Over on christianity, somebody posts an article by Doug Giles entitled "A Christian Can Be a Christian or a Liberal, But He Can’t Be Both."

And as if the article wasn't messy masturbatory act of stupidity itself...we're off!

Highlights include:

The reason why politics and religion cannot be separated.

OMGOSH ______________ ARE EVIL.

Jesus was a socialist!

Meanwhile, merny25 and swisscelt win the internets.


Don't get me wrong - there's some excellent discussion in there, but no post of that nature can be completely without it's wankiness, surprisingly restricted as this was.

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The movie United 93 was released over the weekend, and our friends at IMDB are already discussing it in a calm and rational manner.

It starts with brianweissman88 informing people that people are mistaking bravery for heroism.

( I really think that people over use terms like miracle, beautiful, and heroic )

Arguments supporting and denying this claim follow.

-- Intentions have nothing to do with heroism.

That is the dumbest thing I have ever read. So if I aim to shoot a little kid and thus my intention is to kill the kid and I end up shooting a person behind the kid who was going to kill the kid himself then I'm a dman hero. Moron. Intentions change everything and affect everything.

and

To be a hero, you must sacrifice or jeopardize your life for some unselfish reason to others-not to say that the Flight 93 passengers were selfish-they had a right to naturally want to save themselves first.

It then becomes a debate about if anyone on that day was actually a hero.

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In case you're still undecided, beast of burden points out: A hero kills people...people who wish them harm. A hero is part human and part supernatural. A hero is born out of a childhood trauma or out of a disaster that MUST be avenged (which is, as mouse onaga pointed out, a quote from The Office's Dwight, but no less amusing in this context).

EDIT: For those who aren't members or who don't wish to log in to IMDB in order to see the post, you can view it here.

current mood: Mildly Amused

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