This is something that comes up a lot whenever I see discussions of martial-arts-centered movies. Some folks get into this whole thing about who's the better fighter — I am old enough to remember when Black Belt magazine would do the occasional feature on why Aaron Norris was better than Chuck, or stuff on Bruce Lee…

I have a CD of Wish You Were Here. I find myself liking it better than Dark Side, for some reason (subject to change, I couldn't tell you why I suddenly started digging it more).

Am I the only one here who sort'a digs Brick by Brick as well? I have Lust for Life, but I always chuckle when I hear "Butt Town" because he is so taking the piss out of everyone.

Huh. I was reading through this, and the intro (I missed the first few installments). Something struck me though. I have a lot of CDs — nowhere near 2,000, probably a couple of hundred or so. I still buy them, because sometimes in other (granted, developing or less-technically oriented) countries that still seems to…

Well, I mean in the sense that generally, since the late 50s, Italian-Americans have become white, effectively. Yes, there are still a few stereotypes, but like Jews and Irish people, there really isn't a problem with institutionalized discrimination anymore in the way that existed pre-WW II.

Well, she wasn't that devout a Catholic; she was married twice.

The reason people are upset about the kiss is that it seems out of character for Chandra, because it falls right into some very bad clichés, and because those clichés are at many levels sexist. I can think of a lot of ways for Chandra to get herself in trouble with Naz — all of which fit better her characterization as…

A large chunk are owned by cab fleets and in fact, there's a whole initiative to provide them at reduced prices to people like Naz's dad. In fact, the steady increase in medallion value drove the rise of the fleets way back in the 60s and 70s. The number of taxis is fixed, you see, so the cab itself becomes more…

He also just borderline assaulted an officer of the court, which is a pretty serious thing in NY.

Was that illegal? As I recall he was in there for a completely different offense (DUI) which in NY counts as criminal, so wouldn't they be able to admit the knife? Really asking here.

Taxi medallions are these metal things they bolt on to the hood of the car, signifying it is a licensed taxi in NYC. There are only a certain number available (13,000 I think) so the rights to one can sell for a lot of money. Some 50,000 people are licensed to drive them.

Where they publish the Intercourse News.

Right, and LA Law was a lot less grounded.

I'm no expert, but in France the judges have a lot more say (I don't think the legal system there has juries but I am not sure. France also has a distinction between laws that cover relations between individuals and those that cover stuff between the individual and the state. But I couldn't begin to tell you how that…

Ya see, I'd argue that the system is designed to find the truth, but functions to convict people. The problem is it was set up in the 18th century, when the whole method (science) wasn't so well developed as we like to think, and the tradition of disputation was much more recent and alive. That disputation system has…

i thought the obvious answer was simply that you can be a competent pathologist and miss stuff. "Even a guy that bats .300 fails 7 out of ten times" would be a good answer.

I'm going to defend Box a wee bit here.

People have mentioned the kiss with Chandra, and here's the thing that bugs me. It not only rang false, but seems to be bordering on sexist trope. Female lawyer falls in love with handsome defendant. My thought was that it really undermined her image as a competent, if perhaps insufficiently street smart, attorney who…

Even Box mentions that the scenario is similar. I wonder if they will return to it.

Me too, since Chandra just broke a number of Bar Association rules.