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->''"Mulder confronts the Cigarette-Smoking Man watching television alone in an empty apartment...It’s a nice touch that the Cigarette-Smoking Man is watching a black-and-white [[WorldWarII Second World War]] movie. One of the primary themes of ''The X-Files'' is that the legacy of the Second World War is much more controversial than traditional historical narratives allow. Of course the Cigarette-Smoking Man [[MyCountryRightOrWrong likes to remember it as black-and-white.]]"''
-->--'''[[http://them0vieblog.com/2014/08/12/the-x-files-one-breath-review/ Darren Mooney]]''' on ''Series/TheXFiles'', "One Breath"
-->--'''[[http://them0vieblog.com/2014/08/12/the-x-files-one-breath-review/ Darren Mooney]]''' on ''Series/TheXFiles'', "One Breath"
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-->--'''AlbertEinstein'''
->''"It is naive and dangerous to impose on the human mind any system of thought which lays claim to finality... Ultimately, not Christ, not [[KarlMarx Marx]], not [[SigmundFreud Freud]], despite the pretensions of each, has the final word to say about the fact of being human. And those who take solemnly the words of other men as absolute are, in the deepest way, maiming their own sensibilities and controverting the evidence of their own senses in a fashion which may be comforting to a terrified man but is disastrous to an artist."''
->''"It is naive and dangerous to impose on the human mind any system of thought which lays claim to finality... Ultimately, not Christ, not [[KarlMarx Marx]], not [[SigmundFreud Freud]], despite the pretensions of each, has the final word to say about the fact of being human. And those who take solemnly the words of other men as absolute are, in the deepest way, maiming their own sensibilities and controverting the evidence of their own senses in a fashion which may be comforting to a terrified man but is disastrous to an artist."''
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->''"For something so dreadfully asinine to be written about a man as well-traveled and well-read would be almost obscene if it were not true. But after 9/11, Hitchens stopped seeing the world in terms of geopolitics but rather saw it, like the Neocons in the [[GeorgeWBush Bush administration]], as a war between the good Christian West and the evil Muslim Middle East."''
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->''"For something so dreadfully asinine to be written about a man as well-traveled and well-read would be almost obscene if it were not true. But after 9/11, Hitchens stopped seeing the world in terms of geopolitics but rather saw it, like the Neocons in the [[GeorgeWBush [[UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush Bush administration]], as a war between the good Christian West and the evil Muslim Middle East."''
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->''"One October evening, in the midst of the 2013 government shutdown, I watched BillOReilly work himself into something of a state. He sat at his desk, [[MilkingTheGiantCow his hands palms upward, fingers slightly curved, as if cupping something in them.]] 'I want Hagel.' he said, staring into the camera. 'I want Hagel. I want him.' A casual observer might interpret this moment as O’Reilly expressing his [[FoeYay fierce but tender desire for Chuck Hagel]], the Secretary of Defense. More experienced O’Reilly viewers, however, will recognize it as a signal that the unfortunate Hagel had plummeted downward in O’Reilly’s estimation from pinhead to evildoer. (There are only three kinds of people in Bill O’Reilly’s world: good hardworking Americans, pinheads—people who are not actually malevolent but who are too stupid to understand the way the world really works—and evildoers.)"''
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->''"One October evening, in the midst of the 2013 government shutdown, I watched BillOReilly Creator/BillOReilly work himself into something of a state. He sat at his desk, [[MilkingTheGiantCow his hands palms upward, fingers slightly curved, as if cupping something in them.]] 'I want Hagel.' he said, staring into the camera. 'I want Hagel. I want him.' A casual observer might interpret this moment as O’Reilly expressing his [[FoeYay fierce but tender desire for Chuck Hagel]], the Secretary of Defense. More experienced O’Reilly viewers, however, will recognize it as a signal that the unfortunate Hagel had plummeted downward in O’Reilly’s estimation from pinhead to evildoer. (There are only three kinds of people in Bill O’Reilly’s world: good hardworking Americans, pinheads—people who are not actually malevolent but who are too stupid to understand the way the world really works—and evildoers.)"''
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->''"''[='=]But that's the point![='=]'' Is the single defense I get when I alienate myself at dinner parties by my negativity. It's ''supposed'' to be mindless, I'm told. And then those professional types who are safe in loving ''Franchise/StarWars'' where they might be attacked for reading the latest RobertSilverberg or ThomasDisch sf novel, explain to me as carefully as one would a retarded child, that ''Star Wars'' is a return to the worship of the Eternal Verifies: honor, truth, fighting Evil. All black and white. Try black and white in a world of credit cards, punk rock, mastectomies, [[UsefulNotes/RichardNixon Watergate]], the rise of homegrown Nazism, AnitaBryant, and the terrifying fact that more than half of all serious crimes in the United States are committed by people between the ages of ten and seventeen—-and that includes rape, murder, robbery, aggravated assault and burglary."''
-->--'''HarlanEllison''', "Luke Skywalker is a Nerd and Darth Vader Sucks Runny Eggs"
->''"The helicopter lands, leading a nearby oldster, one Hugh Palmer, to exclaim, 'Oh, thank God!' This remark proves that Hugh [[ObligatoryJoke isn’t a film critic]], for out of the 'copter emerges [[StevenSeagal Steve Seagal.]] However, it does indicate that the old-timer is a Good Guy. For in the wonderful simplicity of the world of Steven Seagal, the lyrics of [[TheMightyHercules the old Hercules cartoon series]] theme song ring true: '…People are safe when near him /only the evil fear him.'"''
-->--'''HarlanEllison''', "Luke Skywalker is a Nerd and Darth Vader Sucks Runny Eggs"
->''"The helicopter lands, leading a nearby oldster, one Hugh Palmer, to exclaim, 'Oh, thank God!' This remark proves that Hugh [[ObligatoryJoke isn’t a film critic]], for out of the 'copter emerges [[StevenSeagal Steve Seagal.]] However, it does indicate that the old-timer is a Good Guy. For in the wonderful simplicity of the world of Steven Seagal, the lyrics of [[TheMightyHercules the old Hercules cartoon series]] theme song ring true: '…People are safe when near him /only the evil fear him.'"''
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->''"''[='=]But that's the point![='=]'' Is the single defense I get when I alienate myself at dinner parties by my negativity. It's ''supposed'' to be mindless, I'm told. And then those professional types who are safe in loving ''Franchise/StarWars'' where they might be attacked for reading the latest RobertSilverberg Creator/RobertSilverberg or ThomasDisch Creator/ThomasMDisch sf novel, explain to me as carefully as one would a retarded child, that ''Star Wars'' is a return to the worship of the Eternal Verifies: honor, truth, fighting Evil. All black and white. Try black and white in a world of credit cards, punk rock, mastectomies, [[UsefulNotes/RichardNixon Watergate]], the rise of homegrown Nazism, AnitaBryant, Anita Bryant, and the terrifying fact that more than half of all serious crimes in the United States are committed by people between the ages of ten and seventeen—-and that includes rape, murder, robbery, aggravated assault and burglary."''
