“Looking to be offended” is true. People, perhaps such as you, do this. Nice try brushing it off. It gives you a little excitement during your day, or its a substitute for analyzing things you don’t like, or a multitude of things really.

And its only “shock value” ... if its shocking. To me, it isn’t shocking. The…

Except Deadwood, Rome, Game of Thrones don’t just rely on shock value.

Unless it’s the shock value of main characters being killed off.

I see them as actors who do their own stunts.

People who think they are smarted fail to realize that the competitive part might be theater, but the moves, even those rehearsed, still require training and if those involved are not properly trained it can still go very wrong.

Would it be better if doctors didn’t give people medication for their pain, inability to sleep and depression?

In the case of Bond (and I like the Daniel Craig movies) there WAS in fact a LOT of people that were outright livid that Craig was cast. Reference to an entire website devoted to the subject: http://danielcraigisnotbond.com/boycott_casino…

I am absolutely certain that if they cast a black actress in this role instead of ScarJo, guys like Wedge would be hailing it as a fantastic casting choice and anyone complaining about her not being Japanese would be hearing that familiar cyborg argument or just being called a racist.

I’d bet by left nut that most people offended are white, not asian-american.

The Japanese tend to be even more racist/xenophobic/hateful towards other Asians than they are towards Americans. And we dropped a pair of goddamn nukes on them.

So, while any Asian actress would “suffice” for most westerners, it would be much more offensive to the Japanese.

My point is that its a major recurring theme in the original manga, the sequel manga, Arise, SAC, and even movie, despite your assertions to the contrary. BTW the exact wording is “In the future - Corporate networks reach out to the stars, electrons and light flow throughout the universe. The advance of…

It should have been a dude. I mean, there’s precedent for Makoto being in a male body, so why not?

But seriously, for an entire story that is built around the concept of identity, how malleable that is, what it means to be someone, and the natural and unnatural limits placed on humanity, it seems sort of short sighted…

“Would the Japanese complain about a Canadian Chinese girl being Motoko Kusanagi?”

I tried a handful of images after reading this article, but this is by far the best response I got.

I think of this as an exhortation to empathy. I am glad that the author has finally seen that she should not shrink from the world, or her enjoyment of life, and can wear her trauma as prominently as she needs or wants to at any given moment. However, and what I don’t sense in this piece, is what is present in…

Everybody always forgets about Rickon.

“What if Superman had decided to fly down and grab the President out of the Oval office? Who would have stopped him?”

As someone who spent a shitload of time in Iraq the “witty banter” is what keeps many of us sane. Shitty stuff happens every day, and many people use humor to try to help them get through it. It’s no different than useless platitudes from people who never really knew the guy. Both are designed to help the person…

My favorite part of this story is that the police described a car as a human:

With a dash of homophobia thrown in there.

I just love how the internet either doesn’t realize or doesn’t care that saying someone is “butthurt” implies raping someone in the ass.