Cynicism
Watching E.T. earlier today, it occurred to me that I have more trouble believing federal agents would be as kind as Peter Coyote’s character if E.T. actually came to earth than I have trouble believing E.T. would come to earth in the first place.
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October 26th, 2008 at 6:52 pm
Was that the new “enhanced” E.T. or the original? If the new one, what did you think of the new scenes?
October 27th, 2008 at 10:19 am
It was the original - the feds still had guns. I’d have been even MORE bitingly cynical if this had been the gun-free remake, since unarmed feds are an even further stretch of credibility than the armed-yet-friendly feds from the original.
October 29th, 2008 at 11:05 pm
Yeah, well. A cynic is what an idealist calls a realist.
On the other hand, we have less today to fear from everything-else-besides-government than ever before. Is that cynical?
I don’t think you (and I) are really as cynical as we sometimes appear.
-TimK