GORDON: Up there! In the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s…! It’s…!
It’s a cheesy rehash of the same joke we closed out on last time!
EVAN: How dare you, sir.
GORDON: Citizens, today our topic of discussion is Superman, and to a lesser extent, superheroes in general- though you could hardly go wrong to kick off a discussion on the subject by starting with the Big Blue Boy Scout.
Who, for the record, I despise. Continue reading
Posted in comics, crime, Culture War Correspondence, government, morality
Tagged Batman, comic books, crime, Culture War Correspondence, DC, duty, Green Lantern, Last Son of Krypton, Marvel, might is right, morality, obligation, power, Reed Richards, Reed Richards Is Useless, responsibility, rights, Superman, with great power comes great responsibility
As I was walking around doing errands yesterday I began to muse on one of my favourite topics: diversity in media. While this could’ve been a very pleasant stroll on an afternoon that felt much more like spring than winter, my mind felt the need to challenge itself with a question I’m sure often leaves the lips of those who are sick of “having diversity crammed down their throats”: Why is the US held responsible for all of this? Continue reading
Posted in America, comics, feminism, film, lgbt, media, race, television, writing
Tagged America, Andrew Wheeler, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, cisgendered, Comics Alliance, diversity, film, media, race, Renee/Harvey Index, representation, responsibility, straight, television, TV, White men
EVAN: Rooooooooooxaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnne!
Ladies, gentlemen, and others, Gordon and I have come together today to discuss, you guessed it, The Police. You could argue that there are other greater bands from the late 70s, but you would be wrong.
GORDON: I’d like to start off right now with a story about a recent experience I had with the police, if I may-
EVAN: By all means. What was Sting like in person?
GORDON: I wouldn’t know- I only heard ’em screaming at my next door neighbor through the door.
See, readers, I live in what nobody would describe as “good neighborhood”. It’s certainly not as bad as some places, but it’s definitely not a place that anyone wants to be.
In fact, the police shaking down my neighbor for one of his “Known Associates” stated just that. To quote one of ’em “I f-cking hate this [apartment] complex.”
Needless to say, it didn’t exactly inspire confidence within me that if I ever needed help, the boys-in-blue would have my back… Continue reading
Posted in America, Asia, crime, Culture War Correspondence, morality
Tagged accountability, cops, Corruption, crime, Culture War Correspondence, drugs, elected, police, police brutality, power, protection, responsibility, Roxanne, safety, to serve and protect
I wrote about this a long time ago on a vastly inferior blog, and I’m going to state it again here in the first sentence of this post: I don’t want to see people throwing their cigarette butts on the ground.
Two weeks ago the image below popped up on imgur, and being pretty interested in where this conversation could go I clicked to see what the discussion was on reddit.
A good portion consisted of people agreeing that having cigarette butts all over the ground is unsightly, disgusting, and can have a toxic environmental impact. On the other side, however, were smokers complaining that things just aren’t that easy. Continue reading
Posted in environmentalism, health, internet, Shame Day
Tagged ashtray, cigarette butts, cigarettes, environment, environmentalism, excuses, internet, litter, littering, pollution, reddit, responsibility, shame day, smoking, trash
In our weekly discussion yesterday, Evan made mention of “‘It’s Not Easy Being Red’ Gordon,” a reference to the political blog and comic strip I used to write. For anyone who might not be aware by now, yours truly is a Marxist.
And yeah, here’s the obligatory “no, Stalin was to Communism what the Spanish Inquisition was to Christianity; no, we’re about dismantling the state, not expanding it, and no, we don’t like Obama either so please stop saying he’s one of us.”
While I try to keep my admittedly extreme Anarcho-Trotskyist views out of the blog, there’s really no denying that they affect my value system, and while most of the time this means I’m frothing at the mouth at whatever new abomination consumerism spits out, every once in a great while, it means something really catches my attention and admiration.
For this Fame Day, that thing is the co-op. Continue reading
Posted in America, Economy, Fame Day, health, money, politics
Tagged BP oil spill, business, co ops, co-op, collective, Community, credit union, credit unions, deepwater horizon, democracy, economy, freedom, heridtary, innovation, Marxist, monarchy, responsibility, risk, stability, worker
EVAN: Alright, ladies and gents, tonight Gordon and I are going to talk about a subject that may just help blot out the memory that was Man of Steel, and that is: fat people.
It was his suggestion, so I’m going to pass things off to him and get the ball rolling [no pun intended].
GORDON: More specifically, it’s the treatment we seem to offer the overweight in this country. I’m guessing you’ve seen at least one heftier person riding around the aisles of a grocery store in those little scooter things.
EVAN: Not so much here in Canada, but yes, they are indeed around. Again, no pun intended. Continue reading
Posted in advertising, America, Canada, Evan and Gordon Talk, food, health, media, television
Tagged ad, advertising, airplane, anorexia, anorexic, anti smoking, charge for weight, disability, disabled, elderly, fat, fit, genetic, glandular, health, healthy, Homer Simpson, king size homer, obese, obesity, overweight, poverty, responsibility, scooter, smoking, society, television, The Simpsons, thin, tobacco, TV
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