and they changed to accommodate that, even if it's only to make money. And if you don't like their salads (carrots and lettuce together? That's just deviant!), nobody's forcing you to eat one.
Give the "Gays and LGBT supporters" a little credit - they're not stupid. If you don't like White Anglo-Saxon males (which this gay Green Lantern happens to be), don't read about them. AS I already said, there's a niche for that.
Critics can go build something else. He did something he loved and enjoyed, and it makes sense. Not like some of the other actually insane things people do.
What's hypocritical is that you're trying to cover up racist remarks with sanctimony. It probably wouldn't be as fun for anybody to meet a former President whose political record was tarnished, and whom they didn't respect. I have a feeling that none of the gray-haired Bush family really registers as "cool" with 5th graders. I doubt it has anything to do with race.
Sorry, just having a flashback. I think handcuffing would be unnecessary, and I would object to it. Otherwise, they're more than welcome to look in the car, and I'd probably open the trunk for them. A full-blown search maybe I'd object to.
Whenever you cross the border, they search your car, and they search your luggage and person at the airport without probable cause. And they're not even real cops.
I think black characters in the media in general have been moving away from the stereotypes of yesteryear. Hot Cocoa Bang Bang is now Donna Tubbs - still a caricature, but not a stereotype.
How many original "A-List" superheroes have been created in the past 40 years, anyways, Rhyan? Any new Batmen, Supermen, or Spidermen lately? No, comics are in the same doldrums as the movies - there are only variations on a theme now. It's kinda hard to change those classic superheroes into something they've NOT been for the past 50-70 years.
Superman can't "go gay" any more than he can marry Lois Lane or even father her child - it disrupts the status quo. Thus, the "alternate universe" stuff comes out.
Of course, you could write your own comic, if you wanted.