This is a very clever piece of political satire. But the author is seriously deluded if (s)he really believes in his/her own metaphors. Let's get this straight:
Empire (Episode IV) = USA (Sept. 2001)
3,000 dead civilians and rescuers = many thousand dead Imperial Storm Troopers
Osama bin Laden = Obi-Wan Kenobi
Emperor = George Bush
Darth Vader = Donald Rumsfeld
The problem with such cheap humor is that it fuels similar delusions in the
American political process and by America haters abroad.
Americans during World War II (let alone Americans today) had more political
rights and freedoms than citizens of the Republic at the start of the clone
wars. We have not surrendered our freedoms to the chancellor (cum Emperor) in
the name of dealing with a rebellion (Episode II), let alone seen a repressive
regime sending Death Stars around the universe decimating entire civilizations.
(If you seriously believe otherwise, ask the citizens of Afghanistan if they
feel like the citizens of Alderon).
So it's a free country, and the Internet has even fewer restrictions. But it
doesn't mean that the posting was insightful, responsible or even funny.
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This is a very clever piece of political satire. But the author is seriously deluded if (s)he really believes in his/her own metaphors. Let's get this straight:
The problem with such cheap humor is that it fuels similar delusions in the American political process and by America haters abroad.
Americans during World War II (let alone Americans today) had more political rights and freedoms than citizens of the Republic at the start of the clone wars. We have not surrendered our freedoms to the chancellor (cum Emperor) in the name of dealing with a rebellion (Episode II), let alone seen a repressive regime sending Death Stars around the universe decimating entire civilizations. (If you seriously believe otherwise, ask the citizens of Afghanistan if they feel like the citizens of Alderon).
So it's a free country, and the Internet has even fewer restrictions. But it doesn't mean that the posting was insightful, responsible or even funny.