Flag coming down

[nailer]

Originally Posted by finnbow

Too cerebral?

"The Dude abides."

[Tom Joad]

I like Jeff Bridges as an actor.

I also liked his dad Lloyd.

But I just don't care for the Big Lebowski.

IMO the best Jeff Bridges movies are the ones he did in the 70's and 80's.

Movies like:

The Last Picture Show
Bad Company
Fat City
Rancho Deluxe
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
Starman
8 Million Ways to Die
King Kong
Somebody Killed her Husband
Cutter's Way.
Etc.

[icenine]

What struck me was how mean Goodman was to Buscemi, but how sad he was after he died and when they scattered his ashes.

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by icenine

What struck me was how mean Goodman was to Buscemi, but how sad he was after he died and when they scattered his ashes.

The eulogy wasn't really about Donny.

[icenine]

Originally Posted by Boreas

The eulogy wasn't really about Donny.

I do not remember the dialog but I remember how solemn they were on the beach.

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by icenine

I do not remember the dialog but I remember how solemn they were on the beach.

TJ linked to it in an earlier post.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4ezPvzKe5M

[donquixote99]

Goodman related to Buscemi with male 'ironic camaraderie,' taken to a dramatic extreme.

[Rajoo]

Looks like this movie is available on Netflix currently streaming.

[Boreas]

Chas, you seem to totally absolve those hate mongers who wrap themselves in that hateful flag or other monstrous symbols and provide ready-made perverted rationales for people like this little shit in South Carolina to act as he did. As far as I'm concerned, every last putrid one of them is an accessory before the fact.

[barbara]

Originally Posted by Charles

Don,



As much as I'd like to respond to everyone, JJ in particular, I'll respond to you only...as we were slugging in out while Political Chat was in it's infancy. The devil I know...at least the longest.



I have no idea why someone would develop enough hate to murder people who they have no quarrel with other than the color of their skin, their creed...etc.



How did Mencken put it?



" There is no reasonable man, who at times has not considered spitting on his hands, raising the black flag, and beginning to slit throats."



The best I can do from memory.



I think we all WISH to do it from time to time, but to ACTUALLY do it requires someone who is insane.



The stimuli is there, most people can control their actions. The insane can't.



And while I stand by my statement of "Strap him in the big chair and throw the switch on the wall.", I can't help but feel sorry for the miserable bastard.



By the grace of God we all tiptoe on the line of being rational vs insane.



This little asshole crossed the line...and he doesn't even know why.



It's sad, really. But there will always be the insane who are unable to differiate between reality and the voices in their heads.



In closing. Were someone to murder someone I loved, I could forgive them.



But I would probably feel better if I could catch them, take a slapper and beat their head to the point as to where is resembled a rotten melon which was ran over by a truck.



Bottom line is, we're homo sapiens. We've been murdering on another since recorded history began.



It's not hate, it's our nature.



Chas

Chas....I know you didn't address me.... But I gotta say something here.

That kid isn't insane. He is impressionable, mixed up and immature. He was filled with hate as he visited websites that advocated discrimination for those who are not white. Without proper guidance to put some perspective on those type of websites..... He was pulled into their hate, believing he could make a difference for that cause.

Years ago..... Those mixed up , dis enfranchised kids were targets for the likes of the moonies or Jim jones. With the benefit of technology.... Fringe groups and cults now use the Internet.

You can try to rationalize all you want..... But the gun culture which has been imbedded in our country since the days of the Wild West, the mafia, Bonnie and Clyde..... Then romanticized by books and movies.... coupled with groups that spread hate and discrimination and that cultivate young members to do their bidding is what brought us to this point in time.

Insane? No..... This kid is not insane.

What is insane is that after all the mass shootings with high powered weapons..... Nothing effective is being done to stop the gun violence.