Hermit Posted September 8, 2022 Report Share Posted September 8, 2022 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-62836057 Looks like her majesty is under medical supervision. And the entire family is gathering? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted September 8, 2022 Report Share Posted September 8, 2022 Nothing to worry about just yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted September 8, 2022 Report Share Posted September 8, 2022 Time for a Corgi Coup! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndianaJoe3 Posted September 8, 2022 Report Share Posted September 8, 2022 19 hours ago, Pariah said: NIMBY much? Town After Town, Residents Are Fighting Affordable Housing in Connecticut Yeah, this happens. Sometimes the location isn't appropriate. One proposed development in Berlin CT would have put a high-density development into a borderline-rural area. OTOH, there's an apartment complex being built on the site of a former motel on the Berlin Turnpike, which is much more suitable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BNakagawa Posted September 8, 2022 Report Share Posted September 8, 2022 Old Man, Tom Cowan and Pattern Ghost 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted September 8, 2022 Report Share Posted September 8, 2022 Condolences to our friends over in the UK and Canada.* *and Australia. 😃 Sorry, Seeker fans, was trying to remember if you were also still under the monarchy and forgot to come back and fix it. Bazza 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted September 9, 2022 Report Share Posted September 9, 2022 *redacted* assault 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted September 9, 2022 Report Share Posted September 9, 2022 I hate to do this to Pattern Ghost but try amending it to UK and the Commonwealth, or Commonwealth of Nations, and you'll have a catch all for everyone. Pattern Ghost 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csyphrett Posted September 9, 2022 Report Share Posted September 9, 2022 22 hours ago, IndianaJoe3 said: Yeah, this happens. Sometimes the location isn't appropriate. One proposed development in Berlin CT would have put a high-density development into a borderline-rural area. OTOH, there's an apartment complex being built on the site of a former motel on the Berlin Turnpike, which is much more suitable. I have to agree with Joe. There are two proposed places being fought by residents since one appears to be at the end of a development with no way to get to a main street except through the development and the other is supposed to be right at the entrance of another development behind a shopping mall. There was another development nixed by Clemmons. The spot was in the same area as others already there close to the shopping strip on Clemmons Rd/Stratford Rd CES TrickstaPriest 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted September 9, 2022 Report Share Posted September 9, 2022 Grailknight, Old Man, Lawnmower Boy and 2 others 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragitsu Posted September 9, 2022 Report Share Posted September 9, 2022 Two wrongs don't make a right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted September 9, 2022 Report Share Posted September 9, 2022 25 minutes ago, Ragitsu said: Two wrongs don't make a right? But three rights make a left. Lawnmower Boy and TrickstaPriest 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted September 9, 2022 Report Share Posted September 9, 2022 23 minutes ago, Ragitsu said: Two wrongs don't make a right? The issue is the basis for the objection, and its highly subjective application. As a counter, tho, one can argue many of these took place before it was even a consideration, particularly during the heyday of the Hollywood star system. And figure, too: multiple centuries of Christian iconography present Christ as white. So...it's not as simple as the tweet presents. It never is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragitsu Posted September 9, 2022 Report Share Posted September 9, 2022 It would have been far more interesting to explore an already extant and distinct "ethnic" people native to Middle Earth, such as the Haradrim or the Easterlings; hell, it could have been a great opportunity to show more nuance to their cultures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragitsu Posted September 9, 2022 Report Share Posted September 9, 2022 33 minutes ago, Pattern Ghost said: But three rights make a left. Of course: even traditionally conservative families still occasionally churn out liberal/Democratic/progressive/et cetera sons and daughters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted September 9, 2022 Report Share Posted September 9, 2022 1 hour ago, Starlord said: At least one Tolkien scholar says that elves, dwarves, etc. don't all have to be fair-skinned. Are All Tolkien Elves Fair-skinned? Is It True There is Racism in The Lord of the Rings? DShomshak 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted September 9, 2022 Report Share Posted September 9, 2022 1 hour ago, Ragitsu said: It would have been far more interesting to explore an already extant and distinct "ethnic" people native to Middle Earth, such as the Haradrim or the Easterlings; hell, it could have been a great opportunity to show more nuance to their cultures. I suppose so, but on the flip side...who cares about em? That's not meant to be personal. It's just that there's no fan connection to them. Expanding on them is something world-building geeks like (yeah, I count myself), but the majority want to start from something familiar. Plus, here's the background info on the Haradrim:https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Haradrim Dark skinned, barbaric, warlike, oppressed periodically, evil. What kind of picture does THAT paint? And what kind of reaction would be generated? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted September 10, 2022 Report Share Posted September 10, 2022 2 hours ago, Pattern Ghost said: But three rights make a left. John Lennon was asked by a television reporter at the end of the Beatles' first tour of the United States, "How did you find America?" Lennon replied: "I turned left at Greenland." Pattern Ghost 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Old Man Posted September 10, 2022 Report Share Posted September 10, 2022 1 hour ago, unclevlad said: I suppose so, but on the flip side...who cares about em? That's not meant to be personal. It's just that there's no fan connection to them. Expanding on them is something world-building geeks like (yeah, I count myself), but the majority want to start from something familiar. Plus, here's the background info on the Haradrim:https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Haradrim Dark skinned, barbaric, warlike, oppressed periodically, evil. What kind of picture does THAT paint? And what kind of reaction would be generated? The Haradrim were “evil” due to spending millennia under the corrupting influence of Morgoth and Sauron. I dimly recall that in the Fourth Age they were supposed to become much more peaceful, having finally been freed from the corruption. Can’t remember where I read that though. Ragitsu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragitsu Posted September 10, 2022 Report Share Posted September 10, 2022 Surely, not all of them turned to evil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BNakagawa Posted September 10, 2022 Report Share Posted September 10, 2022 2 hours ago, Starlord said: TrickstaPriest 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted September 10, 2022 Report Share Posted September 10, 2022 1 hour ago, Ragitsu said: Surely, not all of them turned to evil. They did, but don't call them Shirley. MrWolf, Lawnmower Boy and Lee 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted September 10, 2022 Report Share Posted September 10, 2022 2 hours ago, Old Man said: The Haradrim were “evil” due to spending millennia under the corrupting influence of Morgoth and Sauron. I dimly recall that in the Fourth Age they were supposed to become much more peaceful, having finally been freed from the corruption. Can’t remember where I read that though. The Appendices, I believe, possibly in The Tale of Arwen and Aragorn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted September 10, 2022 Report Share Posted September 10, 2022 Tolkien Gateway noted there were some who didn't, but by and large, they did. The influence of Morgoth first, then Sauron, covered most of the First and Second Ages. And Numenor wasn't exactly coming in as liberators. 2 Wizards worked in the East. Apparently, late in life, Tolkien changed the story with these: https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Blue_Wizards#Later_writings But still, it's a lot like the French Resistance under Nazi occupation...for millenia. Not sure there's a story there to draw a large crowd, particularly since there was no major event connected to it to serve as a point of reference/calling card. (As in "many Bothans died to get us this information.") If we constrast this with, say, the Second Age and the story they're laying out in The Rings of Power...there's a lot of spectacularly cool stuff to do, before things fall apart. I still have mixed feelings about watching it, but I'm more inclined to watch Second Age stuff than First Age. First Age is just disaster after disaster once Ungoliant poisons the Trees. (And it's probably too idyllic to be interesting before that, IIRC.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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