The Cassandra Complex
My new icon is courtesy of Oh My Gods!, taken from one of creator Shivian Montar Bolaris' 2003 strips. The full strip can be viewed HERE. The runes, of course, don't mean what they spell out but you better believe I'd put them away in a hurry if they came up like that!
I wish the low pressure front would move through so that I could stop hurting. It makes enjoyment of things like movies difficult. I'm too tired to do more than summarize. We did, in fact, go to see Farenheit 9/11. I had really wanted to be able to pick the movie apart but alas....he wasn't really saying anything that I didn't express way back when all those events happened. Like the ill-fated and cursed Cassandra of mythology, I was told to take my doomsaying and shove it where the sun didn't shine.
I wanted so badly to be wrong about those observations.
I'm well aware that it isn't a documentary, that several of the scenes were staged, and that many of the things said were taken out of context. In my opinion, he didn't provide the burden of proof needed to give his opinions the weight of fact. That doesn't change the fact that, particularly in the last half of the film, certain bitter grains of truth aren't enclosed in all the emotional manipulation. Most probably will find that hard to believe unless you've been in the military or been a dependent in the military. It gives you a whole new, often alien perspective on the things that go on in the world.
I need to finish planting my seedlings. Mid August will be the start of another summer crop here in northern Florida.
I wish the low pressure front would move through so that I could stop hurting. It makes enjoyment of things like movies difficult. I'm too tired to do more than summarize. We did, in fact, go to see Farenheit 9/11. I had really wanted to be able to pick the movie apart but alas....he wasn't really saying anything that I didn't express way back when all those events happened. Like the ill-fated and cursed Cassandra of mythology, I was told to take my doomsaying and shove it where the sun didn't shine.
I wanted so badly to be wrong about those observations.
I'm well aware that it isn't a documentary, that several of the scenes were staged, and that many of the things said were taken out of context. In my opinion, he didn't provide the burden of proof needed to give his opinions the weight of fact. That doesn't change the fact that, particularly in the last half of the film, certain bitter grains of truth aren't enclosed in all the emotional manipulation. Most probably will find that hard to believe unless you've been in the military or been a dependent in the military. It gives you a whole new, often alien perspective on the things that go on in the world.
I need to finish planting my seedlings. Mid August will be the start of another summer crop here in northern Florida.