If you’re talking about the Jesus of the New Testament, I’d agree with you, but we do have contemporary (and critical) Roman and Jewish accounts of his existence. My understanding is, that among historians, such accounts are considered the gold-standard*. Arthur has almost no basis in any historical record, and his…

“Scandal. People love it. It’s like the smell of their own shit.” ~Dario Fo, Accidental Death of an Anarchist

I’m having a hard time processing this, but people thought it was a racist cartoon endorsing the white woman’s statement? Seriously? WTF? This is dumber than that Justine Sacco thing.

*shrug* it was the first thing that came up on a quick search, but I didn’t mean to imply that it’s the only thing out there. Bottom line, Jesus existed, and seems to have really pissed off the Romans and Jews. I’m fairly sure of this, but I’m also fairly sure that God doesn’t exist, and Jesus never performed genuine…

So, the book now gets some deserved flak for implying that the handicapped have no one to blame for their condition but their own defeatism - how does this version tackle that aspect?

Actually, there is a lot of pretty solid proof that he existed, and I speak as a atheist.

One takeaway from the last four years is that Americans treat the office of president with far too much respect.

Nah - Furby made Satan.

I read an article a couple of months ago that, to paraphrase, said something like “The US has provoked many reactions in the past, both positive and negative. However, I cannot remember a time when it has provoked the reaction of pity.”

I suppose you can make an effective argument that the right to be a selfish-arsehole is a necessary freedom. However, it’s a ‘right’, not a duty. That seems to a distinction that many don’t get.

I’d say it has one action sequence too many, but otherwise it’s pretty damn perfect.

What exactly is he implying here? That BLM takes the “fun” out of policing? I mean, can you imagine, say, a priest bitching because he’s not allowed to sodomise kids with impunity any more? (I mean, that sort of happened, but...)

Fair enough. “Don’t wear revealing clothes; don’t get drunk or look like you’re having fun; don’t walk alone at night - then it won’t be your fault when you get raped.”

In fairness, it does sound like a misguided, dumb-as-shit, ‘political’ statement, rather than, y’know, Nazis.

These are not problems; these are dramatic scenes and stunts. I’m green-lighting this bitch.

Heh - my one-line review for this was “Warrior Nun - Buffy without the wit, but added f-bombs, and a rather convoluted mythology, plus Ellen Page’s non-union Mexican equivalent - i.e. not without its pleasures.”

I think it was this quote that led to my jaw shattering as it hit the floor.

I wish the man no ill-will, but for the greater good I can only hope that he has a full, dial-it-up-to-11, psychotic breakdown.

Ah! Thanks. I’m in the UK, so my US geography and history doesn’t get that specific - nor, tbh, the details of conquistador armour. They always look like they’ve just got a chest-plate and spiffy shirts.

“Well, I could probably initial it.”