Roger Ebert's response to the Esquire article.
Sunnydale's got too many demons and not enough retail outlets.
Glory ,'Potential'
Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Kathy A - Feb 18, 2010 8:54:37 am PST #9185 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Daisy Jane - Feb 18, 2010 8:55:36 am PST #9186 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Sounds like maybe anti-government domestic terrorism.
This is going to make my aunt's brain 'splode. I first learned about it via her "praying for the FBI in Austin." As, apparently, FOX News thought it was a terrorist targeting the FBI. This lead to her flist, tut-tutting about it not being called "terrorism" and the administration covering it up.
I'm going to get to watch the flip in real time!
Agreed Dana, I took a friend to task over it. I think it's just that "He's to fat and it was a safety risk/imposition to other passengers," is easy and provides people with opportunities to be "clever" and snarky. But actually taking a moment to consider someone as a human being is too hard. Ah well, for all the good things about this dude, recognizing the humanity of others is not his strong suit.
Connie Neil - Feb 18, 2010 9:18:43 am PST #9187 of 30001
brillig
Connie, you actually will be surprised as to his political leanings, if you can discern them
Actually, once I got to the bottom of that screed, I'm not.
javachik - Feb 18, 2010 9:19:44 am PST #9188 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
What do you think his political leanings were? I couldn't really tell.
§ ita § - Feb 18, 2010 9:22:57 am PST #9189 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I bet he was foreclosed on, his wife left him, and he was being audited.
Unlike the non-tenured shooter, who LARPed and played D&D and wrote sci-fi.
Connie Neil - Feb 18, 2010 9:25:30 am PST #9190 of 30001
brillig
What do you think his political leanings were?
He was calling for revolt by the American zombies, saying that there were still Americans willing to sacrifice their lives for freedom. It wasn't explicitly stated by naming people or organizations, but there was a Tea Party vibe to it all.
javachik - Feb 18, 2010 9:28:14 am PST #9191 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
Really? I didn't get a Tea Party vibe. Maybe because he was very dismissive/insulting of GWB.
megan walker - Feb 18, 2010 9:30:22 am PST #9192 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
A lot of Tea Partiers do not want to be aligned with the current incarnation of Republicans and their spendy ways.
Gudanov - Feb 18, 2010 9:30:24 am PST #9193 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
He just sounds angry at everyone.
Sparky1 - Feb 18, 2010 9:30:37 am PST #9194 of 30001
Librarian Warlord
If that's his screed, then he basically flew his plane into a building filled with people over employment taxes.