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The Case for the Empire
fReNeTiK writes "In this amusingly controversial article over at the weekly standard's web site, we get to hear an opinion not often heard among the hordes of Star Wars fanatics out there: The rebel alliance are actually "... an unimpressive crew of anarchic royals who wreck the galaxy so that Princess Leia can have her tiara back." An entertaining read which will surely spark flame wars of epic proportions." Reader kaypro submits an MSNBC story examining the
science of Star Wars. And
Ant notes that the
Clones DVD will be out earlier than expected.
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¦Yeah, "killing" and "benign," in the SAME FUCKING PARAGRAPH. Can anyone recognize a Troll around here anymore?
He killed thousands of people and not millions like, Pol-Pot, Stalin, Hitler, Mao.
Yeah, let's all make commemorative mugs for "People who love Pinochet!" He resisted the urge to kill millions! He only killed thousands! What a nice guy! Someone present him with the key to the city!
People, this is a troll. It defies logic and offends to get you to respond. Learn it. Mod it down. I have no points today.
Someone really needs to lose all of their mod points forever if they give points for the parent.
Also, they need to reread their humanity handbook when the words Pinochet and relatively benign come up in the same sentence.