Re: RASHOMON
in article ootp18rszuvy$.sj84m4kxav1v$.dlg@40tude.net, Edward Mills at
spam@hotmail.com wrote on 2/18/05 4:20 PM:
> On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 12:34:01 +0900, Ernest Schaal wrote:
>
>> in article 1108695522.332111.207790@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com, TXZZ at
>> superoutland@aol.com wrote on 2/18/05 11:58 AM:
>>
>>> I like American movies best, even in this day and age where i think
>>> they are nowhere near as good. Must a movie I like be foreign?
>>
>> No, you don't have to like foreign movies, but your criticism could have
>> been a little more honest. It isn't that foreign films are bad so much as
>> they don't fit your particular tastes.
>
> I love old movies, but hate new movies because I love old movies.
>
> That's honest, isn't it? New movies don't fit my particular taste, thus
> they are bad according to my particular tastes.
>
> You'd best hope you never have to cross-examine me. I would tear you a new
> asshole while sitting on the witness stand. My familiarity with the
> American justice system is mostly due to the fact that I have watched every
> Perry Mason episode, and you mostly come across as being the spitting image
> of Burger Hamilton. I'm also well versed in Justice League comic books!!!
There is a big difference between saying I prefer A over B and saying A is
good and B is X$#!. The first is an admittedly subjective standard, but the
second sounds like it is an objective standard.
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