Most self-described Catholics I know are actually closet atheists. "Well of course I don't believe any of those stories actually happened, but…"

"Me beeleeve…"

Yep, the prettiest waitress at Denny's.

> they separated tons of gays from their religious identity
Good outcome, then!

"I only belong for the community, the comfort of ritual, the pancake breakfasts. I don't support the lynchings and so forth."

Re "atheists who want to disprove the existence of god": I know of no such atheists. There is no need to disprove the the existence of god. The burden of proof is on the believer. Your lack of understanding says so much about your faith.

With you overall, Ghost, but have to take issue with one point: "GWTW allowed Southern whites to pretend slavery wasn't so bad and thus they could argue that segregation wasn't so bad and that blacks wanted it that way."—Southern whites already held those opinions before GWTW. They didn't need a Hollywood movie to…

Shavian

> groundbreaking (for 1994) special effects
Nah, Woody Allen already did it in Zelig (1983).

Oh BTW, Michelangelo was a pedophile. How's that Sistine Chapel ceiling look to you now?

Jeat yet?

"I know a professor who had three wives who all started out as students"

Have you seen or read "Sexual Perversity in Chicago"? Mamet can be pretty rough.

Barrymore's character in "Never Been Kissed" was a copyeditor. If you think there are few reporting jobs out there…

"Flared base."

I tend to watch moves out of order (i.e., on DVD long after they've been in theaters), so the first time I noticed PSH was in "The Talented Mr. Ripley." Though it was a supporting role, it sticks in my mind, even after seeing him in a bunch of other flicks. "How's the peeping? Tommy, how's the peeping?"

> When a policeman beats down a murderer or child molester you don't call
> it "police abuse".
I sure as hell do.

"live-birth is usually far more expensive than abortion and the financial burdens of pregnancy might hit poor women worse."

Baby Mama

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