I've never listened to Serial Serial before but I find myself very put-off by these people. They criticize the podcast like it's season 2 of Game of Thrones or something. They don't find Beau "likable" or his reason for starting a DustOne to be good enough for them, but these things are less relevant given that this…

Oh, I see what you mean now about the parking. I don't know that you have to concede defeat. I don't know that this debate can be won either way. You aren't wrong that trying to enforce my idea and that attaching conditions to what are currently basic rights of citizenship is risky and possibly a slippery slope. I am…

I am not saying they can't vote for whoever they want. I didn't mean to give that impression. I just want them to have a high level of understanding regarding the history of the country and the workings of it's systems before they participate as an adult. You lost me on the rest. i didn't understand the parallel…

Well I was thinking more knowledge about their own country. They would be taught this information and then required to pass the test. the burden would be on the state to make sure this happened. Providing the resources (repeatedly if necessary) until it is passed. I don't have a perfect system worked out. It's an…

Hmm. Interesting point. Perhaps taxation in this case could not begin until the test is passed. Legal requirement to pass would prevent people from intentionally not passing to avoid taxation.

I certainly understand that perspective and that linking them is a risky proposition. But every citizen can vote no matter how little they understand about their own country and the world. It leads to idiotic political results. But the "everyone HAS to pass, no matter how many attempts it takes," part is meant to…

That's also correct. Court officials need to be sure the jurors understand every aspect of their duty before the trials begins.

Financial cuts to education pretty much have a 100% negative impact.

I would agree completely. Frankly (and I know this is a radical idea many people would push back on) but I don't think anyone should be able to graduate, have the right to vote or be able to serve on a jury, in the military, as a police officer or a lawyer without passing such a test. You should have to take the test…

You're right that without any provided justification for omitting these things it makes the film makers look bad. (Though I haven't personally seen anything that proves any of this evidence even exists. All I have is Kratz word, which isn't worth much.) There may have been reasons. Perhaps it was even court ordered or…

1. Proves nothing
2. "Avery clearly had an obsession…" Speculative
3. How do we know this?
4. How do we know this?
5. Proves nothing AND Dassey didn't describe cuffs and irons. He described ropes.
6. What kind of DNA and why would the police not know to plant it?

Such topics are not part of any national curriculum (and they probably should be.) But I also think that people need to take responsibility for their own knowledge at a certain point. I don't expect a 7 year old to take it upon themselves to learn this stuff or to understand it. But a 27 year old? Hell, yes. The…

Meaning the juror had presumed guilt first? If that is what you mean, watching Making A Murderer gave me the distinct impression the jury did not understand it's job, how the law works, burden of proof, presumption of innocence and what "beyond a reasonable doubt is." It goes beyond being uneducated people. They never…

In other words the juror was biased, didn't listen to the defense and didn't perform their duty which sent a man to prison who hadn't been proven guilty. And only after many years away from the issue and a fresh look at the case did this person think "Ooops."

It was certainly fitting and satisfying to see him take a shot in rage at Ren and nail him. Anything less would've been an injustice to their relationship.

That's true. I also think she wasn't really written very well. Where's Leia's spirit? She's a pistol. She can age, but she still has to be a fiery, tough old woman. I didn't feel like i was watching old Leia. I was watching old Carrie Fisher.

I'm not saying that to die as you describe is not more powerful than to go out guns blazing because I think it potentially is for all the reasons you explained. But what I am saying is that the emotional foundation for that ending hasn't been laid. As I was saying to Hessiandud, I was told they are father and son, but…

I'm not saying it was completely ineffective and didn't move me at all, but I just felt like that emotion hadn't really been earned because I hadn't felt the intimacy between the characters was justified. I was TOLD it was, but not convinced it was. I think I was mostly moved because it was Han. Truthfully the most…

But my point was there is nothing to give the emotion in that scene any credibility. It's being portrayed on screen but my gut is saying "Why? This isn't believable."

First I will say that i really liked TFA. It was "real Star Wars," as much as the prequels were not real star wars. It belongs. It was exciting, didn't induce cringing and I was having so much fun I didn't want it to be over. But I can only give it a B+ because it was still flawed, and more so than just in a "no film…