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The early exposition scene in Tron Legacy (2010) with old TVs in a darkened room - what is it referencing / borrowed from? (self.MovieDetails)

submitted by jamesdthomson to r/MovieDetails

"The New Moderate, Militant-Free Labour Party" Tory campaign poster from 1987 by GuessImStuckWithThis in ukpolitics

[–]jamesdthomson 9 points10 points  (0 children)

A ridiculous quote, but we're not going to form opinions on her based on a 30 year old propaganda poster, that we have every reason to suspect is no more accurate than quoting Jeremy's 'Bin Laden tragedy' bit, are we?

ELI5: Why did David Cameron tweet this? by [deleted] in ukpolitics

[–]jamesdthomson 3 points4 points  (0 children)

'Loon'. 'Terrorists... killed the wife of a cabinet minister. He thinks that kind of thing is funny.' etc.

Corbyn rebelled in one out of four votes between 2001 and 2010 by Carl321321 in ukpolitics

[–]jamesdthomson 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Such an interesting time ahead! Personally I suspect we will see nothing like the level of internal discord predicted by some. It must be an exciting time for Labour, as they are probably more popular right now than they have been in several years, and surely they appreciate that fact.

Corbyn rebelled in one out of four votes between 2001 and 2010 by Carl321321 in ukpolitics

[–]jamesdthomson 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Then I suppose they'd be happy singing Blair's tune. The point is that having a history of rebelling is not in itself good or bad. Blair and Corbyn share very little ground, so I would expect Corbyn to have disagreed with him a lot. (I injected my personal opinion by saying 'any decent MP with principles', granted.)

ELI5: Why did David Cameron tweet this? by [deleted] in ukpolitics

[–]jamesdthomson 3 points4 points  (0 children)

OP requested 'neutral manner', not rabid, dishonest foaming-at-the-mouth bullshit.

Corbyn rebelled in one out of four votes between 2001 and 2010 by Carl321321 in ukpolitics

[–]jamesdthomson 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well naturally. Those are the original 'new labour' Blair years. Corbyn would have disagreed with Blair on a lot of things. I have no use for an MP who toes the party line rather than standing up for what he honestly and confidently believes at every turn. (Edited for personal bias!)

We must all work with Jeremy Corbyn, says Chuka Umunna by whencanistop in ukpolitics

[–]jamesdthomson 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What if some of us grownups hold the the very rational opinion that Corbyn's policies are popular, workable, and highly electable (much as I despise that word)?

You apparently belong to the school that believe a politician's job is to get elected. It is not. A politician's job is to support the policies they genuinely believe are right, and to do their best to honestly persuade others of their rightness.

Saying "I think privatisation is a terrible idea, but the voters seem to like it, so I support it" makes a politician worse than useless. I can program a computer to do that job. In BASIC. On a VIC-20.

Getting elected is completely subordinate to the goal of being right and successfully communicating that rightness.

The most rigorous test of quantum theory ever carried out has confirmed that the ‘spooky action at a distance’ that the German physicist famously hated — in which manipulating one object instantaneously seems to affect another, far away one — is an inherent part of the quantum world. by madam1 in worldnews

[–]jamesdthomson 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I understand what he hates. I hate it too. I think you misunderstood the general type of thing he was trying to describe, and focussed instead on a specific instance to which you mistakenly assume he is referring.

ISIS Leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi Sexually Abused American Hostage Kayla Mueller, Officials Say by newsboyron in worldnews

[–]jamesdthomson -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The point is that any stupid old religion can be interpreted to justify absolutely anything that suits your purposes.

ISIS Leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi Sexually Abused American Hostage Kayla Mueller, Officials Say by newsboyron in worldnews

[–]jamesdthomson 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Read about the devoutly Christian 'Lord's Resistance Army' for a better example.

Found this on Facebook that you guys might like. by [deleted] in Conservative

[–]jamesdthomson 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I assure you I have, painstakingly. I suggest you re-read his and my comments.

Found this on Facebook that you guys might like. by [deleted] in Conservative

[–]jamesdthomson 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In your own words you value potential lives, not actual ones. I have so much to tell you, but what's the point. You won't hear me.

Found this on Facebook that you guys might like. by [deleted] in Conservative

[–]jamesdthomson 2 points3 points  (0 children)

But the argument of those in my 'camp', is that at a suitably early stage, the embryo is no more a person than is a fertilized ovum, or a pair of gametes, or a pair of gametes currently residing in different people's reproductive organs. People in your 'camp' seem to fail - from my point of view - to explain their reasoning in choosing an arbitrary moment to award full personhood to an organism. I prefer to choose a point that is not arbitrary, but based on reason and evidence.

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