-->--'''HarlanEllison''', -->--'''Creator/HarlanEllison''', "Luke Skywalker is a Nerd and Darth Vader Sucks Runny Eggs"
->''"The helicopter lands, leading a nearby oldster, one Hugh Palmer, to exclaim, 'Oh, thank God!' This remark proves that Hugh [[ObligatoryJoke isn’t a film critic]], for out of the 'copter emerges[[StevenSeagal [[Creator/StevenSeagal Steve Seagal.]] However, it does indicate that the old-timer is a Good Guy. For in the wonderful simplicity of the world of Steven Seagal, the lyrics of [[TheMightyHercules the old Hercules cartoon series]] theme song ring true: '…People are safe when near him /only the evil fear him.'"''
->''"The helicopter lands, leading a nearby oldster, one Hugh Palmer, to exclaim, 'Oh, thank God!' This remark proves that Hugh [[ObligatoryJoke isn’t a film critic]], for out of the 'copter emerges
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->''It was one of those great stories that you can't put down at night\\
The hero knew what he had to do, and he wasn't afraid to fight\\
The villain goes to jail while the hero goes free\\
I wish it were that simple for me\\
And the reason that she loved him was the reason I loved him too\\
He never wondered what was right or wrong. He just knew.''
The hero knew what he had to do, and he wasn't afraid to fight\\
The villain goes to jail while the hero goes free\\
I wish it were that simple for me\\
And the reason that she loved him was the reason I loved him too\\
He never wondered what was right or wrong. He just knew.''
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The hero knew what he had to do, and he wasn't afraid to fight\\
The
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And the reason that she loved him was the reason I loved him too\\
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->''"We demonize [[TheScapegoat the enemy]] so that our opponent is no long human. We view ourselves, our people, as the embodiment of absolute goodness. Our enemies invert our view of the world to justify their own cruelty. In most mythic wars this is the case. Each side reduces the other objects--eventually in the form of corpses."''
-->--'''Chris Hedges''', ''War is a Force That Gives Us Meaning''
-->--'''Chris Hedges''', ''War is a Force That Gives Us Meaning''
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->''"The principle of the movement is whoever is not included is excluded, whoever is not with me is against me, so the world loses all its nuances, and pluralistic aspects that have become too confusing for the masses."''
-->--'''Hannah Arendt''', ''The Origins of Totalitarianism''
-->--'''Hannah Arendt''', ''The Origins of Totalitarianism''
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->''"This is where ''Agents of SHIELD'' could have lived up to the potential of injecting long-form storytelling into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It had the opportunity to do something ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'' didn’t have time to do while it was busy [[StuffBlowingUp blowing up skyscrapers for the umpteenth time]] in a Marvel movie: It could have delved deep into the HYDRA twist, and explored the true reasons why so many SHIELD agents decided to join up with what’s essentially a Nazi offshoot.\\\
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->''"This is where ''Agents of SHIELD'' could have [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot lived up to the potential potential]] of injecting long-form storytelling into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It had the opportunity to do something ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'' didn’t have time to do while it was busy [[StuffBlowingUp blowing up skyscrapers for the umpteenth time]] in a Marvel movie: It could have delved deep into the HYDRA twist, and explored the true reasons why so many SHIELD agents decided to join up with what’s essentially a Nazi offshoot.\\\
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->''"''[='=]But that's the point![='=]'' Is the single defense I get when I alienate myself at dinner parties by my negativity. It's ''supposed'' to be mindless, I'm told. And then those professional types who are safe in loving ''StarWars'' where they might be attacked for reading the latest RobertSilverberg or ThomasDisch sf novel, explain to me as carefully as one would a retarded child, that ''Star Wars'' is a return to the worship of the Eternal Verifies: honor, truth, fighting Evil. All black and white. Try black and white in a world of credit cards, punk rock, mastectomies, [[RichardNixon Watergate]], the rise of homegrown Nazism, AnitaBryant, and the terrifying fact that more than half of all serious crimes in the United States are committed by people between the ages of ten and seventeen—-and that includes rape, murder, robbery, aggravated assault and burglary."''
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->''"''[='=]But that's the point![='=]'' Is the single defense I get when I alienate myself at dinner parties by my negativity. It's ''supposed'' to be mindless, I'm told. And then those professional types who are safe in loving ''StarWars'' ''Franchise/StarWars'' where they might be attacked for reading the latest RobertSilverberg or ThomasDisch sf novel, explain to me as carefully as one would a retarded child, that ''Star Wars'' is a return to the worship of the Eternal Verifies: honor, truth, fighting Evil. All black and white. Try black and white in a world of credit cards, punk rock, mastectomies, [[RichardNixon [[UsefulNotes/RichardNixon Watergate]], the rise of homegrown Nazism, AnitaBryant, and the terrifying fact that more than half of all serious crimes in the United States are committed by people between the ages of ten and seventeen—-and that includes rape, murder, robbery, aggravated assault and burglary."''
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The explanation in ''Winter Soldier'' boiled down to '[[ForTheEvulz they’re evil]]'. It would have been far more interesting if Agents revealed that the members of HYDRA actually [[KnightTemplar thought they were the good guys]], keeping the world safe with black-ops tactics that even SHIELD found morally repugnant. But they didn’t go there. Agent Ward is a HYDRA double-agent because he’s evil. Oh, and also because when he was a kid, ''[Bill]'' Paxton’s character [[BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil made him live alone in the woods for five years and shoot his dog.]]"''
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The explanation in ''Winter Soldier'' boiled down to '[[ForTheEvulz they’re evil]]'. It would have been far more interesting if Agents revealed that the members of HYDRA actually [[KnightTemplar thought they were the good guys]], keeping the world safe with black-ops tactics that even SHIELD found morally repugnant. But they didn’t go there. Agent Ward [[spoiler:Ward]] is a HYDRA double-agent because he’s evil. Oh, and also because when he was a kid, ''[Bill]'' Paxton’s character [[BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil made him live alone in the woods for five years and shoot his dog.]]"''
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->''"There is black and there is white, and there is wrong and there is right, and there is nothing, NOTHING in between."''
--> -- '''Creator/AlanMoore''' on ''MrA''
->''"I have no empty heroes. My goodies are good, and my baddies are bad. There are no schizophrenic goodies or sympathetic baddies. And children like it that way; it's not confusing. And they want the goodies to defeat the bads."''
