tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9832114.post111326082283017675..comments2009-07-12T14:51:33.933-07:00good old ohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14454702773523287540noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9832114.post-1114184476482692562005-04-22T08:41:00.000-07:002005-04-22T08:41:00.000-07:00You're right of course, i shouldn't use 'human' so clumsily. I think i meant something like 'regular, decent guys'. It's funny because i recently read something, what was it, oh yeah, 'The Mysterious Stranger' by Mark Twain which makes exactly the same point you do about that word.<BR/><BR/>Interesting tho, online definitions of 'humanize' frequently include 'to make more humane', so i think there's some legit. grounds for confusion.<BR/><BR/>Ant genocide - i feel i heard something like this. They do attack neighboring colonies, right ? The San Francisco Academy of Science has a great ant installation with real live army ants and leaf cutter ants and others, it's fabulous!<BR/><BR/>But back to movies about nazis.<BR/><BR/>You're right again. A movie which portrays the german top brass only as monsters isn't very interesting because we already have that. I felt they may have gone too far in the other direction. But i'm really just nit-picking. It's a great movie.good old ohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14454702773523287540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9832114.post-1114182568196329612005-04-22T08:09:00.000-07:002005-04-22T08:09:00.000-07:00the thing about Nazis is that they <I>were</I> human, Homo sapiens sapiens, as it were. often when we say things are "inhuman" we're actually describing behavior that as quintessentially human--although i'm still doing research into whether ants practice genocide.<BR/><BR/>this is not to be confused with "humane" or "inhumane", which is different.<BR/><BR/>the thing about Nazi <I>movies</I> is that they have to be careful about making sympathetic characters out of them--& it's tough to make a good movie where the audience only has sympathy for the dying.jenn seehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15500169883283297871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9832114.post-1113596110531218652005-04-15T13:15:00.000-07:002005-04-15T13:15:00.000-07:00Dude, there is a book of "Wisconsin Death Trip" which is totally cultish and collectable. It seemed like it really "blew minds open' in the 60's. Get with it Orion!<BR/><BR/>Haha. Actually, don't. There is almost nothing more pleasurable for me than to hear you give your honest negative opinion of something that is held sacred by counter-culture types simply cause they don't have the guts to risk being called uncool by saying they didn't get it or like it.<BR/>You've got GUTS kid! Stick with it. Hey everybody- Orion hated Hedwig! He has NO FEAR of the cool kids!The Sensualisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18035635742595263057noreply@blogger.com