Your apparently belief that someone deserves respect simply because they are in a position of authority is terrifying. That’s not... sarcasm. I mean when you remind me that people think that way, it’s terrifying. Blind respect for leaders is how atrocities get committed. I’d say that he needs to earn respect through…

Actually, what I really like about the film is that Dr. Strange never really does shed his skepticism. He changes his mind about magic after someone basically proves to him that magic is, indeed, a thing. He’s not willingly to blindly accept what he’s told there either. That’s why he goes, reads and explores for…

I don’t like the sand line. It’s course, and rough, and irritating, and it gets quoted everywhere.

There’s ways you can test it to a degree, by looking at the various languages and comparing cultural attitudes, but you hit correlation/causation issues. And while it was a popular idea for a while, I believe that what little evidence it had has been dwindling as of late.

I get that. I mean, sure, all my minority friends are literally afraid for their futures but... hey, shit gets samey. Gotta mix it up.

You’ll note he’s not suing any pseudo-news sites though, because even they don’t tend to report on the basis of random tweets. If they wanted to report he was a coke addict, they’d likely just make it up whole cloth before citing an anonymous tweet.

Libel laws exist to stop people from being damaged by false statements…

It was in the process of an appeal to be thrown out before the defendant died. The claim may very well have not been allowed to stand otherwise.

Well, they wouldn’t have made for fresh adventures even then. The two big ones that went into Dirk Gently were “City of Death” and “Shada.” Why he decided to recycle a script that had already been made into an episode, I’m not sure. Shada makes more sense, but these days there’s about three different attempt to…

Really? If someone called you a cocaine addict on the internet, you’d sue them? It’s sort of an extreme response. Now, if you’re a high profile person on the internet... well the internet is full of assholes. Insults, earned or not, are going to happen. Again, a lawsuit is a pretty extreme response. Most people go…

Sure, but that’s not really the point I was going for. The point is, TOS is the safe choice. It’s less likely to attract argument because it’s the original. Same as picking A New Hope over Empire Strikes Back. In the case of TNG, there’s a pretty significant portion of the fans who find DS9 better. Picking either TNG…

Nah, by the logic of going with safe picks, you wanna go TOS. No one will argue with TOS. If you say TNG, you’ll get people saying he should have said DS9, and vice versa.

The problem is that there are so many different kinds and styles of art and schools of art that are created due to a shift in culture don’t necessarily go away. The old art certainly doesn’t. So if Thrawn looked at bunch of human paintings, he might see work by the Renaissance masters, just for example, that doesn’t…

Yeah, I’m with you, most of these covers are completely illegible. I guess they look nice, but it’s form at the cost of functionality. Even if these aren’t supposed to be exactly functional, the fact that the font choice is so wildly impractical distracts from whatever enjoyment you might get.

I also admit, while…

I see what you’re saying, but either way Bruce Wayne breaks the law to change things. As Batman, he’s kind of a mob enforcer. Do the right thing, or he’ll beat the crap out of you.

“Basically, your post reads like a couple paragraphs that just say ‘fart fart fart.’” Whereas yours reads increasingly like Donald Trump. When you can’t make a coherent argument without just saying “What you’re saying is stupid! I don’t like it!” and refuse to cite any textual evidence supporting your definition…

Okay, you said “The second claim in your statement is false. Just like the first claim in this next statement is inaccurate (and nonsensical) and shows the problem of what you are arguing:” But then the next statement you quoted was the same as the first one. I’m... assuming that’s a mistake. Otherwise you’re saying…

Look, I’m not saying I don’t like Batman because his methods are insane. That’s not an issue for me. I don’t think vigilantes are a good idea in real life, even ones like Batman, but I can still enjoy the idea, and the gaps in reality needed to make it work.

But if we actually do look at the way he operates without the…

If you told me where you found fault with the logic, I might be able to explain it better, but I’ll have another go. Hell, this time I’ll try to put it in actual logic like terms. A snorkeler is someone who uses a snorkel to breathe while underwater. A member of Cousteau’s crew is a person who works for Cousteau. All…

You can repeat yourself all day long, but it’s entirely on your account. I never argued that Jedi were all Force users. In fact, I specifically laid out several kinds of non-Jedi Force users and what they were called. By way of example, these people: http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Force_wielder Not Jedi. http://starwar…

“Your first paragraph makes absolutely no sense.” ... Likewise. “The way Jedi is used in some Luke era EU is mostly stupid because it doesn’t draw from any mythology.” I never mentioned any Luke era EU, save to correct a point about C’baoth that you had brought up. My other reference was 2004's Knights of the Old…