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To: 2banana

Braveheart and The Patriot are totally politically correct. The principal purpose of political correctness is to portray all Americans since WWII and all English people, ever, as bad guys. The Patriot, therefore gets a free pass on having American heroes, because it was set prior to WWII and bonus PC points for having English villains. Braveheart is much better by PC standards, because it has English villains and the 'heroes' are neither English nor American.


111 posted on 07/11/2006 10:35:13 AM PDT by qlangley
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To: qlangley
Braveheart and The Patriot are totally politically correct. The principal purpose of political correctness is to portray all Americans since WWII and all English people, ever, as bad guys. The Patriot, therefore gets a free pass on having American heroes, because it was set prior to WWII and bonus PC points for having English villains. Braveheart is much better by PC standards, because it has English villains and the 'heroes' are neither English nor American.

Any movie that has this line in it CAN NOT by definition be PC:

"Sons of Scotland! I am William Wallace - and I see a whole army of my countrymen here in defiance of tyranny. You've come to fight as free men, and free men you are. What will you do with that freedom? Will you fight? Aye, fight and you may die. Run and you'll live. At least awhile. And, dying in your beds, many years from now, would you be willing to trade all the days from this day to that, for one chance, just one chance, to come back here and tell our enemies that they may take our lives, but they'll never take our freedom!"
--Mel Gibson as William Wallace, speaking to the Scots - outnumbered three to one - on the battlefield at Stirling Bridge, A.D. 1297. (Braveheart, 1995)

124 posted on 07/11/2006 10:39:33 AM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - They want to die for Islam, and we want to kill them.)
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To: qlangley

Has anyone seen " The Aristocrats"?
Its 50 people telling the same joke. It at points is one of the sickest and most twisted movies I have ever seen. Actually made my GF leave the room.


171 posted on 07/11/2006 10:57:41 AM PDT by Holicheese (Stanley Cup's new home IS North Carolina!)
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