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miscellaneous musings
LeeC:
Hot take on the first hobbit movie:
The Elves are not vegetarian, they just don't know what dwarves eat. They live underground where there is nothing to hunt, so they just assumed anything that grows is edible for them and just gave them fresh plants from their garden. In solidarity they chose to have salads themselves.
Is it cold in here?:
Was the author of "The Neverending Story" paid by the word?
Tova:
Reflecting on the discussion here about firearms, about the pandemic, about the US elections, about prison policies, about... well, a lot of things.
All countries struggle with the balancing act between personal freedoms and weird and dreadfully socialist concept of collective responsibility. But in the US, the concept of 'freedom' is so heavily ingrained into the culture that it seems to almost always win.
Cornelius:
I don't know, it seems to win, but I'd seriously question the definition of FreedomTM.
I know it's only anecdotal, but last time my US cousins came to stay, their reactions to what we think are quite normal conversations, really led me to believe that speech, and opinion, in the US, is all but free.
Are you truly free if a lot of things you do or don't are inspired by fear?
pwhodges:
Distinguish carefully between "Freedom to" (do what you like, maybe even regardless of others) and "Freedom from" (disease, fear, oppression, etc).
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