You mean during the last inter-ice age period? Like the one we're currently moving into?

You sir, are mistaken. People with the former attitude would indeed think a cheaply made, low quality production of LoTR would be preferable to a studio produced one simply *because* it was done with cheap tools. Hell, that view has been argued here on /.

Spent a similar amount of time in the business. Your views are ossified.

That is all.

And when your friend decides they don't want to watch that show in that time slot, what do you do?

There is no indication of causality in your statement, only in your mind. There are more automobile deaths now than seventy years ago. Would you promote that this means cars are less safe now or that perhaps there are other factors to consider?

You need to crack a dictionary. There was indeed theft, as theft is not restricted to the removal of physical objects.

Add to that, a book is a physical object which you purchase and own outright, giving you the legal permission to give it away or loan it. A subscription to a service is not.

And people wonder why I hold ACs in such low regard.

Good thing you're AC, else when those things do not happen (and they won't), you'd be derided to the end of your days here.

FYI, the executive branch cannot do those things. True, it could attempt, but it does not have that authority and they would be thrown out ASAP if for no other reason than to avoid immediate and armed revolt. This is why we have gun rights in this country.

Hell, I would promote that it is forged far more often than a real one arrives.

You neglect to mention that the WH had a filmmaker targeted and picked up (still not charged and still under detention). I think we care about that and the lame excuse of refusing to acknowledge the terrorists involved that enabled that sideshow is not a trivial detail.

The Tea Party is not anti taxes, just anti TOO HIGH taxes, so your entire third paragraph tanks.

I note that the only thing you find worthy of interest is the WH pulling records of reporters (liberal and Dems).

"Again I'm not a supporter of Democrats..."

Your commentary says otherwise.

"When people were in small tribes and villages, crime was low."

That's the 'noble primitive' myth. It's only a myth.

No on all counts. Aging does not suck, some people think it does. Anti-aging is a prominent research field and there is quite a bit of promise in some of the newer avenues. Aging is not a horror and does not turn the brain to Jell-O, diseases are and do. Not everyone is afflicted with them.

AC defending an AC defending an AC....

Boxes in boxes in boxes. All typed by the same guy.

Difference is, that moniker has a history of posting here that can be traced back and read by anyone. An AC cannot. Whilst it is not my actual name, it's not friggin' AC. You take exception to that? Tough shit. And yes, I shall continue to be snide and smarmy to ACs boasting about themselves. Ten thousand people post AC and typing three letters at the bottom does nothing.

Dude/ette, you have proved absolutely nothing about yourself. Not one thing. Why? You're anonymous. Three initials at the bottom does nothing. Therefore, I need prove something to you why?