In a nutshell, the reason doing this is so hard in the optical, is that we can't record the actual light wave, whereas you can in the radio spectrum. If you can record the wave, you can "line up" in time the measurements after the fact.
If the universe were infinite, we would only see a bright white sky at night...
There are entire books devoted to the subject
of why this statement isn't true.
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the daughter of the drug czar went from valedictorian to crack whore in a matter of days.
Smart people can and do get into drugs. Sometimes the throw away quite a bit. Trust me if you don't know, but that part of the plot is not that unrealistic. I've known some people like her.
Your "matter of days" interpretation is a bit tenuous. I don't recall her problem being portrayed in suck a short period. Rather, the time period seemed to be unspecified, and when we meet the daughter, she seemed to have an already established drug habit. We just have the fortune of catching her when she gets in to the harder stuff.
Also, her drug of choice was heroin, not crack (you got the whore part right, though).
.... Either these things did actually happen in which case a documentary that presented these facts in an unbiased light would have had incredible impact on us, or...
...they were all made up and as such are a fiction in which case the message of the movie is "here's how the drug problem Could be... albeit on another planet."
This part of your response amazes me - do you not understand fiction - of course they are made it up. No plot element that you object to is that unrealistic, and every element brings something interesting to light about the drug war whether that specific element really happened or not.
If you are interested in real data and anectodes I would say first, don't go to the movies, and second, there is plenty out there for you to examine that suggests the drug war is an ineffectual money pit. (e.g. examine US federal prison population statistics).
It has nothing to do with reality unless you can show me the drug czar's daughter, the Beverly Hills dealer and his savvy wife, the general who's death was faked
I've known people like the daughter
I don't know any drug czar's, don't you think your demand is a bit unreasonable? However, it is not unrealistic to assume that the family of said drug czars operate out of love, self-preservation, protection of family in ways that are illegal and immoral. I think that was the point.
The generals death - again - unrealistic demand - this is simply a plot element in a fictional movie. Do you deny that violence/deceipt/trickery occur among those on that side of the war?
In summary, I'm deeply disappointed that someonce could dismis this movie so easily out of reasons that boil down to "it's only fiction". Of course it is only fiction. All fiction is connected to reality in some way, and the important ideas this movie presented about the drug war are very connected indeed. I.E. how do americans feel about a war on drugs, when the opposition in that war is people we love, family and friends? How do americans feel about the war on drugs, when they realize that the war helps a certain power structure fueled by corruption, deceipt, and profiteering on both sides? That every victory in the drug war is quickly followed by a new defeat as the power vacuum is filled by a new "entreprenuer"? Etc, further insight is left as an exercise for the enlightened viewer.
Was it Bob Enyart? I used to watch that guy on TV - I didn't know whether to laugh or cry - he wants to esablish a biblical monarchy in the US - first king - Bob Enyart of course.
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I've heard a lot of praise for "Traffic". I don't see any new bills for ending the drug war.
God forbid the hearts and minds of cogress don't change overnight. The issue of whether America should be fighting a "drug war" is getting more and more attention lately. Movies like "traffic" present this issue to many people who might never otherwise get the message or consider the idea.
2001 and gatace didn't result in any bills being introduced into cogress, either.;)
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I suppose that it is once the terms of the original copyright run out, don't you?
"The only intuitive interface is the nipple. Everything else is learned."
My nutshell is very course.
There are entire books devoted to the subject of why this statement isn't true.
Thanks for playing.
Smart people can and do get into drugs. Sometimes the throw away quite a bit. Trust me if you don't know, but that part of the plot is not that unrealistic. I've known some people like her.
Your "matter of days" interpretation is a bit tenuous. I don't recall her problem being portrayed in suck a short period. Rather, the time period seemed to be unspecified, and when we meet the daughter, she seemed to have an already established drug habit. We just have the fortune of catching her when she gets in to the harder stuff.
Also, her drug of choice was heroin, not crack (you got the whore part right, though).
This part of your response amazes me - do you not understand fiction - of course they are made it up. No plot element that you object to is that unrealistic, and every element brings something interesting to light about the drug war whether that specific element really happened or not.
If you are interested in real data and anectodes I would say first, don't go to the movies, and second, there is plenty out there for you to examine that suggests the drug war is an ineffectual money pit. (e.g. examine US federal prison population statistics).
In summary, I'm deeply disappointed that someonce could dismis this movie so easily out of reasons that boil down to "it's only fiction". Of course it is only fiction. All fiction is connected to reality in some way, and the important ideas this movie presented about the drug war are very connected indeed. I.E. how do americans feel about a war on drugs, when the opposition in that war is people we love, family and friends? How do americans feel about the war on drugs, when they realize that the war helps a certain power structure fueled by corruption, deceipt, and profiteering on both sides? That every victory in the drug war is quickly followed by a new defeat as the power vacuum is filled by a new "entreprenuer"? Etc, further insight is left as an exercise for the enlightened viewer.
Was it Bob Enyart? I used to watch that guy on TV - I didn't know whether to laugh or cry - he wants to esablish a biblical monarchy in the US - first king - Bob Enyart of course.
God forbid the hearts and minds of cogress don't change overnight. The issue of whether America should be fighting a "drug war" is getting more and more attention lately. Movies like "traffic" present this issue to many people who might never otherwise get the message or consider the idea.
2001 and gatace didn't result in any bills being introduced into cogress, either.;)
We now return you to your normally schedule ddelustion.
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