Discussion History Main / UnintentionallyUnsympathetic

I never said that it was just Christianity getting singled out nor was I trying to sneak that in. I said I had that (not unreasonable) suspicion of Christianity being singled out based on how the writers directly lifted those titles (if I was acting purely based on a personal bias, or trying to be sneaky about one thing, I wouldn\'t have pointed out the potential jabs at communism and Gnosticism as well; and I oppose both communism and Gnosticism). Then there were moments we nearly got sidetracked where, in my opinion, it sounded suspiciously like you were justify the idea of Christianity being an [[AcceptableTargets Acceptable Target]] (especially that selective bit you said to the effect of \"you don\'t know what it\'s like living in a country that promotes Christian traditions\"; as if that\'s a bad thing), and I sought to refute that. I relented partially because for the Applicability trope to be valid, the authors themselves need to state that the intention was for the audience to fill in the blanks themselves, and they\'re pretty tight-lipped about their intentions with the kett.

It crossed my mind after a time that the \"DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything\" trope could apply; I\'ve seen it used under similar circumstances. The aforementioned vagueness would fit the DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything trope. Since we have already discussed this I won\'t press the issue unless there are more among the fanbase who also share this view.

I never said that it was just Christianity getting singled out nor was I trying to sneak that in. I said I had that (not unreasonable) suspicion of Christianity being singled out based on how the writers directly lifted those titles (if I was acting purely based on a personal bias, or trying to be sneaky about one thing, I wouldn\'t have pointed out the potential jabs at communism and Gnosticism as well; and I oppose both communism and Gnosticism). Then there were moments we nearly got sidetracked where you seemed to try to justify the idea of Christianity being an [[AcceptableTargets Acceptable Target]] (especially that selective bit you said to the effect of \"you don\'t know what it\'s like living in a country that promotes Christian traditions\"; as if that\'s a bad thing), and I sought to refute that. I relented partially because for the Applicability trope to be valid, the authors themselves need to state that the intention was for the audience to fill in the blanks themselves, and they\'re pretty tight-lipped about their intentions with the kett.

It crossed my mind after a time that the \"DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything\" trope could apply; I\'ve seen it used under similar circumstances. The aforementioned vagueness would fit the DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything trope. Since we have already discussed this I won\'t press the issue unless there are more among the fanbase who also share this view.