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Post by Reptisaurus! on Dec 18, 2015 13:03:13 GMT -5
Right wing indeed is conservative, no going around it. But you could be conservative and not right wing... I was merely saying that in answer to Richard Bishop that his defending of right wing christians seamed more one of the christians, as indeed a right wing christian is by definition conservative. Exactly. These people had a problem with the long hair because they were conservative, not because they were Christian. You can't be TOO down on long haired sandal wearing vagrant hippie types if you're a Christian, right?
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Post by Arthur Gordon Scratch on Dec 18, 2015 13:09:55 GMT -5
My real first name actualy is "Christian", and I've got the longest hair set I've ever seen a man feature, and many of my friends call me a hippie. And I recently linked myself in that other thread about comic book characters likeness with the Walking Dead Character "Jesus", so I guess it's a tad more complicated then that, since I'm an anticlerical atheist
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Dec 18, 2015 13:22:39 GMT -5
Why did Saint Paul say that long hair for a man was a disgrace? Was he perhaps... suffering from early male pattern baldness?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2015 13:27:32 GMT -5
Let me just say that my issues with Superman's long hair had nothing to do with being Christian....
...it just looked kinda funny and out of place on him. Leave the Rambo look to Rambo (and I adore Rambo, he has a big gun...)
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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2015 14:08:18 GMT -5
Let me just say that my issues with Superman's long hair had nothing to do with being Christian.... ...it just looked kinda funny and out of place on him. Leave the Rambo look to Rambo (and I adore Rambo, he has a big gun...) Come on, Jez. It is not the size of the gun that matters...
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Post by The Captain on Dec 18, 2015 14:21:40 GMT -5
Exactly. These people had a problem with the long hair because they were conservative, not because they were Christian. You can't be TOO down on long haired sandal wearing vagrant hippie types if you're a Christian, right? Take the story of Samson. Dude has all kinds of strength when his hair is long, but as soon as it gets cut short, he's weak as a kitten.
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Post by Arthur Gordon Scratch on Dec 18, 2015 14:31:14 GMT -5
Yes, sure, but that's in a fairy tale...
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Dec 18, 2015 15:34:42 GMT -5
I can imagine what Larry Gonick would do with that...
"Phew! That was a close shave!"
"Yes, we got out of a pretty hairy situation".
"You heard that this Samson bloke clobbered us with a jaw he got out of an ass?"
"Man, that sounds painful".
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Post by DE Sinclair on Dec 18, 2015 15:40:16 GMT -5
Yes, sure, but that's in a fairy tale... Actually, it's a story from the Bible. While you may not hold the Bible in any regard, or consider any of the stories in it to be true, it's offensive to many people to refer to them as "fairy tales".
With that being said, perhaps we could turn this thread back to discussing opinions on comic book characters?
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Post by Arthur Gordon Scratch on Dec 18, 2015 15:48:02 GMT -5
Yes, sure, but that's in a fairy tale... Actually, it's a story from the Bible. While you may not hold the Bible in any regard, or consider any of the stories in it to be true, it's offensive to many people to refer to them as "fairy tales".
With that being said, perhaps we could turn this thread back to discussing opinions on comic book characters?
I was commenting on the story of a dude losing all his strengh when getting his hair cut... Bible or not, it sure is fairy tale material, isn't t? I hold the Bible in high regard, read it twice from start to end, some of it was very entertaining, some of it was very offensive as well, but I'm not gonna protest against its exitence as a book...
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Dec 18, 2015 16:18:51 GMT -5
I think the point is, Gordon, that if a Christian story has a hero who derives his power from his long hair, it's unlikely that the religion condemns long hair as a rule, Saint Paul's comments notwithstanding. At least that's how I interpreted Richard's post.
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Post by The Captain on Dec 18, 2015 16:34:25 GMT -5
In keeping with the request to get the thread back on track, I offer the following:
I don't get the appeal of '50s DC books. Stories like Baby Superman, Alien Batman, 100-Foot Tall Jimmy Olsen, Lois Lane marries a gorilla, or the attendant Wonder Tot and Aqualad characters hold absolutely no interest for me, particularly in this day and age after the riches of the later Silver Age and Bronze Age in terms of shared universe continuity and character development.
There. I said it.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2015 16:39:34 GMT -5
In keeping with the request to get the thread back on track, I offer the following: I don't get the appeal of '50s DC books. Stories like Baby Superman, Alien Batman, 100-Foot Tall Jimmy Olsen, Lois Lane marries a gorilla, or the attendant Wonder Tot and Aqualad characters hold absolutely no interest for me, particularly in this day and age after the riches of the later Silver Age and Bronze Age in terms of shared universe continuity and character development. There. I said it. Those ridiculous things are a lot of what I LOVELOVELOVE about DC silver age comics! I read an Adventure Comics issue the other day that had a Tigerparrot. A TIGER AND PARROT. It was hilariously BRILLIANT.
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Dec 18, 2015 17:06:35 GMT -5
In keeping with the request to get the thread back on track, I offer the following: I don't get the appeal of '50s DC books. Stories like Baby Superman, Alien Batman, 100-Foot Tall Jimmy Olsen, Lois Lane marries a gorilla, or the attendant Wonder Tot and Aqualad characters hold absolutely no interest for me, particularly in this day and age after the riches of the later Silver Age and Bronze Age in terms of shared universe continuity and character development. There. I said it. I don't either. On the other hand I am completely willing to admit writers like Frank Miller, Allan Moore, Neil Gaiman, Grant Morrison, and the stories that popularized the comics of the 90's (and maybe late 80's) and the tones they set for comics are reason why I can't take that ridiculous of premises when it comes to, at least, superhero comics. Had I grown up with them and Adam West, instead of what I did and Burton's Batman than maybe I could. But I did and I can't. But I do enjoy Superman's dickery, at least on the covers. That never gets old.
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Post by Prince Hal on Dec 18, 2015 17:40:16 GMT -5
In keeping with the request to get the thread back on track, I offer the following: I don't get the appeal of '50s DC books. Stories like Baby Superman, Alien Batman, 100-Foot Tall Jimmy Olsen, Lois Lane marries a gorilla, or the attendant Wonder Tot and Aqualad characters hold absolutely no interest for me, particularly in this day and age after the riches of the later Silver Age and Bronze Age in terms of shared universe continuity and character development. There. I said it. Liked your first sentence. The rest made me sad. I need to collect myself and talk to Bat-Baby before I can respond. Try to understand him... and me.
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