Lurker > Too_Many_Limes

They should've just added in a proper happy ending where the combined efforts of the galactic forces are able to defeat the Reapers, even if it required some sort of MacGuffin to do so.

Trite, sure, but the endings they wrote don't provide any sort of satisfying conclusion and have left the franchise written into a corner that they cannot escape without canonizing one of the endings. Which they have established they're unwilling to do.
---

Scoop #5: Borash tried to interview Bigfoot, but he ran away, Borash suggested if we dance hard enough he will come back

In the heat of battle my father wove a tapestry of obscenities that as far as we know is still hanging in space over Lake Michigan.

Darren McGavin and Melinda Dillon steal the show in that movie.
---

Scoop #5: Borash tried to interview Bigfoot, but he ran away, Borash suggested if we dance hard enough he will come back

I think he's saying that the ultimate blame for the bombings lies with Japan. They started a war they couldn't win and are thus responsible for bringing it right to their doorsteps. It's a salient point. Consider this quote from Yamamoto prior to the start of the war:

Should hostilities once break out between Japan and the United States, it is not enough that we take Guam and the Philippines, nor even Hawaii and San Francisco. To make victory certain, we would have to march into Washington and dictate the terms of peace in the White House

The American press ate that quote up at the time as evidence of Japanese arrogance, but it was a word of caution directed at the Japanese government. From this quote, and others attributed to him, its clear Yamamoto saw that Japan was starting a fight that it was not capable of winning.

To the point at hand, its a question that can't really be answered as both sides have valid points. Yes, the bombings inflicted catastrophic casualties upon Japanese civilians and targeted them primarily. At the same time though, considering the circumstances, how could Truman and other American military leaders justify any other option? Imagine the blowback had it come out after the war that America might have been able to end the war quickly and decisively with practically no American casualties, but elected to invade instead resulting in the death or injury of hundreds of thousands of American servicemen?

As for Japanese readiness to surrender, they weren't prepared to surrender before Hiroshima nor after it. Witness accounts from cabinet meetings have stated that they believed the United States was bluffing when it said it had more atomic weapons ready in hand. The shattering of that belief, combined with a surprise invasion from the Soviet Union is what brought the war to its conclusion and even then there were those who resisted right to the end.
---

Scoop #5: Borash tried to interview Bigfoot, but he ran away, Borash suggested if we dance hard enough he will come back

Damn_Underscore posted...

A_Good_Boy posted...

Damn_Underscore posted...

Someone posted this earlier.

Here is me reply

Do you think there is no context to that quote? Do you think that a WWII veteran and a person who spent his entire life in the US Government might think a certain way about the United States of America symbolically?

Do you think he's never apologized on his own behalf?

How does that make it any better?

The assumption is that HW is a horrible person, when in reality it's clear that he said that based on a principle he had about America.

"I don't care what the facts are." Obviously he knew that shooting down that plane was wrong.

The quote was given a month after the shootdown in a speech where he was discussing America's position as a beacon of liberty and democracy. He says it right after telling a story about visiting Poland and seeing thousands of cheering people.

Its also a rehash of a quote he said three months prior while on campaign:

"If I am elected president, I will never apologize for the United States. I will strengthen her and make her a beacon of freedom and liberty!"
---

Scoop #5: Borash tried to interview Bigfoot, but he ran away, Borash suggested if we dance hard enough he will come back

Mass Effect was 2007 as well, and by mentioning Portal we should also throw in TF2 and HL2:E2.

Strong year indeed.
---

Scoop #5: Borash tried to interview Bigfoot, but he ran away, Borash suggested if we dance hard enough he will come back

Lord of the Flies, To Kill a Mockingbird, Brave New World and Anil's Ghost (because Canada). Night was in there somewhere as well. Anil's Ghost was kind of a slog, but other than that the others were okay. TKaM is probably the one I liked the most.

For plays we had Twelfth Night, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth and The Crucible. Weakest was probably R&J, and the strongest would be Macbeth.
---

Scoop #5: Borash tried to interview Bigfoot, but he ran away, Borash suggested if we dance hard enough he will come back

SaithSayer posted...

Mariah Carey's version of All I Want For Christmas Is You is one of the best Christmas songs.

Its definitely one of the few modern Christmas songs that actually managed to become a holiday classic. Very few modern holiday songs manage to actually maintain their popularity year to year.
---

Scoop #5: Borash tried to interview Bigfoot, but he ran away, Borash suggested if we dance hard enough he will come back

pegusus123456 posted...

Too_Many_Limes posted...

I thought Renly didn't march on King's Landing immediately intentionally. With the Reach on his side he was already withholding supply to the city, fueling resentment among the smallfolk against the ruling Lannisters, and he was also giving the Starks and Lannisters time to burn each other out in the Riverlands.

Maybe I'm being colored by the book - though this was back when there was very little difference between the two - but I don't remember any indication of that. Pretty much everyone, Renly included, knew that King's Landing was basically defenseless against his army. Stalling only gave Tywin time to figure out what to do.

So I went and re-checked the book out of curiosity, and it turns out that its actually Tyrion who muses on Renly's march - noting that Renly's slow pace was allowing the Lannisters and Starks to waste their energy on each other which would give Renly the opportunity to deal with whoever remained. Tyrion does all this while observing the poor conditions in King's Landing due to the supply roads being closed in the Riverlands and the Reach. Cersei also makes similar comments that Renly's pace is allowing him to gather a pretty massive amount of strength before he marches on the city.

It's not outright stated by anyone in Renly's camp that starving King's Landing and letting the Lannisters and Starks wear themselves out is his specific intent, but the consequences of his pace are made pretty clear.
---

Scoop #5: Borash tried to interview Bigfoot, but he ran away, Borash suggested if we dance hard enough he will come back

pegusus123456 posted...

The show doesn't emphasize it as much as the book, but Renly is a lot of show and not much substance. Holding a tournament and a feast when he could have marched on King's Landing and taken the throne weeks/months if he'd just headed straight there. Not even doing enough to consummate his marriage to cement the alliance. There's a reason you don't really hear much about what he'd do as king; he likes the idea of it but doesn't really know what to do with it.

Robb would be a terrible king for the same reason Ned would be. They're bad at politics.

Stannis isn't a religious nutjob, he caters to the Lord of Light because he gets results.

I thought Renly didn't march on King's Landing immediately intentionally. With the Reach on his side he was already withholding supply to the city, fueling resentment among the smallfolk against the ruling Lannisters, and he was also giving the Starks and Lannisters time to burn each other out in the Riverlands.
---

Scoop #5: Borash tried to interview Bigfoot, but he ran away, Borash suggested if we dance hard enough he will come back

---

Scoop #5: Borash tried to interview Bigfoot, but he ran away, Borash suggested if we dance hard enough he will come back