I would think it would be easy to overdo Arthur and Trillian's love story... since they never had one. Trillian is "with" Zaphon inasmuch as she's with anyone, which is why she goes with him whenever he splits off from the rest of the group, as he does in "Life, the Universe, and Everything." She and Arthur relate well since they're... well... the only two humans in the vicinity, but they don't have any kind of love story.
Where the US's moral conduct stands in relation to the conduct of suicide bombers and Saddam Hussein is pretty irrelevant. We have to judge the US's conduct on its own merits or demerits, and many judge it to have been reprehensible to one degree or another.
This doesn't excuse criticizing the individual soldiers who are fighting in Iraq as we speak. They are performing their function as they are ordered and are not accountable for the decisions of their superiors, and deserve our support. It is the overall war effort that we can choose to agree or disagree with, and it isn't here or there to stack up the US's conduct against that of Iraqi extremists. Anybody who's keeping a scorecard to see who ends up on the moral high ground is missing the point: US and British forces are in Iraq now, and we have to decide what they should do there, and if they should stay.
Gentle
I notice that Enoch Root and various Waterhouses appear in several seemingly unrelated books. Is there a reason for this? Are they reflections of real people, or do you just love the names?
The source of the Ayn Rand ideal of true happiness through living a life of perfect morality within the confines of Objectivist philosophy. I believe this is something Rand got from Aristotle--she was heavily influenced by him. Not sure it's possible, though.
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I would think it would be easy to overdo Arthur and Trillian's love story... since they never had one. Trillian is "with" Zaphon inasmuch as she's with anyone, which is why she goes with him whenever he splits off from the rest of the group, as he does in "Life, the Universe, and Everything." She and Arthur relate well since they're... well... the only two humans in the vicinity, but they don't have any kind of love story.
Where the US's moral conduct stands in relation to the conduct of suicide bombers and Saddam Hussein is pretty irrelevant. We have to judge the US's conduct on its own merits or demerits, and many judge it to have been reprehensible to one degree or another. This doesn't excuse criticizing the individual soldiers who are fighting in Iraq as we speak. They are performing their function as they are ordered and are not accountable for the decisions of their superiors, and deserve our support. It is the overall war effort that we can choose to agree or disagree with, and it isn't here or there to stack up the US's conduct against that of Iraqi extremists. Anybody who's keeping a scorecard to see who ends up on the moral high ground is missing the point: US and British forces are in Iraq now, and we have to decide what they should do there, and if they should stay. Gentle
Ah, but will it run Doom 3?
I notice that Enoch Root and various Waterhouses appear in several seemingly unrelated books. Is there a reason for this? Are they reflections of real people, or do you just love the names?
I just have to insert into the roll-call of great GBA RPGs up there, Golden Sun and its sequel. My first GBA game, and to this day, my favorite.
The source of the Ayn Rand ideal of true happiness through living a life of perfect morality within the confines of Objectivist philosophy. I believe this is something Rand got from Aristotle--she was heavily influenced by him. Not sure it's possible, though.