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Joss Whedon's "Doctor Horrible" Set To Launch
Ololiuhqui writes "During the writer's strike, Joss Whedon came up with a musical idea. Now his diabolical plan is about to be unleashed in the form of a streaming-only release, with a DVD shortly to follow. The three-part Doctor Horrible series stars Neil Patrick Harris as the eponymous doctor, Felicia Day as the woman of his dreams, and Nathan Fillion as the doctor's nemesis, Captain Hammer. Reportedly made for 'less than six figures,' the series has already received rave reviews and will no doubt showcase Whedon's musical facility, as well as his proven ability to squeeze the most out of a budget."
Like to smoke marijuana legally? Move to Italy and become a Rastafarian!
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Rastafarians have always regarded Ethiopia as the promised land, but Italy could rank a close second after its Supreme Court ruled that smoking or possessing cannabis is not a criminal offence but a religious act when the person doing it is a Rastafarian.
Last year, the same court declared that cultivating even a single cannabis plant was a punishable offence. But now Italy's Court of Cassation has said Rastafarians use marijuana "not only as a medical but also as a meditative herb. And, as such [it is] a possible bearer of the psychophysical state to contemplation and prayer".
Release, the London-based drugs information service, said that the ruling was a European first.
The case was brought by a man in his forties from Perugia who was sentenced to 16 months in jail plus a UKP4,000 ( UKP 3,000 ) fine in 2004 for possession of 97g of marijuana. The Supreme Court said the court of first appeal had failed to consider that the man, a Rastafarian, smoked marijuana according to the precepts of his religion, which, the judges said, permits the smoking of 10g per day. Rastafarians smoke the drug, said the court, "with the memory and in the belief that the sacred plant grew on the tomb of King Solomon".
The government is livid. The judgment "shatters the laws which forbid and proscribe penal sanctions for" the use of illegal drugs, an Interior Ministry spokesman said.
Right-wing politicians were scathing. Senator Maurizio Gasparri said: "Today we learn a Rasta is free to go around with drugs. If somebody belonged to a religion which permitted them to eat their children, would they give them the go-ahead, too?"
But the verdict was received with joy at Rototom Sunsplash, Europe's biggest festival of reggae music, near Udine, in north-east Italy. "Finally the principle of religious pluralism is beginning to make headway," Filippo Giunta, president of the festival, said. "This judgment ... underlines again the difference between this substance and so-called 'hard' drugs, alcohol included."
Source: http://www.mapinc.org/norml/v08/n675/a09.htm
Buffy the vampire slayer is just a pair of tits. You so-called "nerds" should be ashamed of yourselves. The explanation is simple: linux nerds wish they could fuck her and the mac nerds wish they could be her.
Your man love of Nathan Fillion is duly noted.
The opposite of progress is congress
Buffy the vampire slayer is just a pair of tits. You so-called "nerds" should be ashamed of yourselves. The explanation is simple: linux nerds wish they could fuck her and the mac nerds wish they could be her.
So if you're a Mac nerd what are you doing on Slashdot? I'm glad you're up front about the Mac preference though.
Don't worry, I don't like Josh Whedon, or particularly care for any of his works. That includes Buffy (which I've watched one episode of, didn't like it) and Firefly (two episodes, one movie, didn't like any of it much. The movie was ok; not nearly as great as the Whedonites say.)
While we're at it, I can't stand Tartakovsky's Star Wars character designs and animation. Also, I think most of the new Dr. Who episodes are very poorly-written and virtually all of them rely on "deus ex machina." The director's cut of The Abyss is worse than the theatrical... hm... what else...
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Whew! Anyone have a kleenex?