-->-- '''[[Literature/{{Redwall}} Brian Jacques]]'''
->''"''[='=]But that's the point![='=]'' Is the single defense I get when I alienate myself at dinner parties by my negativity. It's ''supposed'' to be mindless, I'm told. And then those professional types who are safe in loving ''StarWars'' where they might be attacked for reading the latest RobertSilverberg or ThomasDisch sf novel, explain to me as carefully as one would a retarded child, that ''Star Wars'' is a return to the worship of the Eternal Verifies: honor, truth, fighting Evil. All black and white. Try black and white in a world of credit cards, punk rock, mastectomies, [[RichardNixon Watergate]], the rise of homegrown Nazism, AnitaBryant, and the terrifying fact that more than half of all serious crimes in the United States are committed by people between the ages of ten and seventeen—-and that includes rape, murder, robbery, aggravated assault and burglary."''
-->--'''HarlanEllison''', "Luke Skywalker is a Nerd and Darth Vader Sucks Runny Eggs"
--> -- '''Creator/AlanMoore''' on ''MrA''
->''"I have no empty heroes. My goodies are good, and my baddies are bad. There are no schizophrenic goodies or sympathetic baddies. And children like it that way; it's not confusing. And they want the goodies to defeat the bads."''
-->-- '''[[Literature/{{Redwall}} Brian Jacques]]'''
->''"''[='=]But that's the point![='=]'' Is the single defense I get when I alienate myself at dinner parties by my negativity. It's ''supposed'' to be mindless, I'm told. And then those professional types who are safe in loving ''StarWars'' where they might be attacked for reading the latest RobertSilverberg or ThomasDisch sf novel, explain to me as carefully as one would a retarded child, that ''Star Wars'' is a return to the worship of the Eternal Verifies: honor, truth, fighting Evil. All black and white. Try black and white in a world of credit cards, punk rock, mastectomies, [[RichardNixon Watergate]], the rise of homegrown Nazism, AnitaBryant, and the terrifying fact that more than half of all serious crimes in the United States are committed by people between the ages of ten and seventeen—-and that includes rape, murder, robbery, aggravated assault and burglary."''
-->--'''HarlanEllison''', "Luke Skywalker is a Nerd and Darth Vader Sucks Runny Eggs"
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->''"[[SarcasmMode Because every conflict has a right side.]]"''
-->-- '''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick''', on ''WesternAnimation/SheRaPrincessOfPower''
->''"The helicopter lands, leading a nearby oldster, one Hugh Palmer, to exclaim, 'Oh, thank God!' This remark proves that Hugh [[ObligatoryJoke isn’t a film critic]], for out of the 'copter emerges [[StevenSeagal Steve Seagal.]] However, it does indicate that the old-timer is a Good Guy. For in the wonderful simplicity of the world of Steven Seagal, the lyrics of [[TheMightyHercules the old Hercules cartoon series]] theme song ring true: '…People are safe when near him /only the evil fear him.'"''
-->--'''''Jabootu''''' [[http://www.jabootu.com/ondeadlyground.htm on]] ''Film/OnDeadlyGround''
->''"I don’t really care to get into the philosophy of Objectivism as I still consider debates with Rand followers as enjoyable as my kidney stone. But I guess if I had to mention anything as to why I don’t buy into it is how everything is so black and white. There is no gray area in Rand’s philosophy. There can’t be any exceptions to the rule or qualified statements such as “The government can be a force for good, but…“ No, it is either black or white, good or evil, hero or parasite. You need to be wary of any philosophy that is so simplistic or tries to so easily lump others in the ‘us‘ or ‘them‘ camp."''
-->--'''[[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Miles Antwiler]]''' [[http://moviemoses.wordpress.com/2013/02/27/atlas-shrugged-part-ii-the-strike-2012-john-putch/ on]] ''Film/AtlasShrugged Part II: The Strike''
->'''Chris''': Really though, how much of an asshole do you have to be to go “Oh, [[{{ComicBook/Superboy}} he has some of Lex’s DNA]], that will surely make him evil. Fortunately he also has mine, which will definitely make him good.”\\
'''David''': Genetic morality, baby! Nature, not nurture! People are either inherently good or evil, it’s not even their fault. Is Clark Calvinist or something?\\
'''Chris''': I think [[SuperDickery he’s just a jerk.]]
-->--'''Chris Sims''' and '''David Uzumeri''' [[http://comicsalliance.com/recap-smallville-episode-10-16-scion/ on]] ''{{Series/Smallville}}'' ("Scion")
-->-- '''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick''', on ''WesternAnimation/SheRaPrincessOfPower''
->''"The helicopter lands, leading a nearby oldster, one Hugh Palmer, to exclaim, 'Oh, thank God!' This remark proves that Hugh [[ObligatoryJoke isn’t a film critic]], for out of the 'copter emerges [[StevenSeagal Steve Seagal.]] However, it does indicate that the old-timer is a Good Guy. For in the wonderful simplicity of the world of Steven Seagal, the lyrics of [[TheMightyHercules the old Hercules cartoon series]] theme song ring true: '…People are safe when near him /only the evil fear him.'"''
-->--'''''Jabootu''''' [[http://www.jabootu.com/ondeadlyground.htm on]] ''Film/OnDeadlyGround''
->''"I don’t really care to get into the philosophy of Objectivism as I still consider debates with Rand followers as enjoyable as my kidney stone. But I guess if I had to mention anything as to why I don’t buy into it is how everything is so black and white. There is no gray area in Rand’s philosophy. There can’t be any exceptions to the rule or qualified statements such as “The government can be a force for good, but…“ No, it is either black or white, good or evil, hero or parasite. You need to be wary of any philosophy that is so simplistic or tries to so easily lump others in the ‘us‘ or ‘them‘ camp."''
-->--'''[[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Miles Antwiler]]''' [[http://moviemoses.wordpress.com/2013/02/27/atlas-shrugged-part-ii-the-strike-2012-john-putch/ on]] ''Film/AtlasShrugged Part II: The Strike''
->'''Chris''': Really though, how much of an asshole do you have to be to go “Oh, [[{{ComicBook/Superboy}} he has some of Lex’s DNA]], that will surely make him evil. Fortunately he also has mine, which will definitely make him good.”\\
'''David''': Genetic morality, baby! Nature, not nurture! People are either inherently good or evil, it’s not even their fault. Is Clark Calvinist or something?\\
'''Chris''': I think [[SuperDickery he’s just a jerk.]]
