enter the fray: our reader discussion forum

Browse by Tags

Donny's Funeral = Republican Election Tactics
I've subscribed the the Walter as a neocon view of this movie since I first saw it, drawn in contrast to the traditional John Wayne narrator. But this article doesn't draw enough out of the funeral scene, which discusses the politics of ''sacrifice'' and mirrors how the Republicans are currently playing the ''service'' card against Democrats. ...
Posted to DVD Extras by dgosh on September 12, 2008
Re: Rowling, Sacrifice, Christianity
I'm afraid I have to disagree with you on this point. Harry's survival doesn't make the book anti Christian in the least, if anything it does the opposite. It seems to me that the foundation of Christianity is not that Jesus died on a cross, but rather that by offering himself as a sacrifice he overcomes death, albeit spritual. In the case of ...
Posted to The Book Club by salty_bob on July 30, 2007