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Game of Thrones as a metaphor for US politics

[personal profile] teresafloyd 2012-04-27 11:14 am (UTC)(link)
My only quibble is that I think Daenerys Targaryen becomes a lot more savvy than Sarah Palin has.

They both certainly started out as equally naive.
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[personal profile] innerbrat 2012-04-27 11:29 am (UTC)(link)
Tell me I'm not the only person who thought that Amon was somehow running Catholic schools?
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[personal profile] matgb 2012-04-28 08:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, um, I saw the figure and went "Cracken, I thought he was in it a lot". But then, I read the novelisation before I saw the film (even renting videos took effort where I grew up) and read most of the spin-off sequels for ages. Cracken's a major character, really really big, and, um, if I were still buying the figures I'd want a Cracken figure.

I doubt, however, that they'll do many more characters from Rogue Squadron books, although they'll have done a couple Wedge figures I suspect.
Edited (type: WTF are videons ) 2012-04-28 20:19 (UTC)

[identity profile] bart-calendar.livejournal.com 2012-04-27 11:17 am (UTC)(link)
I always thought the standard for Priests reporting things in confession was the same as that for psychologists and psychiatrists.

I.e. if someone tells their shrink or their priest about something they have already done they are not required to report it, because it's something that can't be prevented.

However, if the person tells the priest or shrink about an act of violence or sexual abuse they plan to do in the future then they are required to report it because that could prevent it.

I think that's what the Biship is getting at when he says that they have no problem reporting things as long as they are not said in the confessional. For example, when I was a young Catholic boy I can remember telling a priest in confession that I was planning on cheating on a test. He stopped me cold and told me that I had to talk to him about it outside the confessional. I did so and he had no problem at all telling my dad what I'd said.

The confessional is for shit you've already done and having a shield for that makes sense - but the priests should get the molester the fuck out of the confessional booth when he's not confessing his sins but instead planning sins.

[identity profile] cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com 2012-04-27 11:32 am (UTC)(link)
"Catholic schools launch 'eurgh, benders' petition"

I honestly assumed that was a link to one of the real news articles about the petition, just with a sarcastic headline on the link...

[identity profile] bracknellexile.livejournal.com 2012-04-27 11:37 am (UTC)(link)
Message in human DNA: "Humanity ver.2.2 (C) God, 3000 BC. You clone, I'll sue!"
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[identity profile] cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com 2012-04-27 11:41 am (UTC)(link)
"Game of Thrones as a metaphor for US politics (funny)"

That's awesome, I love the punchline with the last pairing.

Stupid question, which is the politician paired with Tyrion?

[identity profile] philmophlegm.livejournal.com 2012-04-27 01:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Barack Obama = Robb Stark? No.


Someone who starts a major war motivated by revenge without any thought to what would happen if he actually won is clearly George W Bush.

The rest are pretty good though.
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