-->--'''Chris Sims''' and '''David Uzumeri''' [[http://comicsalliance.com/recap-smallville-episode-10-16-scion/ on]] ''{{Series/Smallville}}'' ("Scion")
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->''"A machine that [[GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul drains the evil out of people.]] Now Phil, I hear you saying in the comments, that's a great idea. No. A machine that turns aggressive, violent people into docile, compliant people is a great idea for an interesting, gripping ''[[NineteenEightyFour 1984]]''-inflected thriller. A machine that works on the principle that there is a tangible quality of evil that some people inherently have, on the other hand, is just genocidally bullshit.\\\
And make no mistake, this script is ''firmly'' in favor of the Keller Machine. The only problems the Doctor ever raises about it are the short-term cruelty to its subjects and the fact that the machine is actually a dangerous alien... And this isn't, to my mind, just [[ValuesDissonance a dissonant note.]] This seems to me emblematic of everything that has been so frustrating in the [[Creator/JonPertwee Pertwee]] era to begin with. Bad people are inherently bad. Good people are [[KnightTemplar justified in what it takes to stop bad people]]. And it's that simple. The world divides into good people, who are either smart (i.e. [[ProtagonistCenteredMorality agree with the Doctor]]) or foolish (i.e. [[TheWarOnStraw don't agree with the Doctor]]), and bad people, who [[RedScare all work for the Master.]] And that's just how people are. Bad people want to hurt us. And we have to stop them."''
-->'''Phil Sandifer''' [[http://www.philipsandifer.com/2011/07/fear-makes-companions-mind-of-evil.html on]] ''Series/DoctorWho'' ([[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS8E2TheMindOfEvil}} "The Mind of Evil"]])
->''"There is no middle ground, it goes from one angelic extreme to a demonic other. Somewhere between these two sets is where you’ll find the ''[[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine DS9]]'' crew with lots of shades of light and dark (some call it ambiguity) and as such the are far more interesting than the ''Voyager'' crew that have no flaws [[{{Glurge}} and thus are loaded with them.]]"''
-->--'''[[http://docohobigfinish.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/voyager-season-four.html Doc Oho]]''' on ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', "Living Witness"
And make no mistake, this script is ''firmly'' in favor of the Keller Machine. The only problems the Doctor ever raises about it are the short-term cruelty to its subjects and the fact that the machine is actually a dangerous alien... And this isn't, to my mind, just [[ValuesDissonance a dissonant note.]] This seems to me emblematic of everything that has been so frustrating in the [[Creator/JonPertwee Pertwee]] era to begin with. Bad people are inherently bad. Good people are [[KnightTemplar justified in what it takes to stop bad people]]. And it's that simple. The world divides into good people, who are either smart (i.e. [[ProtagonistCenteredMorality agree with the Doctor]]) or foolish (i.e. [[TheWarOnStraw don't agree with the Doctor]]), and bad people, who [[RedScare all work for the Master.]] And that's just how people are. Bad people want to hurt us. And we have to stop them."''
-->'''Phil Sandifer''' [[http://www.philipsandifer.com/2011/07/fear-makes-companions-mind-of-evil.html on]] ''Series/DoctorWho'' ([[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS8E2TheMindOfEvil}} "The Mind of Evil"]])
->''"There is no middle ground, it goes from one angelic extreme to a demonic other. Somewhere between these two sets is where you’ll find the ''[[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine DS9]]'' crew with lots of shades of light and dark (some call it ambiguity) and as such the are far more interesting than the ''Voyager'' crew that have no flaws [[{{Glurge}} and thus are loaded with them.]]"''
-->--'''[[http://docohobigfinish.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/voyager-season-four.html Doc Oho]]''' on ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', "Living Witness"
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->''"There is black and there is white, and there is wrong and there is right, and there is nothing, NOTHING in between."''
--> -- '''Creator/AlanMoore''' on ''MrA''
->''"I have no empty heroes. My goodies are good, and my baddies are bad. There are no schizophrenic goodies or sympathetic baddies. And children like it that way; it's not confusing. And they want the goodies to defeat the bads."''
-->-- '''[[Literature/{{Redwall}} Brian Jacques]]'''
->''"''[='=]But that's the point![='=]'' Is the single defense I get when I alienate myself at dinner parties by my negativity. It's ''supposed'' to be mindless, I'm told. And then those professional types who are safe in loving ''StarWars'' where they might be attacked for reading the latest RobertSilverberg or ThomasDisch sf novel, explain to me as carefully as one would a retarded child, that ''Star Wars'' is a return to the worship of the Eternal Verifies: honor, truth, fighting Evil. All black and white. Try black and white in a world of credit cards, punk rock, mastectomies, [[RichardNixon Watergate]], the rise of homegrown Nazism, AnitaBryant, and the terrifying fact that more than half of all serious crimes in the United States are committed by people between the ages of ten and seventeen—-and that includes rape, murder, robbery, aggravated assault and burglary."''
-->--'''HarlanEllison''', "Luke Skywalker is a Nerd and Darth Vader Sucks Runny Eggs"
->''"The helicopter lands, leading a nearby oldster, one Hugh Palmer, to exclaim, 'Oh, thank God!' This remark proves that Hugh [[ObligatoryJoke isn’t a film critic]], for out of the 'copter emerges [[StevenSeagal Steve Seagal.]] However, it does indicate that the old-timer is a Good Guy. For in the wonderful simplicity of the world of Steven Seagal, the lyrics of [[TheMightyHercules the old Hercules cartoon series]] theme song ring true: '…People are safe when near him /only the evil fear him.'"''
-->--'''''Jabootu''''' [[http://www.jabootu.com/ondeadlyground.htm on]] ''Film/OnDeadlyGround''
->''"I don’t really care to get into the philosophy of Objectivism as I still consider debates with Rand followers as enjoyable as my kidney stone. But I guess if I had to mention anything as to why I don’t buy into it is how everything is so black and white. There is no gray area in Rand’s philosophy. There can’t be any exceptions to the rule or qualified statements such as “The government can be a force for good, but…“ No, it is either black or white, good or evil, hero or parasite. You need to be wary of any philosophy that is so simplistic or tries to so easily lump others in the ‘us‘ or ‘them‘ camp."''
-->--'''[[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Miles Antwiler]]''' [[http://moviemoses.wordpress.com/2013/02/27/atlas-shrugged-part-ii-the-strike-2012-john-putch/ on]] ''Film/AtlasShrugged Part II: The Strike''
->''"[[SarcasmMode Because every conflict has a right side.]]"''
-->-- '''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick''', on ''WesternAnimation/SheRaPrincessOfPower''
->''"A machine that [[GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul drains the evil out of people.]] Now Phil, I hear you saying in the comments, that's a great idea. No. A machine that turns aggressive, violent people into docile, compliant people is a great idea for an interesting, gripping ''[[NineteenEightyFour 1984]]''-inflected thriller. A machine that works on the principle that there is a tangible quality of evil that some people inherently have, on the other hand, is just genocidally bullshit.\\\
And make no mistake, this script is ''firmly'' in favor of the Keller Machine. The only problems the Doctor ever raises about it are the short-term cruelty to its subjects and the fact that the machine is actually a dangerous alien... And this isn't, to my mind, just [[ValuesDissonance a dissonant note.]] This seems to me emblematic of everything that has been so frustrating in the [[Creator/JonPertwee Pertwee]] era to begin with. Bad people are inherently bad. Good people are [[KnightTemplar justified in what it takes to stop bad people]]. And it's that simple. The world divides into good people, who are either smart (i.e. [[ProtagonistCenteredMorality agree with the Doctor]]) or foolish (i.e. [[TheWarOnStraw don't agree with the Doctor]]), and bad people, who [[RedScare all work for the Master.]] And that's just how people are. Bad people want to hurt us. And we have to stop them."''
