And while I think his framing of it is still wrong headed, his editorial on his change of heart and mind on marriage equality is worth reading. [link]
Inara: So, explain to me again why Zoe wasn't in the dress? Mal: Tactics, woman. Needed her in the back. 'Sides, those soft cotton dresses feel kinda nice. It's the whole... air-flow.
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
P.M. Marc - Mar 15, 2013 9:25:37 am PDT #14900 of 30001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
-t - Mar 15, 2013 9:28:42 am PDT #14901 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
This kind of reminds me of people who lose their faith in God because a loved one dies unexpectedly. People's loved ones die unexpectedly all the time, so it seems weird to me when it only affects people's faith when it happens to them.
Well, that's more of loved one's death -> existential crisis -> loss of faith. That other people's loved ones dying doesn't provoke an existential crisis in someone is not surprising to me.
§ ita § - Mar 15, 2013 9:29:51 am PDT #14902 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Some people need to have children who turn out to be black.
tommyrot - Mar 15, 2013 9:30:54 am PDT #14903 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Some people need to have children who turn out to be black.
Heh.
-t - Mar 15, 2013 9:33:28 am PDT #14904 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I remember Bush Sr. mentioning that having brown grandchildren affected his politics.
Jesse - Mar 15, 2013 9:34:42 am PDT #14905 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Some people need to have children who turn out to be black.
You're joking, but I've watched it happen with grandchildren.
P.M. Marc - Mar 15, 2013 9:36:01 am PDT #14906 of 30001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Some people need to have children who turn out to be black.
When this has happened, sadly, it hasn't seemed to turn out quite so well.
Of course, the only case I can think of off the top of my head is Sandra Laing. [link]
§ ita § - Mar 15, 2013 9:56:59 am PDT #14907 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
South Africa was and still is an issue bigger than empathy can address. It can barely influence it. Some problems need a bigger stick.
P.M. Marc - Mar 15, 2013 10:00:09 am PDT #14908 of 30001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
South Africa was and still is an issue bigger than empathy can address. It can barely influence it. Some problems need a bigger stick.
True, that.
Maria - Mar 15, 2013 10:03:00 am PDT #14909 of 30001
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
Strom Thurmond, anyone?
Well, that's more of loved one's death -> existential crisis -> loss of faith. That other people's loved ones dying doesn't provoke an existential crisis in someone is not surprising to me.
Exactly. I'm struggling with this myself, and trying to figure out my faith (if it exists) and how it plays out with religion.