CosmicBills

The fault lies with the parents on this one. You can't send your kid to school in blackface. It's wrong on so many levels and incredibly offensive -- even though it was most likely unintentionally so. But know your history.

Who says Lost Highway is supposed to be a bad movie? I know David Lynch isn't for everyone but that movie is brilliant. A must watch for any Lynch fan.

I love how you're quoting yourself in your rant.

Is anyone, anywhere, asking for the government, state or federal, to give them a certificate allowing them to have sex? No. This issue is about marriage, and if I have learned anything from 90s sitcoms it's sex and marriage are mutually exclusive.

:lol: That's hilarious!

Awesome list.

If loving Hudson Hawk is wrong, I don't wanna be right. (3 minutes 55 seconds)

I heard that one before ... but it was back in November of 1938.

Maybe 2 years ago when he was juicing and still in his prime. Not anymore. Both fighters are on the downside of their career but Mayweather is probably the hardest working professional athlete in the world and one of the most impressive physical specimens the sport has ever seen. Pacquaio had a chance to beat him, but that window has closed. He knows it, which is why he's running. You're right. Which makes me more of a dick for arguing it. Rob

1. That's not the definition of tolerance. It's not the literal definition or the philosophical one. Tolerance means adopting a permissive view of practices or opinions or people different than you. Permissive view. 2. I'm aware of what ignorant means. It means lacking knowledge. Anyone who is a religious literalist (in any form or denomination) is practicing ignorance because they are, by definition, arriving at their conclusions without any personal knowledge. Instead, they rely on texts that were written by man, not God, and holding them up to be factual rather than exploring the issue themselves and arriving at their own conclusions. That's not truth at all, that's ignorance. Worse, it's organized ignorance which has been historically abused by monsters and tyrants and cost the lives of untold millions throughout the eons.

Tolerance means having concern for others whose interests and practices differ from your own. It also means a freedom from bigotry. Religious literalists, by definition, do not practice tolerance in any capacity other than to their own kind. Stating that someone doesn't have the right to marry their other half because they're of the same gender isn't preaching tolerance. It's preaching bigotry. It's divisive rather than unifying. Someone who serves in an elected office as well as being a minister and arguably the second best pound for pound fighter in his sport absolutely deserves to be raked over the coals for saying something so hateful and ignorant and using religion as the rational or excuse for having that kind of hate in his heart. What's amazing to me is that you fail to see the connection to the "gay thing" and the "country going into the shitter". The two issues are related.

I guess the difference is you see discrimination as being harmless. History has shown that it's not. Discrimination, in any form, is caused by either ignorance and/or fear. Two things that religious literalists depend on to make sense of their world.

I understand what you're saying, but I disagree. Manny is a religious literalist (by his own admission). Even if he wasn't, using religious texts as an excuse to hate anyone is not only ignorant, it's lazy and the breeding ground for violence.

Kelly The Dog. Or at least I think it was him. I was VERY drunk.

I don't disagree -- but I think he's going to have a very different, and still successful, career once he hits his 50s and starts looking more his age. Though the movie wasn't the best, the most recent James L Brooks flick he did he showed a bit more range. And I'd say he exhibited some good range in Knocked Up. But again, I'm biased. I know.

That's the problem with religious literalism. By definition, if you're a religious literalist, you're not thinking and certainly not thinking for yourself. Because thinking for yourself is hard.

Does he have to?

Fair enough! I mean, I'm a paul rudd fan so I have more patience than most probably, but I found it to be funny once it hit its stride. It's by no means an excellent movie, but not the worst imo.

I can't have a discussion with someone who doesn't have the reading comprehension to understand my post ...

Religion isn't the reason, it's the excuse and the balm.

There's about 2,000 years of history that disagrees. Religious literalism, in any form, has been the banner for tyrants and monsters since time immemorial.

Historically speaking, the Christian belief of peace and love towards your fellow man only applies to white, heterosexual men. Everyone else can piss off.

It actually wasn't so bad if you had stuck it out.

Sure thing ... I'm under the gun on something right now, but send it my way and I'll hit you back with thoughts as soon as I can.