-->'''Phil Sandifer''' [[http://www.philipsandifer.com/2011/07/fear-makes-companions-mind-of-evil.html on]] ''Series/DoctorWho'' ([[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS8E2TheMindOfEvil}} "The Mind of Evil"]])
->''"There is no middle ground, it goes from one angelic extreme to a demonic other. Somewhere between these two sets is where you’ll find the ''[[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine DS9]]'' crew with lots of shades of light and dark (some call it ambiguity) and as such the are far more interesting than the ''Voyager'' crew that have no flaws [[{{Glurge}} and thus are loaded with them.]]"''
-->--'''[[http://docohobigfinish.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/voyager-season-four.html Doc Oho]]''' on ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', "Living Witness"
->'''Chris''': Really though, how much of an asshole do you have to be to go “Oh, [[{{ComicBook/Superboy}} he has some of Lex’s DNA]], that will surely make him evil. Fortunately he also has mine, which will definitely make him good.”\\
'''David''': Genetic morality, baby! Nature, not nurture! People are either inherently good or evil, it’s not even their fault. Is Clark Calvinist or something?\\
'''Chris''': I think [[SuperDickery he’s just a jerk.]]
-->--'''Chris Sims''' and '''David Uzumeri''' [[http://comicsalliance.com/recap-smallville-episode-10-16-scion/ on]] ''{{Series/Smallville}}'' ("Scion")
->''"This is where ''Agents of SHIELD'' could have lived up to the potential of injecting long-form storytelling into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It had the opportunity to do something ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'' didn’t have time to do while it was busy [[StuffBlowingUp blowing up skyscrapers for the umpteenth time]] in a Marvel movie: It could have delved deep into the HYDRA twist, and explored the true reasons why so many SHIELD agents decided to join up with what’s essentially a Nazi offshoot.\\\
The explanation in ''Winter Soldier'' boiled down to '[[ForTheEvulz they’re evil]]'. It would have been far more interesting if Agents revealed that the members of HYDRA actually [[KnightTemplar thought they were the good guys]], keeping the world safe with black-ops tactics that even SHIELD found morally repugnant. But they didn’t go there. Agent Ward is a HYDRA double-agent because he’s evil. Oh, and also because when he was a kid, ''[Bill]'' Paxton’s character [[BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil made him live alone in the woods for five years and shoot his dog.]]"''
-->--'''''Website/TheAgonyBooth''''' [[http://www.agonybooth.com/tv/Marvels_Agents_of_SHIELD_Second_Chance.aspx on]] ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD''
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->''"'But that's the point!'' Is the single defense I get when I alienate myself at dinner parties by my negativity. It's ''supposed'' to be mindless, I'm told. And then those professional types who are safe in loving ''StarWars'' where they might be attacked for reading the latest RobertSilverberg or ThomasDisch sf novel, explain to me as carefully as one would a retarded child, that ''Star Wars'' is a return to the worship of the Eternal Verifies: honor, truth, fighting Evil. All black and white. Try black and white in a world of credit cards, punk rock, mastectomies, [[RichardNixon Watergate]], the rise of homegrown Nazism, AnitaBryant, and the terrifying fact that more than half of all serious crimes in the United States are committed by people between the ages of ten and seventeen—-and that includes rape, murder, robbery, aggravated assault and burglary."''
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->''"''Holy Terror'' is tough for me to wrap my head around, because propaganda is a tricky beast. It requires convincing everyone of the righteousness of your country’s cause, turning your enemy into something other than you, and simplifying matters to an almost absurd level. In World War II, propaganda was easy. There was a clear enemy, notably the Nazis, who had committed clearly hateful crimes. And even then, the otherizing aspect of propaganda gave rise to a metric ton of racism and bigotry, which was nonetheless seen as justified or even acceptable in the face of the atrocities that had been committed...I think that Al-Qaeda is as worthy of being fictionalized and turned into a comic book villain as any other real-life entity, but there’s a very fine line to walk there. Without care, you run the risk of portraying Al-Qaeda not as a radical Islamist terrorist organization, but as representative of Muslims as a whole, a factually incorrect position. I personally benefitted greatly from the guidance or teachings of Muslim men and women as I grew up, so I’m always wary of conversations that are framed as 'Us versus Them,' where 'Us' is a nebulous notion of '[[{{Eagleland}} Americans]]' and 'Them' equates to '[[{{Qurac}} Muslims]],' because that is a false divide."''
-->--'''David Brothers''' on FrankMiller's ''Holy Terror''
-->--'''David Brothers''' on FrankMiller's ''Holy Terror''
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-->--'''[[TheSpoonyExperiment Miles Antwiler]]''' [[http://moviemoses.wordpress.com/2013/02/27/atlas-shrugged-part-ii-the-strike-2012-john-putch/ on]] ''Film/AtlasShrugged Part II: The Strike''
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->''"It's terribly simple: The good guys are [[IncorruptiblePurePureness always stalwart and true]]. The bad guys are [[CardCarryingVillain easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats]], and, uh, [[SugarBowl we always defeat them and save the day]]. [[LiesToChildren No one ever dies and everybody lives happily ever after]]."''
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->''"It's terribly simple: The good guys are [[IncorruptiblePurePureness always stalwart and true]]. The bad guys are [[CardCarryingVillain [[DastardlyWhiplash easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats]], and, uh, [[SugarBowl we always defeat them and save the day]]. [[LiesToChildren No one ever dies and everybody lives happily ever after]]."''
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-->--'''''Smallvillains''''' [[http://comicsalliance.com/recap-smallville-episode-10-16-scion/ on]] ''{{Series/Smallville}}'' ("Scion")
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!!!Fiction
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->''"Only a Sith deals in absolutes."''
-->--'''Obi-Wan Kenobi''', ''Franchise/StarWars Episode III: Film/RevengeOfTheSith''
-->--'''Obi-Wan Kenobi''', ''Franchise/StarWars Episode III: Film/RevengeOfTheSith''
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->''"''Two'' players. ''Two'' sides. One is light. One is dark."''
-->-- '''[[MeaningfulName John Locke]]''', ''{{Lost}}'', discussing...[[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic backgammon]]?
->''"It's terribly simple: The good guys are [[IncorruptiblePurePureness always stalwart and true]]. The bad guys are [[CardCarryingVillain easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats]], and, uh, [[SugarBowl we always defeat them and save the day]]. [[LiesToChildren No one ever dies and everybody lives happily ever after]]."''
