Quote: @Vikergirl said:
@ JimmyinSD said:
@ Vikergirl said:
@ Vanguard83 said:
I have a hard time with movies / situations where kids are at risk / targeted / placed in dangerous situations or threatened - yeah, it happens, I get that, but it doesnt mean I like it.
Maybe its the teacher in me, but i have ZERO TOLERANCE for those who victimize, abuse, neglect, harrass, or otherwise harm children, or put them in Harms way. There a special rung in Dantes Inferno for them.
I volunteer working with survivors of human trafficking. Trafficking shows the deepest, darkest, ugliest depths of humanity and the unbelievable strength of those who survive. The idea of watching anything like this on the big screen is a hard pass for me.
Really, A hard pass ? I am sure if you work with these victims you have heard much worse than what's being portrayed on the big screen. if anything I would have expected you of all people to he screaming at people to see a film like this to help raise awareness to these atrocities towards children. No matter row real some things are there are those that won't recognize it until they see it for themselves.
I guess that's my point. I have been aware and trying to do what I can in the meantime. My uncle just passed away, he is a proud Marine who served in Vietnam. Agent Orange exposure so his medical chart says. That has been weighing on my mind as well as working on going through his house, collaborating with the VA and a lot of traveling back and forth prior because of wanting to spend time with him and my family especially my mom since they were best friends. So my energy is very focused right now. Also working on celebration of life planning and making memorials. Honoring him is my number one priority right now.
Sorry for your loss.
Quote: @minny65 said:
Went to see Oppenheimer yesterday and it was good not great IMO. It was hard to follow and will require a second viewing when it is released at home. I might be just old, but both my wife and I thought the sound was muffled which made it even harder to follow. The hype on the movie is ridiculous IMO. I would give about a 7 out of 10  Oh well, just my opinion.
I loved it. The visuals, acting, directing, the basic story...on all those levels it's fantastic.
But I can definitely see how some find it hard to follow. There are so many characters (mostly scientists) it's hard to track them from Cambridge to Los Alamos to the hearings.
The movie could've benefitted from condensing the security hearing scenes near the end. We learn so much in those and it's a vital part of the story, but it could've been told in half the time.
I don't think I'll fully appreciate this movie until I can watch it again when it streams...and I can turn on subtitles and use the pause button.
Quote: @JimmyinSD said:
@ Vikergirl said:
@ JimmyinSD said:
@ Vikergirl said:
@ Vanguard83 said:
I have a hard time with movies / situations where kids are at risk / targeted / placed in dangerous situations or threatened - yeah, it happens, I get that, but it doesnt mean I like it.
Maybe its the teacher in me, but i have ZERO TOLERANCE for those who victimize, abuse, neglect, harrass, or otherwise harm children, or put them in Harms way. There a special rung in Dantes Inferno for them.
I volunteer working with survivors of human trafficking. Trafficking shows the deepest, darkest, ugliest depths of humanity and the unbelievable strength of those who survive. The idea of watching anything like this on the big screen is a hard pass for me.
Really, A hard pass ? I am sure if you work with these victims you have heard much worse than what's being portrayed on the big screen. if anything I would have expected you of all people to he screaming at people to see a film like this to help raise awareness to these atrocities towards children. No matter row real some things are there are those that won't recognize it until they see it for themselves.
I guess that's my point. I have been aware and trying to do what I can in the meantime. My uncle just passed away, he is a proud Marine who served in Vietnam. Agent Orange exposure so his medical chart says. That has been weighing on my mind as well as working on going through his house, collaborating with the VA and a lot of traveling back and forth prior because of wanting to spend time with him and my family especially my mom since they were best friends. So my energy is very focused right now. Also working on celebration of life planning and making memorials. Honoring him is my number one priority right now.
Sorry for your loss.
Thank you. I appreciate that. I should probably write a thread for him because he is just that remarkable. I made copies of the medical chart too because you just never know. My mad, sad and bullshit meter is in overdrive so there is no room for anything else. Family first then go from there. Don't want to hijack the thread, I'm out.
It does make one wonder how there hasn't been a single indictment over the Epstein/Maxwell arrests...well, no, I don't wonder much at all. After all, if even 1/10 of the rumors are true, a ton of powerful people would get ruined overnight.
Can't have that, especially in the circles that encompass politics and celebrity...!
Quote: @Zanary said:
It does make one wonder how there hasn't been a single indictment over the Epstein/Maxwell arrests...well, no, I don't wonder much at all. After all, if even 1/10 of the rumors are true, a ton of powerful people would get ruined overnight.
Can't have that, especially in the circles that encompass politics and celebrity...!
Remember the DC madame and her black book? crickets
If I remember, only Vitter (R-LA?) was the only name revealed or alluded too. Vitter is a creep. No crimes, trails or convictions and what ever happened to the black book. All politicians and super rich are above the law.
Quote: @Bullazin said:
Education, community pushback and government transparency? Sounds like we do have solutions. So good.
As far as Trump/Russia goes, he had people around him like Flynn, Manafort and Guiliani that were all kooks as well as a back channel to Russia. Thats just the tip of the Iceburg as Trump, the leader of the free world propogates inciteful and dangerous lies that feeds kooks.
No party or person is absolved here, i get that but we have to call out threats to democracy and peace, not fan the flames. I dont agree with Policy i dont like, and no one should, but we have to figure out how to promote policy in a sane manner.
Thank you. And a hard pass on any Caviezel movie—even if he is from Mn and a Vikings fan. He’s a nut job and so is Mel Gibson. Gibson believes like his father that the Holocaust was a hoax.
Quote: @minny65 said:
@ Zanary said:
It does make one wonder how there hasn't been a single indictment over the Epstein/Maxwell arrests...well, no, I don't wonder much at all. After all, if even 1/10 of the rumors are true, a ton of powerful people would get ruined overnight.
Can't have that, especially in the circles that encompass politics and celebrity...!
Remember the DC madame and her black book? crickets
If I remember, only Vitter (R-LA?) was the only name revealed or alluded too. Vitter is a creep. No crimes, trails or convictions and what ever happened to the black book. All politicians and super rich are above the law.
At the time there were people calling for it to be released, but IIRC there were no allegations of sex trafficking minors as there was with epstein/maxwell. If consenting adults want to make it a business transaction that is between them and their God, this is about protecting minors and not politicians and other pedophile scum.
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