Awesomelad, I call it tribalism.
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eye roll at the accusation of racism.
You're right, I was going for humour, because, after all, this is a comic book movie.
And that's where their writing deviates from reality.
Thus why I wasn't angry/outraged/upset.
Casting a black actor as Hemidall was reverse white-washing. It looked forced.
Well, people write what they know, and the early comics was almost uniformly white. Of course they're going to cast the characters they create as white (and male). It's what they know.
Agreed. You could spend all week writing up rules to block offensive names, and you'd still miss some.
In regards to the USA, research has consistently shown that income and smoking are negatively correlated. I doubt that the correlation exists for drinking.
I don't think you can say that the number of states that allow SSM is indicative of the change in the country's view on homosexuality. The majority of those states had it forced on them by the courts.
I've seen a butterscotch beer sold in stores here. Not that great (weak taste).
I always had the impression that butter beer was non-alcoholic (because it was a kid's drink).
Speaker of the Dead is worth it. It's a hard read, I agree, but there's a point in it where I couldn't put it down.
So, should we still have a hate-on for the oil companies, instead of the tech? Oil companies pay more in taxes.
The article isn't currently pulling, so I cannot read it, but I can't help thinking that this will be an entry in Snopes.
The more a language changes the harder it is for the past to communicate with the future.
Stop with the personifying. It isn't helpful.
From The Sandman series, Hob Gadling, who claimed that you don't die if you don't want to. Goes through delight, to moping, to morose, and seems to be stuck in a rut in modern times.
I remember this being discussed in the 90s, but part of the problem was that there wasn't much outrage among Native Americans. Sports Illustrated commissioned a poll that found that most Native Americans (on reservations and off) didn't find the name offensive, and that there was actually a significant contingent of…