At the risk of sounding contrarian, i kinda feel like the "asshole" post is well...being dismissive of people's personalities. I mean, to equate someone saying dick-esque things with someone who legitimatley has/had mental and emotional issues is a bit of a stretch, but it also places a hugely negative label on people who's social mores an/or their upbringing differs from the 'norm'.
Now i may be reading it differently, or perhaps missing what the gentleman's intended message is, but it sure seem like shaming an 'asshole' to conform to on particular stricture of the current revision of the social contract, instead of taking a moment and perhaps trying to understand where the other is coming from and what they are trying to communicate.
I love this. To me, this essay is just right. I'd like to comment further but i need to digest it a bit more first. Just wanted to say well written and well reasoned!
What gets me, as far as Grave of the Fireflies goes, is that the movie is based on the director's actual life, and that for him...his death instead of his sister's this movie is a happy ending.
Melancholia...i love that movie; makes me feel like i'm not alone.
Compliance...be very sure you aren't eating nor prone to holding murder in your heart before watching that one.
Hardest movie for me personally was prolly All Quiet on the Western Front. Not one shred of sympathy for the viewers has that movie.
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