-->--'''Giles''', ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', "Lie to Me"
->''"[[OhMyGods By G'Quan]], I can't recall the last time I was in a fight like that! No moral ambiguity, no hopeless battle against ancient and overwhelming forces. ''They'' were the bad guys, as you say, and ''we'' were the good guys. And they made a very satisfying '''thump''' when they hit the floor."''
-->-- '''G'Kar''', ''Series/BabylonFive'', "A Late Delivery From Avalon"
->''"Only a Sith deals in absolutes."''
-->--'''Obi-Wan Kenobi''', ''Franchise/StarWars Episode III: Film/RevengeOfTheSith''
-->-- '''G'Kar''', ''Series/BabylonFive'', "A Late Delivery From Avalon"
->''"Only a Sith deals in absolutes."''
-->--'''Obi-Wan Kenobi''', ''Franchise/StarWars Episode III: Film/RevengeOfTheSith''
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->''"Two players. Two sides. One is light. One is dark."''
-->-- '''[[MeaningfulName John Locke]]''', ''{{Lost}}'', discussing...[[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic backgammon]]?
->''"It's terribly simple: The good guys are [[IncorruptiblePurePureness always stalwart and true]]. The bad guys are [[CardCarryingVillain easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats]], and, uh, [[SugarBowl we always defeat them and save the day]]. [[LiesToChildren No one ever dies and everybody lives happily ever after]]."''
-->--'''Giles''', ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', "Lie to Me"
-->-- '''[[MeaningfulName John Locke]]''', ''{{Lost}}'', discussing...[[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic backgammon]]?
->''"It's terribly simple: The good guys are [[IncorruptiblePurePureness always stalwart and true]]. The bad guys are [[CardCarryingVillain easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats]], and, uh, [[SugarBowl we always defeat them and save the day]]. [[LiesToChildren No one ever dies and everybody lives happily ever after]]."''
-->--'''Giles''', ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', "Lie to Me"
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->''"[[OhMyGods By G'Quan]], I can't recall the last time I was in a fight like that! No moral ambiguity, no hopeless battle against ancient and overwhelming forces. ''They'' were the bad guys, as you say, and ''we'' were the good guys. And they made a very satisfying '''thump''' when they hit the floor."''
-->-- '''G'Kar''', ''Series/BabylonFive'', "A Late Delivery From Avalon"
->''"I have no empty heroes. My goodies are good, and my baddies are bad. There are no schizophrenic goodies or sympathetic baddies. And children like it that way; it's not confusing. And they want the goodies to defeat the bads."''
-->-- '''[[Literature/{{Redwall}} Brian Jacques]]'''
->''"Among the Alps and Pyrenees, perhaps, there were no mixed characters. There, such as were not as spotless as an angel might have the dispositions of a fiend."''
-->-- '''Creator/JaneAusten''', ''Literature/NorthangerAbbey''
-->-- '''G'Kar''', ''Series/BabylonFive'', "A Late Delivery From Avalon"
->''"I have no empty heroes. My goodies are good, and my baddies are bad. There are no schizophrenic goodies or sympathetic baddies. And children like it that way; it's not confusing. And they want the goodies to defeat the bads."''
-->-- '''[[Literature/{{Redwall}} Brian Jacques]]'''
->''"Among the Alps and Pyrenees, perhaps, there were no mixed characters. There, such as were not as spotless as an angel might have the dispositions of a fiend."''
-->-- '''Creator/JaneAusten''', ''Literature/NorthangerAbbey''
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-->-- '''G'Kar''', ''Series/BabylonFive'', "A Late Delivery From Avalon"
->''"I have no empty heroes. My goodies are good, and my baddies are bad. There are no schizophrenic goodies or sympathetic baddies. And children like it that way; it's not confusing. And they want the goodies to defeat the bads."''
-->-- '''[[Literature/{{Redwall}} Brian Jacques]]'''
->''"Among the Alps and Pyrenees, perhaps, there were no mixed characters. There, such as were not as spotless as an angel might have the dispositions of a fiend."''
-->-- '''Creator/JaneAusten''', ''Literature/NorthangerAbbey''
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-->-- '''[[Literature/{{Redwall}} Brian Jacques]]'''
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->''"There is no middle ground, it goes from one angelic extreme to a demonic other. Somewhere between these two sets is where you’ll find the ''[[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine DS9]]'' crew with lots of shades of light and dark (some call it ambiguity) and as such the are far more interesting than the ''Voyager'' crew that have no flaws [[{{Glurge}} and thus are loaded with them.]]"''
-->--'''[[http://docohobigfinish.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/voyager-season-four.html Doc Oho]]''' on ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', "Living Witness"
-->--'''[[http://docohobigfinish.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/voyager-season-four.html Doc Oho]]''' on ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', "Living Witness"
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->''"I always find it's easier the see the world in black and white. Grey? I don't know what to do with grey."''
-->-- '''Garrus Vakarian''', ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'', after reconsidering killing a traitor.
-->-- '''Garrus Vakarian''', ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'', after reconsidering killing a traitor.
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-->-- '''Garrus Vakarian''', ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'', after reconsidering killing a traitor.
-->-- '''Garrus Vakarian''', ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'', after reconsidering killing a traitor.
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-->--'''Bertrand Russell''', ''Mysticism and
-->-- '''Garrus Vakarian''', ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'', after reconsidering killing a traitor.
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->'''Chris''': Really though, how much of an asshole do you have to be to go “Oh, [[{{Superboy}} he has some of Lex’s DNA]], that will surely make him evil. Fortunately he also has mine, which will definitely make him good.”\\
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->'''Chris''': Really though, how much of an asshole do you have to be to go “Oh, [[{{Superboy}} [[{{ComicBook/Superboy}} he has some of Lex’s DNA]], that will surely make him evil. Fortunately he also has mine, which will definitely make him good.”\\
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->'''Chris''': Really though, how much of an asshole do you have to be to go “Oh, [[{{Superboy}} he has some of Lex’s DNA]], that will surely make him evil. Fortunately he also has mine, which will definitely make him good.”\\
'''David''': Genetic morality, baby! Nature, not nurture! People are either inherently good or evil, it’s not even their fault. Is Clark Calvinist or something?\\
'''Chris''': I think [[SuperDickery he’s just a jerk.]]
-->--'''''Smallvillains''''' [[http://comicsalliance.com/recap-smallville-episode-10-16-scion/ on]] ''{{Series/Smallville}}'' ("Scion")
'''David''': Genetic morality, baby! Nature, not nurture! People are either inherently good or evil, it’s not even their fault. Is Clark Calvinist or something?\\
'''Chris''': I think [[SuperDickery he’s just a jerk.]]
