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diane

    • 28 May 07
    • 12:34 am

    Sorry, but Mr. Zizek should loosen up. We're talking about a theatrical film, not a documentary. How many theatrical films have you seen that come even close to fact???? The idea is to entertain. I found "Lives of Others" entertaining and thought-provoking. I left wanting to know more about how it really was. As for homosexuality...I guess you can read anything you want into anything. I saw a man identifying eventually with a fellow man, one who wasn't so different from himself. But, then, I'm a woman, so I probably see things differently. While I have not lived in the GDR …

    Posted to The Dreams of Others
    • 28 May 07
    • 12:58 pm

    Re: comments from Henri to my comments: Points well taken. Thanks.

    Posted to The Dreams of Others
    • 28 May 07
    • 12:58 am

    Who wants to ski in frozen reclaimed water? I'm all for using such water on golf courses, which is better than decimating a city's drinking water for "tourism". But golfers aren't falling in the stuff, and it's not melting over nature. if people are so hot to ski, why don't they go places where there's snow? It there's no snow, maybe these people should take a look at the SUVs they're driving, etc., and start thinking about global warming. Yes, the desert has cycles. But Flagstaff has had water shortages for some years now. The Navajos, Hopis and other Native Americans …

    Posted to Sacred Lands, Sewer Snow