IS there really any competition?

Sure. If we make the (admittedly debatable) assumptions that a) the higher the education level, the more you may oppose torture in general, and b) the higher the education level, the more analytical and logical the thinking about issues —— then we might surmise that "sometimes justified" is the correct answer. Why"…

You win the interwebs today.

It's got more than a little of the TOS episode "The Mark of Gideon" (screenplay by George F. Slavin and Stanley Adams).

Though I'm a long-time Trek fan (yup, I published a fanzine and attended those first conventions), after Into Darkness, I find myself not giving a sh#t about this anymore. Does anyone seriously think this film could possibly be anything great?

Is it too much to expect a non-militaristic, sense-of-wonder Star Trek movie?

Who knew? It all sounded like hooey at the time!

I liked combining Lincoln Logs, interlocking plastic bricks, Tinker Toys, and Erector sets.

^^^This. ^^^ Damn good point.

Well said.

Hugs, Juju. Part of the tragedy of addiction is that, by the time we loved ones catch on to the problem, addiction's sucking tendrils have become so large and drilled so deep, it can be too late.

I want to offer a virtual hug, BB.

Right on, compadre.

"In no way?" I disagree. While it does not depict that lying and deception, the dwindling bank accounts, the lost friends, the legal complications, the lost jobs, the neglect of responsibilities, the loss in talent and cognitive skill, the sh*t and the p*ss —- it DOES powerfully convey the tragedy of being helpless…

yes.

I'm now literally weeping for those kiwis I've lost in my life.

Heisenberg begs to differ.

I tried sounding the alarm yesterday...

Dude, you will find the audience here on io9 to be way to well-versed in the science to fall for your stuff. This is more representative of the position you will find here, newbie:

Yeah, me and the other scientists are wrong. But hey, chin yup baby —- you got Ted Nugent.