-->--'''''Smallvillains''''' [[http://comicsalliance.com/recap-smallville-episode-10-16-scion/ on]] ''{{Series/Smallville}}'' ("Scion")
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->'''Chris''': Tess comes over to try to get Clark to tell [[{{Superboy}} Conner]] the truth about his DNA...Really though, how much of an asshole do you have to be to go “Oh, he has some of Lex’s DNA, that will surely make him evil. Fortunately he also has mine, which will definitely make him good.”\\
'''David''': Genetic morality, baby! Nature, not nurture! People are either inherently good or evil, it’s not even their fault. Is Clark Calvinist or something?\\
'''Chris''': I think [[SuperDickery he’s just a jerk.]]
-->--'''''Smallvillains''''' [[http://comicsalliance.com/recap-smallville-episode-10-16-scion/ on]] ''{{Series/Smallville}}'' ("Scion")
'''David''': Genetic morality, baby! Nature, not nurture! People are either inherently good or evil, it’s not even their fault. Is Clark Calvinist or something?\\
'''Chris''': I think [[SuperDickery he’s just a jerk.]]
-->--'''''Smallvillains''''' [[http://comicsalliance.com/recap-smallville-episode-10-16-scion/ on]] ''{{Series/Smallville}}'' ("Scion")
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->''"For something so dreadfully asinine to be written about a man as well-traveled and well-read would be almost obscene if it were not true. But after 9/11, Hitchens stopped seeing the world in terms of geopolitics but rather saw it, like the Neocons in the [[GeorgeWBush Bush administration]], as a war between the good Christian West and the evil Muslim Middle East."''
-->--'''[[http://www.seanamcelwee.com/2013/12/09/abolishing-religion-wont-fix-anything/ Steve McElwee]]''' on Creator/ChristopherHitchens
-->--'''[[http://www.seanamcelwee.com/2013/12/09/abolishing-religion-wont-fix-anything/ Steve McElwee]]''' on Creator/ChristopherHitchens
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->''"If everyone would go for peace
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->''"If everyone would go for peace
there'd be no need for war.
But we can't ignore the devil,
he'll keep coming back for more"''
-->--'''Clint Black''', "Iraq and Roll"
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But we can't ignore the devil,
he'll keep coming back for more"''
-->--'''Clint Black''', "Iraq and Roll"
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->''"There is black and there is white, and there is wrong and there is right, and there is nothing, NOTHING in between."''
--> -- '''Creator/AlanMoore''' on ''MrA''
--> -- '''Creator/AlanMoore''' on ''MrA''
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->"But that's the point! Is the single defense I get when I alienate myself at dinner parties by my negativity. It's supposed to be mindless, I'm told. And then those professional types who are safe in loving Star Wars where they might be attacked for reading the latest RobertSilverberg or ThomasDisch sf novel, explain to me as carefully as one would a retarded child, that Star Wars is a return to the worship of the Eternal Verifies: honor, truth, fighting Evil. All black and white. Try black and white in a world of credit cards, punk rock, mastectomies, Watergate, the rise of homegrown Nazism, AnitaBryant, and the terrifying fact that more than half of all serious crimes in the United States are committed by people between the ages of ten and seventeen—-and that includes rape, murder, robbery, aggravated assault and burglary."
-->--HarlanEllison, "Luke Skywalker is a Nerd and Darth Vader Sucks Runny Eggs"
-->--HarlanEllison, "Luke Skywalker is a Nerd and Darth Vader Sucks Runny Eggs"
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-->--'''HarlanEllison''', "Luke Skywalker is a Nerd and Darth Vader Sucks Runny Eggs"
-->--'''HarlanEllison''', "Luke Skywalker is a Nerd and Darth Vader Sucks Runny Eggs"
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->''"''Holy Terror'' is tough for me to wrap my head around, because propaganda is a tricky beast. It requires convincing everyone of the righteousness of your country’s cause, turning your enemy into something other than you, and simplifying matters to an almost absurd level. In World War II, propaganda was easy. There was a clear enemy, notably the Nazis, who had committed clearly hateful crimes. And even then, the otherizing aspect of propaganda gave rise to a metric ton of racism and bigotry, which was nonetheless seen as justified or even acceptable in the face of the atrocities that had been committed...I think that Al-Qaeda is as worthy of being fictionalized and turned into a comic book villain as any other real-life entity, but there’s a very fine line to walk there. Without care, you run the risk of portraying Al-Qaeda not as a radical Islamist terrorist organization, but as representative of Muslims as a whole, a factually incorrect position. I personally benefitted greatly from the guidance or teachings of Muslim men and women as I grew up, so I’m always wary of conversations that are framed as 'Us versus Them,' where 'Us' is a nebulous notion of '[[{{Eagleland}} Americans]]' and 'Them' equates to '[[{{Qurac}} Muslims]],' because that is a false divide."''
-->--'''David Brothers''' on FrankMiller's ''Holy Terror''
-->--'''David Brothers''' on FrankMiller's ''Holy Terror''
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->'''Chris''' Tess comes over to try to get Clark to tell [[{{Superboy}} Conner]] the truth about his DNA, but c’mon. ''Smallville'' Clark? The truth? Keep dreaming, lady...Really though, how much of an asshole do you have to be to go “Oh, he has some of Lex’s DNA, that will surely make him evil. Fortunately he also has mine, which will definitely make him good.”\\
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->'''Chris''' Tess comes over to try to get Clark to tell [[{{Superboy}} Conner]] the truth about his DNA, but c’mon. ''Smallville'' Clark? The truth? Keep dreaming, lady...Really though, how much of an asshole do you have to be to go “Oh, he has some of Lex’s DNA, that will surely make him evil. Fortunately he also has mine, which will definitely make him good.”\\
'''David''': Genetic morality, baby! Nature, not nurture! People are either inherently good or evil, it’s not even their fault. Is Clark Calvinist or something?\\
'''Chris''': I think [[SuperDickery he’s just a jerk.]]
-->--'''Chris Sims''' and '''David Uzumeri''' [[http://comicsalliance.com/recap-smallville-episode-10-16-scion/ on]] ''{{Series/Smallville}}'' ("Scion")
'''David''': Genetic morality, baby! Nature, not nurture! People are either inherently good or evil, it’s not even their fault. Is Clark Calvinist or something?\\
'''Chris''': I think [[SuperDickery he’s just a jerk.]]
