*Claire Wolfe*! likes Firefly!
POSTED BY: justme
UPDATED: Saturday, April 24, 2004 17:14
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Claire Wolfe, for those who don't know, is one of the premiere libertarian writers (author of "Don't Shoot the Bastards (yet)" among others). On her blog today she mentions that she is now a Firefly fan, having recently seen the first 3 eps on DVD. The entry is here: http://www.clairewolfe.com/blog.html
(Just ignore her comments about Kaylee, some people just have a bad case of Scotty worship ;-)
Shiny!
JustMe
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Oops! I should have said she was the author of "101 Things to Do 'til the Revolution" which is the original and more famous (infamous?) book. DSTB(Y) is the sequel/update.
JustMe
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Very nice write up Claire did for the DVD set so far. I may not agree w/ her political leanings, but we can agree on what constitutes a good show.
Hopefully those that visit her site and forums will check out the set based on her recommendation and buy the set and see the movie.
"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."
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To respond about Kaylee "intuiting" the mechanics:
Kaylee grew up around her father's repair shop (this can be inferred from the ep "Out of Gas"), so most likely daddy was showing his little girl the insides of an engine since she was crawling. So for her, she just "gets" engines, even though her level of experience and education are on a highly competent level. Since she doesn't think about it in professional terms or diction, she has trouble expressing exactly what she see's is wrong to others (also in "Out of Gas").
The more I hear about all the craziness the govt. is cooking up (I had a friend tell me he had to take off his shoes so they could be searched before he could board a plane...WTF?), the more I think I need to look into this Libertarian thing. Guess I'll do a little research.
Anyway, always nice to hear a positive voice about the best show in the 'verse.
Jayne: "See, Vera? You get dressed up, you get taken someplace fun!"
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Originally posted by SouthernMerc:
The more I hear about all the craziness the govt. is cooking up (I had a friend tell me he had to take off his shoes so they could be searched before he could board a plane...WTF?)...
Guess you don't know about the Shoe-Bombs?
And no, I'm not kidding if you don't know.
"Wacky fun..."
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Where does it end?
"Passengers did not seem to mind. 'I would take off my clothes if I have to,' one passenger said."
At what point do we accept that we cannot control our lives in this way? We cannot achieve the "safety" that we crave.
Is there no truth to the idea that if we treat the world as our enemy, the world will oblige?
Here's my plan to make the world safer: Spanish language in high school mandatory. Farsi and Persian Studies in every school. Islamic studies in every school. Government funding for exchange student programs with all friendly Islamic nations. Just a few programs to promote respect and connection for and with the world would go a long way towards making the world an actually safer place. Just getting Americans to learn a language other than our own would be a freakin' miracle. Bush's cronies are talking about a 40 year process. What could we accomplish if we spent the next 40 years trying to understand one another instead of trying to scare our enemies into submission?
HKCavalier
Hey, hey, hey, don't be mean. We don't have to be mean, because, remember, no matter where you go, there you are.
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I would have to take issue with her about Kaylee's girlishness and her ability to handle engineering.
Quoting from her blog:
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The only element that didn't ring true to me was this little gamin girly they made the ship's mechanic. She sort of "intuits" the machinery of the ship -- not with alien powers, but just with a loveable girliness. I didn't believe it for one second, and pictured real mechanics groaning at the idiocy. The actress herself is completely charming. But really -- as an engineer? Bring back Scottie! But otherwise, don't change a thing.
I know at least a dozen female engineers from a reputable engineering college in upstate NY, many of them are just as cute and feminine as Kaylee. Women are quite capable of comprehending engineering and mechanics.
Jaymes
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Originally posted by HKCavalier:
... Here's my plan to make the world safer: Spanish language in high school mandatory. Farsi and Persian Studies in every school.
******Islamic studies in every school. Government funding for exchange student programs with all friendly Islamic nations.******
Just a few programs to promote respect and connection for and with the world would go a long way towards making the world an actually safer place. Just getting Americans to learn a language other than our own would be a freakin' miracle. Bush's cronies are talking about a 40 year process. What could we accomplish if we spent the next 40 years trying to understand one another instead of trying to scare our enemies into submission?
HKCavalier
Hey, hey, hey, don't be mean. We don't have to be mean, because, remember, no matter where you go, there you are.
... here's a question--How do we make the determination that one Islamic nation is "Friendly" and another is not? Yes there are "moderate" Islamics, but the general concensus is, America is hated (you ever hear that old joke, how do you tell if an Arab is a moderate Arab... he's the one who ran out of ammunition... not a very nice joke, but I think very apt in terms of describing the overall American view of Islamic nations)
By the way, The Hat does NOT condone that particular joke, it was posted as a means of example, so please don't start loading my apples with Griswalds...
--The Hat
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Originally posted by HKCavalier:
Here's my plan to make the world safer: Islamic studies in every school.
I got a question too. Do they have to have Christianity studies in their schools?
Sorry to be a bit sarcastic, but it's not Americans who need fixing. And despite what you think the next statement will be, it's not Arabs either. It's the human race.
We're tribal; we define ourselves by our differences. We've been that way for millenia, and it has never changed.
And it never will.
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Oh, I have complete faith that humanity will come together. Not in spite of, but BECAUSE of our tribal nature. The instant we find other civilizations and contact them, we will be too busy hating them to hate each other anymore. 
Sad really.
Jayne: "See, Vera? You get dressed up, you get taken someplace fun!"
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