http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Mon, 9 May 2005 22:41:03 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/05/09/102030.php#comment-150366 i liked jedi trial better 150366@blogcritics.org Mon, 9 May 2005 22:41:03 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/05/09/102030.php#comment-150087 Interesting ethical dilemma. I think we wouldn't laud him, but we would be relieved and satisfied that some form of justice had been leveled. 150087@blogcritics.org Mon, 9 May 2005 13:26:12 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/05/09/102030.php#comment-150083 Two wrongs don't make a right. 150083@blogcritics.org Mon, 9 May 2005 13:22:25 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/05/09/102030.php#comment-150042 Well, Darth Vader's slaying of the Emperor, fount of much bloodshed across the galaxy might be considered sufficient expiation of his own evil. But then again, if Al Zubaidah killed Osama, would we laud him? 150042@blogcritics.org Mon, 9 May 2005 12:06:42 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/05/09/102030.php#comment-150038 "From Great Evil rises Great Good" While the Buddhist philosophy of Good and Evil being the two intwined forces that make up the Universe has been incorporated in Star wars, the other intrinsic element- karma seems to have been left out. Last night when I watched the spirits of Yoda,Obi Wan and Anakin's smile at the celebrating freedom fighters I was struck by a thought that Anakin had accumulated a lot of negative karma and therefore had no business being with the enlightened souls like Yoda or Obiwan. George Lucus seems to have given a fairy tale ending where everyone even after death seem to live happily ever after. 150038@blogcritics.org Mon, 9 May 2005 12:00:43 EDT