..."making mention of" and "using as a reason to dismiss an argument" are not the same thing. But yeah, get the correct picture.

They mean "wouldn't it be nice if police liked black people and chose not to kill blacks anymore?" Cause that should be an effective strategy.

That was a stupid question, but I still can not get over the fact that his guest had an even dumber answer. Really lady? A small black hole would swallow up "our entire universe"?

You were correct, he was mentally ill. You can tell because he killed himself and killing yourself is a non-rational, mentally ill thing to do.

Bond movies aren't exactly going for realism. We buy so much outlandishness in the series, is buying a black Bond really that insane?

You guys left off Lil Jon's "Literally, I Can't". You leave me no choice but to declare this list null and void. Also, if you haven't heard it and do have a listen, I take no responsibilty for the resulting bleeding ears.

No, it's just money. It's all it can be. If she did somehow get it (she almost definitely won't), she'd HAVE to use the phrase and produce hoodies for sale or she'd lose the mark. You're thinking copyright.

Pretty much. When I lived in LA, men splayed and women took up seats with bags.

I used to take the metro bus to school and there was a dude who would LIE DOWN over THREE seats regardless of whether or not the seats were occupied. Also, another student who totally thought it was cool to put her bookbag on another seat— again, regardless of whether or not that seat was occupied. I mean, is it…

Serious question here: Why and how is he so horrid so often?

I'm not calling it canon because that isn't the definition of canon. Canon refers only to what is presented in an official work. This is more head canon or fanon. If she wants it to be canon, it need to be in the official work. It's not so much me saying "oh if Martin wants me to buy his book, he has to do blah blah…

It's established as canon because that's what canon means. Canon is simply what happens within any of the offical entirety of a work. It doesn't matter if she made it up last second or not, if it's actually in the work, then it qualifies as canon. If she had a single line anywhere in any of the story that mentioned…

Where did you get me calling her my bitch? I don't care if she nevere writes another book. I actually wasn't saying she should write a new book because I personally want a LGBT character, I was saying she has to write an official Potter story line with a LGBT character if she wants me to consider it canon. Since…

Perhaps it's different crowds, though I don't exclusivly discuss lit with lit students, but death of the author isn't really a rarity. And the reason I would say it needs to actually be added into the actual work to be canon is because many people aren't going to have to that information or context even if they've…

When you don't look at intention, that is death of the author. You'rr thinking more about foind works. My point is just this: could you know there were supposed to be LGBT characters in the series by just reading it or did you need the author to specifically tell you this information after? Like I've said, Rowling…

In my experience, that isn't how most people do it (most people I have actually talked lit with use death of the author even in casual talks). That's why people do "head canon". However, if Rowling would write a prequel, an eighth book, or even just a short story (actual story, not interview/ blog post) published on…

You are currently criticising a piece of literature right now? That's what your entire post was.

I wish she had written in any LGBT characters in. She didn't. Canon is only what is written in the actual work, not what the author writes in interviews/ Q&As. If she really wanted those characters in there, she could (should totally!) write a book eight or prequel actually showing these characters instead of going in…

But that isn't the way most literary circles look at or criticise a work. It's the death of the author. The work stands alone.

Indeed. I used to be such a DC cheerleader, too. I will say that the reboot has saved me a lot of money on comics these days.