-->--'''Chris Sims''' and '''David Uzumeri''' [[http://comicsalliance.com/recap-smallville-episode-10-16-scion/ on]] ''{{Series/Smallville}}'' ("Scion")
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->"But that's the point! Is the single defense I get when I alienate myself at dinner parties by my negativity. It's supposed to be mindless, I'm told. And then those professional types who are safe in loving Star Wars where they might be attacked for reading the latest Robert Silverberg or Thomas Disch sf novel, explain to me as carefully as one would a retarded child, that Star Wars is a return to the worship of the Eternal Verifies: honor, truth, fighting Evil. All black and white. Try black and white in a world of credit cards, punk rock, mastectomies, Watergate, the rise of homegrown Nazism, Anita Bryant, and the terrifying fact that more than half of all serious crimes in the United States are committed by people between the ages of ten and seventeen—-and that includes rape, murder, robbery, aggravated assault and burglary."
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->"But that's the point! Is the single defense I get when I alienate myself at dinner parties by my negativity. It's supposed to be mindless, I'm told. And then those professional types who are safe in loving Star Wars where they might be attacked for reading the latest Robert Silverberg RobertSilverberg or Thomas Disch ThomasDisch sf novel, explain to me as carefully as one would a retarded child, that Star Wars is a return to the worship of the Eternal Verifies: honor, truth, fighting Evil. All black and white. Try black and white in a world of credit cards, punk rock, mastectomies, Watergate, the rise of homegrown Nazism, Anita Bryant, AnitaBryant, and the terrifying fact that more than half of all serious crimes in the United States are committed by people between the ages of ten and seventeen—-and that includes rape, murder, robbery, aggravated assault and burglary."
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->"But that's the point! Is the single defense I get when I alienate myself at dinner parties by my negativity. It's supposed to be mindless, I'm told. And then those professional types who are safe in loving Star Wars where they might be attacked for reading the latest Robert Silverberg or Thomas Disch sf novel, explain to me as carefully as one would a retarded child, that Star Wars is a return to the worship of the Eternal Verifies: honor, truth, fighting Evil. All black and white. Try black and white in a world of credit cards, punk rock, mastectomies, Watergate, the rise of homegrown Nazism, Anita Bryant, and the terrifying fact that more than half of all serious crimes in the United States are committed by people between the ages of ten and seventeen—-and that includes rape, murder, robbery, aggravated assault and burglary."
-->--HarlanEllison, "Luke Skywalker is a Nerd and Darth Vader Sucks Runny Eggs"
-->--HarlanEllison, "Luke Skywalker is a Nerd and Darth Vader Sucks Runny Eggs"
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->''"One October evening, in the midst of the 2013 government shutdown, I watched BillOReilly work himself into something of a state. He sat at his desk, his hands palms upward, fingers slightly curved, as if cupping something in them. “I want Hagel.” he said, staring into the camera. “I want Hagel. I want him.” A casual observer might interpret this moment as O’Reilly expressing his [[FoeYay fierce but tender desire for Chuck Hagel]], the Secretary of Defense. More experienced O’Reilly viewers, however, will recognize it as a signal that the unfortunate Hagel had plummeted downward in O’Reilly’s estimation from pinhead to evildoer. (There are only three kinds of people in Bill O’Reilly’s world: good hardworking Americans, pinheads—people who are not actually malevolent but who are too stupid to understand the way the world really works—and evildoers.)"''
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->''"One October evening, in the midst of the 2013 government shutdown, I watched BillOReilly work himself into something of a state. He sat at his desk, [[MilkingTheGiantCow his hands palms upward, fingers slightly curved, as if cupping something in them. “I them.]] 'I want Hagel.” ' he said, staring into the camera. “I 'I want Hagel. I want him.” ' A casual observer might interpret this moment as O’Reilly expressing his [[FoeYay fierce but tender desire for Chuck Hagel]], the Secretary of Defense. More experienced O’Reilly viewers, however, will recognize it as a signal that the unfortunate Hagel had plummeted downward in O’Reilly’s estimation from pinhead to evildoer. (There are only three kinds of people in Bill O’Reilly’s world: good hardworking Americans, pinheads—people who are not actually malevolent but who are too stupid to understand the way the world really works—and evildoers.)"''
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->''"A machine that [[GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul drains the evil out of people.]] Now Phil, I hear you saying in the comments, that's a great idea. No. A machine that turns aggressive, violent people into docile, compliant people is a great idea for an interesting, gripping ''[[NineteenEightyFour 1984]]''-inflected thriller. A machine that works on the principle that there is a tangible quality of evil that some people inherently have, on the other hand, is just genocidally bullshit.\\\
And make no mistake, this script is ''firmly'' in favor of the Keller Machine. The only problems the Doctor ever raises about it are the short-term cruelty to its subjects and the fact that the machine is actually a dangerous alien... And this isn't, to my mind, just [[ValuesDissonance a dissonant note.]] This seems to me emblematic of everything that has been so frustrating in the [[Creator/JonPertwee Pertwee]] era to begin with. Bad people are inherently bad. Good people are [[KnightTemplar justified in what it takes to stop bad people]]. And it's that simple. The world divides into good people, who are either smart (i.e. [[ProtagonistCenteredMorality agree with the Doctor]]) or foolish (i.e. [[TheWarOnStraw don't agree with the Doctor]]), and bad people, who [[RedScare all work for the Master.]] And that's just how people are. Bad people want to hurt us. And we have to stop them."''
-->'''Phil Sandifer''' [[http://www.philipsandifer.com/2011/07/fear-makes-companions-mind-of-evil.html on]] ''Series/DoctorWho'' ([[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS8E2TheMindOfEvil}} "The Mind of Evil"]])
And make no mistake, this script is ''firmly'' in favor of the Keller Machine. The only problems the Doctor ever raises about it are the short-term cruelty to its subjects and the fact that the machine is actually a dangerous alien... And this isn't, to my mind, just [[ValuesDissonance a dissonant note.]] This seems to me emblematic of everything that has been so frustrating in the [[Creator/JonPertwee Pertwee]] era to begin with. Bad people are inherently bad. Good people are [[KnightTemplar justified in what it takes to stop bad people]]. And it's that simple. The world divides into good people, who are either smart (i.e. [[ProtagonistCenteredMorality agree with the Doctor]]) or foolish (i.e. [[TheWarOnStraw don't agree with the Doctor]]), and bad people, who [[RedScare all work for the Master.]] And that's just how people are. Bad people want to hurt us. And we have to stop them."''
-->'''Phil Sandifer''' [[http://www.philipsandifer.com/2011/07/fear-makes-companions-mind-of-evil.html on]] ''Series/DoctorWho'' ([[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS8E2TheMindOfEvil}} "The Mind of Evil"]])
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->''"It's not who I am underneath, but what I do that defines me."''
-->--'''Batman''', ''BatmanBegins''
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-->--'''Batman''', ''BatmanBegins''
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->''"Only a Sith deals in absolutes."''
-->--'''Obi-Wan Kenobi''', ''Franchise/StarWars Episode III: Film/RevengeOfTheSith''
-->--'''Obi-Wan Kenobi''', ''Franchise/StarWars Episode III: Film/RevengeOfTheSith''
