Yeah, you know the time we didn’t commit war crimes? You’re welcome!

I feel guilty because I totally stole that pun.

This quote seems so appropriate to politics in the Western world in general. Kudos.

It could be argued that both made their fortunes on the backs of the poor.

Architecture and art are things that can be appreciated independently of the people that made them or the conditions they were made under.

I wish I could take credit for it, but it’s a Terry Pratchett pun.

“I’m a soft southern fairy”

Never underestimate provincial pride. My county (UK here) had a war with the neighbouring county half a millennia ago and both sides still hold an only semi-friendly grudge over it.

Since you are unable to see any redeeming quality in the man, or even accept it was possible he had any, can I ask you why you think an extremely intelligent woman, who butted heads with him very often and was ideologically opposed to more or less his every stance wrote this?

I thought it was the free bar that did that. It’s a notoriously boozy affair.

He wasn’t a monster, he was a person. By demonising people you only set your cause back further. Rather than dismissing people’s motives and drives as being because they are inherently bad/evil/monstrous you learn more by seeking ot find out why they were that way.

Does it help if I mention I am British?

Does the BAFTAs get any attention in America? I always figured it was pokey, provincial ceremony that was kind of mostly intended for Brit audiences.

Nah, comedies never win Oscars.

Hey, it’s ok, a lot of beginners have trouble with that. Don’t be afraid to ask her for help. It’s better than fumbling around forever.

I’m gonna catch flak for this, but:

You missed the word ‘former’. As in ‘Former West Virginia clerk’. She was fired for being a bigot on the public’s dime, right?

*fewer horses and bayonets.

That’s why when I rule the world, I will implement sortition based governments in all the countries under my brutal regime:

And to further milk the cash-cow, this book is just the rehearsal script. There will be a second book with the director’s script released at some point later.