"DUDE: Walter, you can't do that. These guys're like me, they're pacifists. Smokey was a conscientious objector.
WALTER: You know Dude, I myself dabbled with pacifism at one point. Not in Nam, of course.
DUDE: And you know Smokey has emotional problems!
WALTER: You mean... beyond pacifism?
DUDE: He's fragile, man! He's very fragile!
WALTER: Huh. I did not know that. Well, it's water under the bridge. And we do enter the next round-robin, am I wrong?
DUDE: No, you're not wrong–
WALTER: Am I wrong!
DUDE: You're not wrong, Walter, you're just an asshole."
–Joel and Ethan Coen, The Big Lebowski
Seemed apt, somehow. And whatever our other contentions, I think Josiah, Paul and I can agree that Smokey stepping over the line is not grounds for a just war.
Posted by mesh at April 20, 2006 03:39 PM | TrackBack"The China-man is not the issue here Dude"
Posted by: JosiahQ at April 20, 2006 05:04 PMDo you guys know what would be really great? Let's not let this thread end until we solve the problem.
I mean i know that people have been wrestling with these issues for centuries and centures; but when i listen to all you guys talk about, i really feel like maybe THIS TIME we're going to figure it out.
Let us not give up. Let's resolve this issue for good right here, right now, on chattablogs.
Posted by: isaac at April 20, 2006 05:37 PMI don't know which is more profound, the comedy or the cynicism.
Posted by: paul at April 20, 2006 08:38 PM