Language Liberalism Freethought Birds
Verbing Weirds Language only if you're expecting it to work in a simple way. This is a special case of the more general truth that Language Weirds.
Only when a republic's life is in danger should a man uphold his government when it is in the wrong. There is no other time.
The church says Earth is flat; but I have seen its shadow on the moon, and I have more confidence in a shadow than the church.
If we can't find Heaven, there are always bluejays.
I am very tired of television shows opening with a dramatic shot of an explosion or a guy in a pool of blood or gunshots going off and then - a peaceful scene with a caption, "8 hours earlier" or "two weeks earlier" or whatever.
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I used to teach Russian and Ukrainian, and some basic English, to civil servants. Now I teach Russian at a local continued-learning institute. I dabble in Gaelic and Welsh. I'm am amateur photographer and I love birding (in a small way). I'm a Progressive, and a Freethinker, and I know Evolution is a fact - that's FCD, Friend of Charles Darwin (look down the sidebar). I read a lot, and follow women's college basketball. Also I love astronomy, though I'm a rank amateur at it. Most of all, I like living in the reality-based community...
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At 9:27 PM, May 17, 2010
Barry Leiba had this to say...
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<-- Older Post ^ Home Newer Post -->Agreed. An episode of "V" did that a couple of weeks ago. At the beginning of the episode, they told you that the plan the main characters had wasn't going to work out the way they wanted it to. Then they backed up and showed you how they got there. I can't imagine how it improved the story to let me know in advance that their plan would fail.
Sometimes, non-linear storytelling makes sense. But it has to be done intelligently, and for a reason, not arbitrarily, because it's a fad.
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