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Philosophy, Reality and The Matrix
securitas writes "The NYT discusses The Matrix as a reflection of American society, the 'war on terror', political allegory and the impact of The Matrix on contemporary philosophy. NPR provides streaming audio conversations with Matrix thinkers, including Jake Horsley, author of 'Matrix Warrior: Being the One'; Prof. Frances Flannery Dailey on violence in the Matrix; and Prof. Greg Garrett, co-author of 'The Gospels Reloaded' and why he doesn't like the kind of hero that Neo has become. Finally, the CSM follows up its The Gospel According to Neo with an online chat transcript with Josh Burek, the author of the essay."
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Origanal article!
Excuse me? The economy of the late 70's/early 80's was dreadful, we are much better off now. Unemployment hit nearly 10% in 1982.
I don't know if you noticed, but that carchase involved 99.5% GM vehicles, mostly Intrigues, Regals, Suburbans, Montanas and obviously the CTS and Escalade ESV. I can't recall any overseas GM brands though. I only noticed one Taurus and one Civic in the whole thing. It's obvious product placement by GM, and an answer to young kids who go gaga over imports a la Fast and the Furious...although I don't blame GM. North American brands are not seen as cool anymore, let's hope things like this work for them. It seems to do wonders for the imports.
-I DDoSed your mom.
I'm pretty sure that's what the poster you replied to just said..
How are you today, Dan Flickinger??
Howdy!
Daniel Montrallo Flickinger
Mabel Flickinger
They live at:
951 E. Sepentine Way,
Sandy, Utah 84094
(801) 571-5394
Dan claims to go to the University of Utah. He brags about being either an engineering major, or a computer science major, and even claims to have graduated. In reality, he was expelled back in 2001 for setting up a crapflooding site on school property. He was only a sophomore at the time, with no chosen major, and has yet to return to school. He considers himself as some sort of 'guru', but cannot even keep a simple slash or scoop based site running for more than 48 hours.
An acknowledged jack-mormon living in Utah, Dan has few friends online or offline. He smokes and drinks alcohol, which is strictly against his mormon faith. His lack of devotion is second only to the despicable way he treats his horrid fat wife. She is driven to complain constantly about him to people online.
In the end, Dan Flickinger is a sad and lonely individual. He deserves nothing but the utmost contempt from everyone. Compared to the sorrid life or Mr. Flickinger, Scott Lockwood is a saint.