Ok, I would normally feel offended but this is so disjointed rambling, I find it simply amusing. Just wtf? :D
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/03/jeremy-irons-on-gay-marri_n_3009495.html?ir=Gay+Voices
Is he a tragic character?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BV3roWM0DSs
Quote from: Martinus on April 05, 2013, 01:03:11 PM
Ok, I would normally feel offended but this is so disjointed rambling, I find it simply amusing. Just wtf? :D
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/03/jeremy-irons-on-gay-marri_n_3009495.html?ir=Gay+Voices
Why would you be offended?
Quote from: Martinus on April 05, 2013, 01:03:11 PM
Ok, I would normally feel offended
You really should look into that.
I don't see anything here that a reasonable person would be offended by. It certainly is rambling, but the idea of a father marrying a son for tax reasons isn't one I had thought of before, and is an amusing and clever hypothetical.
I know it is the HuffPost so we are supposed to sneer at the people the HuffPost writers sneer at, but this seems to be a innocuous stream-of-consciousness response to a fairly innocuous question.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBzB1ARVTxg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBzB1ARVTxg)
He is a bit eccentric. He was in a huge battle with his neighbours in Ireland over whether or not he could paint his 12th century tower peach. I think he won in the end.
Don't know if he's crazy, but he's certainly over rated.
He sounds delightful. :)
Looking forward to season 3 of the Borgias. :)
Quote from: grumbler on April 05, 2013, 05:40:23 PM
I don't see anything here that a reasonable person would be offended by. It certainly is rambling, but the idea of a father marrying a son for tax reasons isn't one I had thought of before, and is an amusing and clever hypothetical.
I know it is the HuffPost so we are supposed to sneer at the people the HuffPost writers sneer at, but this seems to be a innocuous stream-of-consciousness response to a fairly innocuous question.
He seems crazed but I don't think I could find fault if someone was offended by the early bit where he worries if gays fighting for the name debases what marriage is.
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on April 05, 2013, 05:55:58 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBzB1ARVTxg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBzB1ARVTxg)
:)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFfxSHhZt4g
He's definitely a little out there.
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on April 05, 2013, 05:55:58 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBzB1ARVTxg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBzB1ARVTxg)
:D
Looks to me like a jet-lagged actor rambling on about stuff that he claims no special knowledge about :hmm:
Stephen Colbert's rebuttal was hillarious by the way.
Quote from: garbon on April 05, 2013, 09:26:01 PM
Quote from: grumbler on April 05, 2013, 05:40:23 PM
I don't see anything here that a reasonable person would be offended by. It certainly is rambling, but the idea of a father marrying a son for tax reasons isn't one I had thought of before, and is an amusing and clever hypothetical.
I know it is the HuffPost so we are supposed to sneer at the people the HuffPost writers sneer at, but this seems to be a innocuous stream-of-consciousness response to a fairly innocuous question.
He seems crazed but I don't think I could find fault if someone was offended by the early bit where he worries if gays fighting for the name debases what marriage is.
Or the part where he uses a marrying-a-dog analogy in a rambling rant about gay marriage.
Dog marries man isn't news.
So, Marty you didn't a problem with the incest thing then?
Quote from: Razgovory on April 06, 2013, 02:34:58 AM
So, Marty you didn't a problem with the incest thing then?
Not really. He is right that the only reasonable justification against incest is a possibility of transmitting genetic disease to offspring - something absent in same sex relationships.
Quote from: Martinus on April 06, 2013, 02:18:35 AM
Or the part where he uses a marrying-a-dog analogy in a rambling rant about gay marriage.
Yeah, but that's not really offensive. I mean, sure, it's not nice to ask those sorts of questions where perverts can hear, but it's a reasonable thing to wonder about.
Quote from: Martinus on April 06, 2013, 02:18:35 AM
Or the part where he uses a marrying-a-dog analogy in a rambling rant about gay marriage.
I can see why you would be offended by your delusions about what he said, but in the actual interview he makes no such analogy and doesn't rant. Maybe you should take your reactions to your delusions to some board that caters to deluded people. Here, it just sounds pathetic.
Thread over.
Ok, I reconsidered my view and no longer think that what he said was offensive.
Quote from: Pitiful Pathos on April 05, 2013, 09:07:32 PM
Looking forward to season 3 of the Borgias. :)
Indeed. I've bee watching this non stop all weekend. Primed for season3. While they took liberties with History - it wasn't as glaring or jarring as in HBO's Rome. And the one who plays Cesare is a Quebecer (and who would have thought - no accent whatsoever) - and hot as shit! I rooted for the one who played Juan at first but the character became so thoroughly unpleasant, so quickly, I was praying for his demise - and it happened!
So returning to Irons - he did/does a great job with this character - sometimes commending - sometimes playful - sometimes ridiculous... definitely *not* a one-dimentional character.
G.
Jeremy Irons Slams Bloomberg "Nanny State" | HPL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=K6eESTwC9OQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=K6eESTwC9OQ)
Quote from: Martinus on April 06, 2013, 07:47:22 AM
Quote from: Razgovory on April 06, 2013, 02:34:58 AM
So, Marty you didn't a problem with the incest thing then?
Not really. He is right that the only reasonable justification against incest is a possibility of transmitting genetic disease to offspring - something absent in same sex relationships.
Wrong.