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April 10th, 2021 at 9:34:10 AM permalink | |
Mission146 Administrator Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 23 Posts: 4147 |
People seem to mostly tolerate me. I still stand by my comment that it is a less well-written Frasier. Frasier was another show that cashed its checks with sarcasm---and other forms of mostly dry humor. I guess Marty kind of broke that up a bit from time to time, so it wasn't quite as one note. You could skip to the middle of the last season; it'll still not have changed that much. I think the last bit might be blurring the lines between sarcasm and condescension. You caqn be condescendingly sarcastic, but sarcasm is often employed in a way that the person being spoken to is supposed to recognize as sarcastic. "War is the remedy that our enemies have chosen..let us give them all they want." William T. Sherman |
April 10th, 2021 at 9:37:45 AM permalink | |
Mission146 Administrator Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 23 Posts: 4147 |
Not every character on The L Word was sarcastic. Also, a few of the gay/bisexual characters on Orange is the New Black weren't sarcastic. Poussey, for one example, wasn't sarcastic at all. I could name others. I think network TV is mostly just going to write what they think their audience wants a gay character to be. I tend to think that's even more true in shows where there is only one gay character, or where there are two, but they aren't main players. "War is the remedy that our enemies have chosen..let us give them all they want." William T. Sherman |
April 10th, 2021 at 9:39:36 AM permalink | |
Mission146 Administrator Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 23 Posts: 4147 |
I assume he means the character played by Lauren Graham, if that character were a real person. I seriously doubt he means Lauren Graham herself. Still a pretty objectionable comment. "War is the remedy that our enemies have chosen..let us give them all they want." William T. Sherman |
April 10th, 2021 at 9:42:39 AM permalink | |
Mission146 Administrator Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 23 Posts: 4147 |
Is it worse than the Baptist Church? That's a pretty high bar. "War is the remedy that our enemies have chosen..let us give them all they want." William T. Sherman |
April 10th, 2021 at 10:05:37 AM permalink | |
terapined Member since: Aug 6, 2014 Threads: 73 Posts: 11786 |
Much much much worse Its not even close Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World" |
April 10th, 2021 at 12:04:20 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 |
No comparison. The Baptist Church does not try run your private life like Scientology does. And you can walk away from the Baptist Church anytime you like which is not true for Scientology. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
April 10th, 2021 at 12:29:05 PM permalink | |
petroglyph Member since: Aug 3, 2014 Threads: 25 Posts: 6227 | There is just to much to unpack explaining how awful and dangerous of a predatory cult this 'organization' is. I can give a couple of examples where they are even worse than a Baptist org. For one, the Scientologists sued the IRS for years to gain tax exempt status. It wasn't until they followed L Ron Hubbards edict of going after the agents personally did they win after ten years in court. They actually sued the IRS agents personally for millions of dollars, which caused the management of IRS to back down and allow them free rein. Another special policy they have is hiding members from their family's physically for years in 'the hole', they real all the members mail before they pass it to the members, even from their family's. They don't allow members to have phones, or free access to a phone, even if outside friends have mailed a phone to the member. Like I said, you just need to watch the series to get the true disbelief in how bad this cult is, and to be able to question why our "authority's" allow them to continue in the open. IDK, maybe you might want to join them after watching? Some folks do fit right in. It is pretty incredible though, listening to testimony from ex members with decades of belonging inside finally discovering they've been duped so heavily. The last official act of any government is to loot the treasury. GW |
April 10th, 2021 at 2:44:26 PM permalink | |
terapined Member since: Aug 6, 2014 Threads: 73 Posts: 11786 |
It was a lot more then that The harassment was insidious You have a pet and it goes outdoors. Forget about it. Its dead Better have a lock on your gas cap. These people are disgusting. The policy is known as "Fair Game" At a meeting, IRS asked if the harassment would stop if they agreed. Scientology "Like a faucet" Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World" |
April 10th, 2021 at 2:51:54 PM permalink | |
Mission146 Administrator Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 23 Posts: 4147 |
It doesn't? When did they stop doing that? "War is the remedy that our enemies have chosen..let us give them all they want." William T. Sherman |
April 10th, 2021 at 2:55:55 PM permalink | |
Mission146 Administrator Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 23 Posts: 4147 |
I'm on their side on the tax thing...at least from what you have said. Not going after people individually, but everything else. The Baptist Church (and other religious churches and groups) enjoy tax exempt status. What possible reason would there be not to give them that? The second paragraph sounds pretty bad, but no real difference between that and growing up in a religious household---from what I can tell---except the Scientologists sound like mostly adults who got themselves involved. I might check out the series, but if they're going to shut down Scientology, then they need to shut down every other religion for much the same reason---though perhaps to different degrees. I doubt if I would want to join them. I'm not really a group guy. "War is the remedy that our enemies have chosen..let us give them all they want." William T. Sherman |