Is it up to the author, editor, who? And why is the animal choice consistent on some series--Linux always has a horse (I think)--and wildly varied on others--Perl has a camel, ram and I think a panther?
Lets suppose for a moment that 75 pounds of plutonium *did* come hurtling through our atmosphere. First and foremost, it would probably be so badly degraded upon re-entry that it wouldnt matter *what* it was. You could send a damn dump truck full of boubonic plague through the Earth's atmosphere, it would probably disintegrate before ever reaching the ground.
It seems that somebody has forgotten some basic physics. The deadliness of bubonic plague is based on its molecular structure; it would indeed be destroyed in descent.
The deadliness of plutonium, however, is based on its nuclear structure, which would not be affected by its descent in any way. It might be disintegrated, but it would still be plutonium.
From what I understand (this is from a Leno interview), the parts they cut out aren't nearly as "offensive" as the parts that replaced them. Apparently it was all part of the grand joke; whenever the MPAA had a problem with something the creators substituted something worse with which the organization had no problems whatsoever.
It would seem that the MPAA is somewhat random in its judgements. (Someone told me understatement was funny, so I decided to try it here.)
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> Breast implants seemed like a good idea to a lot of people at first too.
Breast implants also turned out to be safe; they were never able to prove any ill effects. Whether they were a good idea or not, who knows?
Is it up to the author, editor, who? And why is the animal choice consistent on some series--Linux always has a horse (I think)--and wildly varied on others--Perl has a camel, ram and I think a panther?
It seems that somebody has forgotten some basic physics. The deadliness of bubonic plague is based on its molecular structure; it would indeed be destroyed in descent.
The deadliness of plutonium, however, is based on its nuclear structure, which would not be affected by its descent in any way. It might be disintegrated, but it would still be plutonium.
From what I understand (this is from a Leno interview), the parts they cut out aren't nearly as "offensive" as the parts that replaced them. Apparently it was all part of the grand joke; whenever the MPAA had a problem with something the creators substituted something worse with which the organization had no problems whatsoever.
It would seem that the MPAA is somewhat random in its judgements. (Someone told me understatement was funny, so I decided to try it here.)
-- NI