EB poll of '300'

[Domitius Ulpianus]

2) the message is delivered in such a childish manner by representing the Persians as demons out of the depths of Hell that it loses all credibility it might had had.

Bravo!!! Tiberius this is one of the key elements I have been talking about, since we started discussing 300 in the other thread. That is why I said I compare 300 with a hot dog. It might be tasty, but is still junk food. Now should you denounce it for not being "haute cuisine"? I don't think so, because it never claimed it was. So how can you take so seriously this pretended propaganda if by your own saying it is so "cheap" to even be believable. I really don't get your point here, or is it that you are claiming it SHOULD HAVE BEEN propaganda (because you say you share this demcracy/theocracy view) BUT properly done. I confess I am a little lost here.

Think if you saw a communist propaganda film representing US capitalists as literal vampires, with sharp canine teeth capes and all, who literally feed upon the blood of workers and tell me you would consider that "just art" or that it was "just for fun".

The answer is YES, YES and YES!, the message delivered by the artist doesn't change the principle that art should be FREE!!!

This is precisely what Miller does in the graphic novel with his ridiculously black and white representation of Westerners vs Easterners. It is juvenile and betrays bad taste.

Now for someone who doesn't like black and white version of things, your statement "yes in the conflict of Theocracy and Democracy I would side with Democracy anytime any day" is quite black and white. Personally a long time ago I stopped siding with labeled causes like, democracy, capitalism, left, right, liberal or conservative. I judge a government, a system, etc. by the amount of happiness and prosperity it brings to his people and by the relations it promotes with the rest of the countries/peoples in the world.....but that is just me and my 2 cents.


Peace.