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Re: Fans deserve to finally get a Star Trek: Enterprise movie

jackalheart — Mon, 24 Dec 2018 09:57:09 -0000

Wait, there are Enterprise fans?

Re: A Bay Area RV community bands together to fight City Hall

jackalheart — Fri, 21 Dec 2018 15:09:15 -0000

Lol, yeah, let's deport the gays, Jehovahs Witnesses, Catholics, and Jews while we're at it. That will make lots of room for us REAL Americans. Stop thinking of our neighbors and coworkers as a faceless horde of invaders.

Re: A Bay Area RV community bands together to fight City Hall

jackalheart — Thu, 20 Dec 2018 17:08:54 -0000

You're not wrong, but lots of these people are employed. Employed people should be able to find housing here, but can't. That's the problem we should be solving, not forcing gainfully employed people out. Our housing system in the bay is horribly broken.

Re: A Bay Area RV community bands together to fight City Hall

jackalheart — Thu, 20 Dec 2018 17:07:17 -0000

Three people cannot and should not live in a parking space.

Re: The Best Wireless Bluetooth Headphones

jackalheart — Fri, 09 Nov 2018 17:48:00 -0000

My Jabra Move headphones don't connect consistently to my macbook. I have to disconnect and reconnect them several times. It's super annoying.

Re: Vendetta Song - Witness - Al Jazeera English

jackalheart — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 09:51:32 -0000

A touching, tragic story. The author went to try to solve her aunts murder, and ended up meeting all sorts of people who knew her, and came to be part of several village families. Her aunt was remembered with fondness. Much of the traditions these villages follow are ancient and are unfair to women. But what struck me most from this story was to witness how they live. Everyone knows everyone else, and kind acts seem to come naturally to them. Truly good people are on display in this video(WIth some not so good ones, like the driver).

Re: Has multiculturalism failed in Europe? - Inside Story - Al Jazeera English

jackalheart — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 09:29:15 -0000

All of what you say is true. There is a strong push towards "integration" whatever that means. Certain values are held sacred by a very large number of americans(Gun ownership being one, gun control ironically being another). And many of these sacred values are regional. However, even in my home of Louisiana(Which is far far more moderate than most believe) and I have a feeling it's national, we as individuals can learn to accept very different cultures through interaction.

That is to say, in America, when new waves of immigrants arrive, like hispanics in the last few decades, they are scary. We don't understand them. We haven't gotten to know them. But as we as individuals start to interact with members of this immigrant population, we begin to understand them. As more and more of us gain that understanding, we accept them as brothers and sisters. We want to understand them, because individuals from that population become our friends, colleagues, and schoolmates. Those that continue to be intolerant of blacks, jews, Eastern Europeans, etc are simply backwards and refuse to interact with the new populations. We call them racists, and usually don't pay them much attention. They're the unfortunate baggage of a free society. We run into trouble when they start running for office, and folks vote for them, sometimes for their racist beliefs, other times for their party affiliation or social values. However, there is still a force in society to denounce such feelings. That's the difference. We force different cultures to go to school together and work together. In Louisiana we actually have laws requiring such mixing. That is where our tolerance comes from. Not some sort of vague national value, but from individual interactions humanizing faceless immigrant populations. European countries don't need integration programs, just programs to force their populations together. It will eventually work out. I hope. Thanks for reading this.

Re: DREAMLESS

jackalheart — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 02:23:20 -0000

I hear Japan is quite nice that time of year. Looks like she's going to try to find out:-P

Re: DREAMLESS

jackalheart — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:41:48 -0000

PinkPunkPill, I think the fact she is cut off from all of her peers just adds emphasis on how dependent she is on Takashi. That will just make the inevitable even more painful, when they are forever separated by their national differences. This is gonna be a tear jerker.

Re: DREAMLESS

jackalheart — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 05:28:46 -0000

This is the most beautiful and moving comic I've ever seen. I find myself almost wanting it to end tragically, because I'm quite sure that if it does, it will be a masterpiece. A happy ending would just make all of this melodrama. These last few pages have had a cathartic feeling. Your soul is just wrenched out by the plight of these ocean sundered lovers. When the war breaks out, I bet this comic is going to hit new levels of sad. Bobby Crosby, you are a harsh master. Nonetheless, you are now my master.

Re: DREAMLESS

jackalheart — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:31:23 -0000

Really beautiful. I love the wind in her hair in panel four. So emotive.

Re: DREAMLESS

jackalheart — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:30:18 -0000

Well, that would explain why they can't meet up.

Re: DREAMLESS

jackalheart — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:29:47 -0000

Oh, Skype. you make my life so much easier.