OMG I CANNOT believe Obama did this

[Panther Al]

Why is bat shit any crazier than any other type of shit

Because for the longest time, it was a key ingredient to high explosives

[Snake Eyes]

Why is bat shit any crazier than any other type of shit

I understood it to stem from the phrase "bats in the belfry" which, by extrapolation, insinuates a head full of bat guano. But I like the ammonium nitrate angle, too.

[Jason]

How much of this movie is not going to be 100% pure and unadulterated propaganda...

I'm extremely doubtful the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth will have much involvement in this. Remember, it's an election year. What's the odds it'll be rushed through production and air just before voting day...

hhhmmm. American cinema has a long tradition of setting movies in our wars, and I do not see why the war on terror should be an exception. I cannot understand how any citizen of a law abiding country would refuse to celebrate the killing of the man that engineered and ordered the attacks on 9/11.

As for getting the truth all I can say is we can't have it both ways. Either you get the whole truth and give away confidential information on the identities of service members and operational procedures, or you give it the Hollywood treatment and try to make a movie that is engaging and entertaining.

Blaming the commander-in-chief seems a little disingenuous before the film is even made, especially considering the recent release of a movie with active-duty members of the Navy Seals who were photographed at the premier of Act of Duty with their dates.

[Legbreaker]

I'm probably just being cynical. It's the timing of it I'm questioning most of all - Bin Laden's bones have barely even hit the ocean floor and operations are still going on in the area! Even here the 1st anniversary was a big deal on the news and soon after this movie is announced just six months before the US election

Coincidence

Maybe....

[simonmark6]

Bah! You're just pissed because the director offed that boy off of Neighbours in the first five minutes of "Hurt Locker". I will not have the integrity of the director of "Point Break" impinged.

Anyone who casts Reeves and Swayze in the same film is beyond our understanding and we should not dare to judge them.

[Legbreaker]

Neighbours! Complete drivel! Never watch it and risk my brain being melted.
It's his other work that's gained my approval.

[Targan]

Neighbours! Complete drivel! Never watch it and risk my brain being melted.
It's his other work that's gained my approval.

Neighbours is some horribly lowly crap.

[95th Rifleman]

Neighbours is some horribly lowly crap.

Last time I watched neighbours, Kylie Minogue was still married to jason Donovan

[Targan]

Last time I watched neighbours, Kylie Minogue was still married to jason Donovan

Ah, "the Singing Budgie". Ok, so some good has come out of Neighbours.

[StainlessSteelCynic]

...I cannot understand how any citizen of a law abiding country would refuse to celebrate the killing of the man that engineered and ordered the attacks on 9/11...

Because I'm a secular humanist and I don't agree with celebrating the killing of anyone

[Rainbow Six]

Ah, "the Singing Budgie". Ok, so some good has come out of Neighbours.

To be fair, a few good things have come out of Neighbours...Holly Valance and Natalie Imbruglia (sp) also spring to mind.

[Targan]

To be fair, a few good things have come out of Neighbours...Holly Valance and Natalie Imbruglia (sp) also spring to mind.

Mmm, Holly Valance. Yum.

[95th Rifleman]

I cannot understand how any citizen of a law abiding country would refuse to celebrate the killing of the man that engineered and ordered the attacks on 9/11.

I can't understand how a law abiding citizen of a supposedly civilised western democracy could celebrate the death of anyone, no matter what their crimes.

The rule of law is such that execution is a required evil, it is not something to be celebrated or welcomed. To take visceral pleasure in another's death is to lower yourself to their inhuman depths.

I did not cheer and celebrate the death of Bin laden, I accepted that his death was a requirement to limit further bloodshed, a required act of evil to stop further, greater evil.

[Jason]

I can't understand how a law abiding citizen of a supposedly civilised western democracy could celebrate the death of anyone, no matter what their crimes.

The rule of law is such that execution is a required evil, it is not something to be celebrated or welcomed. To take visceral pleasure in another's death is to lower yourself to their inhuman depths.

I did not cheer and celebrate the death of Bin laden, I accepted that his death was a requirement to limit further bloodshed, a required act of evil to stop further, greater evil.

Celebrate does not mean to take visceral pleasure.

1. to observe (a day) or commemorate (an event) with ceremonies or festivities: to celebrate Christmas; to celebrate the success of a new play.

2. to make known publicly; proclaim: The newspaper celebrated the end of the war in red headlines.

3. to praise widely or to present to widespread and favorable public notice, as through newspapers or novels: a novel celebrating the joys of marriage; the countryside celebrated in the novels of Hardy.

4. to perform with appropriate rites and ceremonies; solemnize: to celebrate a marriage.

My intent in using the word celebrate was a reference to the second definition, and your suggestion that I have lowered myself to inhuman depths is a ridiculous exaggeration.

[headquarters]

what!!

Neighbours is some horribly lowly crap.

Its one of the most true documentaries I have ever seen about Aussie life and society - except Crocodile Dundee and Romper Stomper of course. Also good documentaries.