TM, do you get punched in the throat on occasion?

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Agreed.

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My keyboard gives me +5 DEF and +5 AGILITY

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anyone else want to put words into my text that were completely misinterpreted? seems to be a running thing now.

Remember that time you said you gave something 4 stars but it was really 3?

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I think WZ is trying to say that his experience as a Holocaust survivor may have brought on mental illness that could have contributed to his actions as an adult. All he is pointing out that there is nothing in Weinstein's past that could have caused his behavior.

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Sherman remarked, "Well, Grant, we've had the devil's own day, haven't we?" Grant looked up. "Yes," he replied, followed by a puff. "Yes. Lick 'em tomorrow, though."

Exactamundo.

[quote=“Jbills”] What about Dunkirk?!?[/quote]

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agreed, WZ's comments did come off as excusing Polanski's rape of a 13 year old based upon his past life experiences. Sorry, but that excuse doesn't fly.

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“When I walked in this morning, and saw the flag was at half mast, I thought 'alright another bureaucrat ate it.'" - Ron Swanson

sorry but that doesn't fly. Plenty of Holocaust survivors out there who didn't drug and rape a 13 year old. Polanski is human trash.

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“When I walked in this morning, and saw the flag was at half mast, I thought 'alright another bureaucrat ate it.'" - Ron Swanson

are you responding to me or the imaginary guy you think is defending Polanski?

I lost a game to my friend in Madden 05 on a 57 yard field goal with no time left that still bothers me to this day but you don't see me raping 14 years olds.

It seems like just about everyone who read your post interpreted it as a defense of him or at least trying to explain his behavior so yeah maybe you might want to rephrase and revisit what you wrote on the previous page.

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“When I walked in this morning, and saw the flag was at half mast, I thought 'alright another bureaucrat ate it.'" - Ron Swanson

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

If you can't understand what I'm trying to say, you can ask. Not jump to shitty conclusions. I said that the two of them are in different places. I'm not saying one is better than the other. But I can at least see why Polanski would be fucked up enough to justify to himself in a fucked up way to do something like that. I can "see" it. I am not "condoning" it.

I have not excused him of anything. I always believed he should have had to face his crime.

You're providing justification for his actions though. You are trying to explain away what he did. It seems just about everyone reading this thread read that exactly as I did. I'd say TM went about it in a shitty way, but he and I were not the only ones who read your post in that manner.

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“When I walked in this morning, and saw the flag was at half mast, I thought 'alright another bureaucrat ate it.'" - Ron Swanson

Drebin seemed to understand where I was coming from.

You're obviously more discreet. Congrats!

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We know about Polanski's past.

None of us are in a position to know everything about Weinstein's past.

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I could be wrong, but I think WZ is saying it's okay to rape 14 year olds if you're a jew.

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Elections have consequences.

So brave.

I disagree with GD, she was hot in the Deer hunter and more flix. Great actress, killed it in One true thing.

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Thank you

What did Streeps know and when did she know it?


No one knows but Weinstein and Streeps

Makes you wonder if she has a "secret pact" with that pervert. I could say a lot of more nastier things but will leave it at that. Least we hope she cut all ties with that pervert.

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Happy Halloween!

I’m sure Meryl thinks the victims were no talent sluts who had no business in movies. I’m sure she doesn’t feel bad for any of them making a mockery of her art.

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Yes, and your language implied that one place is not as bad as the other. Denying that doesn't help your case at all, come on.

If you really didn't mean to imply that one wasn't as bad as the other, why did you feel the need to differentiate one from the other? That's like saying "Gary Ridgway wasn't anywhere close to what Stephen Paddock was" and then pretending you just meant that one guy....did his deplorable deed differently? Again, the clear implication is that you were trying to excuse one person's actions because of their history with atrocities. Maybe it was just poor wording, but that's the plain reading of your words.