Tuesday, June 27, 2006
THE "BAD GUYS"
Ireland's excellent Mark Humphrys on "bad guys" in recent films, 2002-2006:
Oh, and there are lots more. Read on. Hint: Take a wild guess who the "bad guys" never are?
Although, they did get to actual current "bad guys" eventually:
Speaking of the Republic of Ireland, it seems that some there have recently identified the real "bad guys", and right in their midst, too:
What's likely particularly upsetting about this episode to Mr Cregan is the Garda obviously briefly appearing to abandon Irish "neutrality". Yet while there would in all likelihood not even be an independent Ireland today able to be "neutral" were it not for some less than "neutral" help from those born in the U.S., there is nothing new regarding Mr Cregan's expressed "neutrality". A warped notion of "neutrality" seemingly pervades the current Irish body-politic.
If you do really want to try to come to grips with that Republic of Ireland "neutralist" mentality better, take some time first and read through Mark's site, particularly his take on Ireland's recent past, its "neutrality" in World War II, its "nationalists", and its "left". ¶ by Robert, Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Ireland's excellent Mark Humphrys on "bad guys" in recent films, 2002-2006:
The Sum Of All Fears (2002) - The bad guys are ... European neo-Nazis!
Collateral Damage (2002) - The bad guys are ... Colombian drug lords!
S.W.A.T. (2003) - The bad guys are ... S.W.A.T. officers gone bad!
Terminator 3 (2003) - The bad guys are ... robots from the future!
Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) - The bad guys are ... Bush and his government!
The Day After Tomorrow (2004) - The bad guy is ... the weather!...
Collateral Damage (2002) - The bad guys are ... Colombian drug lords!
S.W.A.T. (2003) - The bad guys are ... S.W.A.T. officers gone bad!
Terminator 3 (2003) - The bad guys are ... robots from the future!
Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) - The bad guys are ... Bush and his government!
The Day After Tomorrow (2004) - The bad guy is ... the weather!...
Oh, and there are lots more. Read on. Hint: Take a wild guess who the "bad guys" never are?
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Although, they did get to actual current "bad guys" eventually:
The cinema movie United 93 (June 2006) - The first proper cinema-released movie about 9/11. The first cinema-released movie about the War. The first cinema-released movie since 9/11 in which the bad guys are the modern Islamists...
...To be precise, it took 4 years and 9 months.
If the same absurd leftist McCarthyism had prevailed in Hollywood in WW2, then the first movie about the war would have come out in Sept 1946...
...To be precise, it took 4 years and 9 months.
If the same absurd leftist McCarthyism had prevailed in Hollywood in WW2, then the first movie about the war would have come out in Sept 1946...
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Speaking of the Republic of Ireland, it seems that some there have recently identified the real "bad guys", and right in their midst, too:
SIX United States soldiers on their way home from service in Iraq were placed under citizen's arrest after an anti-war activist spotted them walking around a town in their uniforms.
Shannon-based peace activist Conor Cregan said yesterday [June 23] that he briefly detained the six on Thursday afternoon after finding them walking on the Limerick Road leading out of Ennis.
"I placed the soldiers under citizen's arrest because these soldiers are not supposed to be walking freely on the streets of Ireland in uniform. It is a breach of the Irish Constitution and Irish neutrality, he said...
"I immediately called for the six to stop and said to them 'I am placing you all under citizen's arrest. Do not move'."
The men remained on the footpath as Mr Cregan contacted emergency services. "I was put through to Ennis Garda station, but the Garda (Irish Police) on duty made light of the matter," Mr Cregan said.
Shannon-based peace activist Conor Cregan said yesterday [June 23] that he briefly detained the six on Thursday afternoon after finding them walking on the Limerick Road leading out of Ennis.
"I placed the soldiers under citizen's arrest because these soldiers are not supposed to be walking freely on the streets of Ireland in uniform. It is a breach of the Irish Constitution and Irish neutrality, he said...
"I immediately called for the six to stop and said to them 'I am placing you all under citizen's arrest. Do not move'."
The men remained on the footpath as Mr Cregan contacted emergency services. "I was put through to Ennis Garda station, but the Garda (Irish Police) on duty made light of the matter," Mr Cregan said.
What's likely particularly upsetting about this episode to Mr Cregan is the Garda obviously briefly appearing to abandon Irish "neutrality". Yet while there would in all likelihood not even be an independent Ireland today able to be "neutral" were it not for some less than "neutral" help from those born in the U.S., there is nothing new regarding Mr Cregan's expressed "neutrality". A warped notion of "neutrality" seemingly pervades the current Irish body-politic.
If you do really want to try to come to grips with that Republic of Ireland "neutralist" mentality better, take some time first and read through Mark's site, particularly his take on Ireland's recent past, its "neutrality" in World War II, its "nationalists", and its "left". ¶ by Robert, Tuesday, June 27, 2006
