People get mad when someone disses anything they like, not just comics.
That Maher would try to create some controversy and get some ratings by making remarks like that right now when Lee just died only illustrates what a douchebag he is. Besides, as with almost everything Maher talks about, he has only the most superficial understanding of the matter.
But don't worry. Stan Lee will be remembered and remembered in a good way long after Maher is forgotten.
Maher: Remembered for his anti-Muslim terrorist fear-mongering.
Lee: Remembered for speaking out against racism and bigotry in all forms.
Power with Girl is better.
Admittedly, I took this one personally -- but I also ignored even commenting on it until he reportedly "doubled-down" in saying people defending Stan Lee and comics in general were "proving his point" about comic book readers instead of just admitting that, regardless of his personal opinion, someone who doesn't read comics isn't the best judge of said medium.
Ultimately, though, I know most of you are right about this -- Stan (like a modern day Homer) will be cherished and remembered for a long time to come while the less said about Maher, probably the better.
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Just remember: Maher's goal is not to offer views that better society. It's to prompt views of and comments to his website. He and his managers are not going to mention what those numbers actually represent when they use them in negotiating his next contract.
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"When fascism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross." - Sinclair Lewis
“It’s your party and you can cry if you want to.” - Captain Europe
To me, it has always seemed like this guy is bitterly looking back on the stretch that he was on one of the three big broadcast networks with the knowledge that things have moved on from a time when "Comic-Con" was a punchline.
You can bank on that this guy knows to the exact square inch just how much room he believes that "Comics" culture has taken in the public consciousness that he believes is rightfully his for being what I'm sure he believes is more "Serious" entertainment.
Maher's a prick; News at 11.
I think myself and other Athiests would be very happy to have irrefutable evidence of life after death. Possibly more so than devoutly religious people.
Not sure this is much of a controversial opinion, but I wonder if the point has been brought up enough in conversation.
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“It’s your party and you can cry if you want to.” - Captain Europe
I don't know. I think that most people are afraid of dying, of how your life will end, than really by the idea of not existing anymore. I mean, there is no suffering in not existing. I have not existed for billion of years prior to my birth without any problems lol.
A new life after this one? Ok, why not? But what life exactly? Eternal damnation cause i dared to eat meat on Friday, miserable, damnable me? Eternal bliss, for some reason? (whatever that may means)
250 years as tree? 3 as a bee? Careful what you bargain for.
I wonder if it's dying that more people are afraid of or rather, that their life had no meaning or significance with their death being the final, irreclaimable stroke?
Personally, I hate the thought of not existing. Proof of a life beyond this one would imply a degree of significance to existence.
I guess proof of knowledge would include what the life after would entail. That entailment would make all the difference in the world to how people would live their lives in this one.A new life after this one? Ok, why not? But what life exactly? Eternal damnation cause i dared to eat meat on Friday, miserable, damnable me? Eternal bliss, for some reason? (whatever that may means)
250 years as tree? 3 as a bee? Careful what you bargain for.
Sorry everyone. My head is full of big questions and deep thoughts today. Too much coffee I guess.
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"When fascism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross." - Sinclair Lewis
“It’s your party and you can cry if you want to.” - Captain Europe
It's pretty much a fact that some want definite evidence of life after death or even of a higher power. We all have differing levels of needed proof. The mix of religious beliefs and supernatural beliefs can combine to show us that there is something. Then, they can be considered to conflict and one of them must be wrong. Others won't be convinced until they actually die and find something after that.
Are you speaking as an athiest yourself? Just curious.
In my previous post I'm referring to actual, irrefutable scientific evidence.The mix of religious beliefs and supernatural beliefs can combine to show us that there is something. Then, they can be considered to conflict and one of them must be wrong. Others won't be convinced until they actually die and find something after that.
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I believe in something, but am not sure what that is. I doubt I'm an atheist. My post was mainly to classify where different people stood and wasn't meant to pick one belief (or non-belief) over another.
I don't believe anyone goes on pure faith. The proof some people need may be a Biblical verse. Or what their parents or religious educator told them. I respect any criteria one has for their belief. An analogous situation may be scientists and the belief of extraterrestrial life. There are scientists who believe it exists despite no proof of it. However, they base their beliefs on other factors and long odds that every planet out there would crap out. This is NOT confusing aliens stealing people or building the pyramids. This is a belief that there are probably some cellular organisms somewhere hundreds of light years away. Belief and proof aren't the same for everyone.
But those scientist will change their guesses about probability (not really beliefs) if new evidence is presented. There is a catagory of religious believer (certainly not all) that will not deter from their litteral beliefs in the Bible, no matter what evidence is presented.
Difference between atheist and believers dying. Atheists think, oh well, this is it. But if I am wrong, that's nice that I still exist. For a believer, hey, I am going to heaven, but if I am wrong...OH SHI**?
There came a time when the Old Gods died! The Brave died with the Cunning! The Noble perished locked in battle with unleashed Evil! It was the last day for them! An ancient era was passing in fiery holocaust!