Sean Connery Dies at Age 90. Remembered as 'The Best of Many' James Bonds (chicagotribune.com) 140
In 1962 Sean Connery became the first actor to appear in movies as secret agent James Bond, and according to long-time Slashdot reader schwit1 was "The best of the many Bonds, by far."
An anonymous reader writes: Connery influenced the character deeply. The Huffington Post once wrote that James Bond wasn't Scottish until Sean Connery played the role. Ian Fleming was still writing his series of James Bond novels, and "After seeing Connery in Dr. No and thinking the actor did a superb job, Fleming wrote Connery's heritage into the character. In the book You Only Live Twice, Fleming wrote that James Bond's father was Scottish and was from the town of Glencoe. Coincidentally, Connery would film Highlander in Glencoe decades later."
Sir Sean Connery — he was also knighted in the year 2000 — performed many other iconic roles throught his long career, even playing the father of Harrison Ford's character in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Leaving Bond behind, Connery appeared in many historical dramas, including the World War II movies The Longest Day and A Bridge Too Far, as well as The Man Who Would Be King, The Name of the Rose, and (in 2003) The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. But throughout his life he was always in demand for high-quality action films, from The Hunt for Red October to The Rock, even co-starring with Catherine Zeta-Jones in the romantic caper film Entrapment at the age of 69.
And in Terry Gilliam's movie Time Bandits, Connery appears as more than one character, hinting that beneath the individual roles lay some timeless embodiment of strength and goodness itself.
An anonymous reader writes: Connery influenced the character deeply. The Huffington Post once wrote that James Bond wasn't Scottish until Sean Connery played the role. Ian Fleming was still writing his series of James Bond novels, and "After seeing Connery in Dr. No and thinking the actor did a superb job, Fleming wrote Connery's heritage into the character. In the book You Only Live Twice, Fleming wrote that James Bond's father was Scottish and was from the town of Glencoe. Coincidentally, Connery would film Highlander in Glencoe decades later."
Sir Sean Connery — he was also knighted in the year 2000 — performed many other iconic roles throught his long career, even playing the father of Harrison Ford's character in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Leaving Bond behind, Connery appeared in many historical dramas, including the World War II movies The Longest Day and A Bridge Too Far, as well as The Man Who Would Be King, The Name of the Rose, and (in 2003) The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. But throughout his life he was always in demand for high-quality action films, from The Hunt for Red October to The Rock, even co-starring with Catherine Zeta-Jones in the romantic caper film Entrapment at the age of 69.
And in Terry Gilliam's movie Time Bandits, Connery appears as more than one character, hinting that beneath the individual roles lay some timeless embodiment of strength and goodness itself.
Not buying it. (Score:3)
This happened in You Only Live Twice.
Fool me once...
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What, Sean Connery was shot in Hong Kong while in bed with a hot Chinese woman??
WHAT A WAY TO GO!!
Sad (Score:5, Funny)
I am both shaken and stirred by this sad news.
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Too soon! But it made me laugh. Now I feel guilty. And it's your fault.
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Too soon! But it made me laugh. Now I feel guilty. And it's your fault.
Don't feel guilty. Sir Connery got a chuckle, I'm sure.
RIP Mr. Connery. You held many a great role and wished for more recognition across your entire body of work. We loved it all. The star merely shines brightest over Bond. James Bond.
Shad it ish... (Score:2)
Sho long Shean... [youtube.com]
Oscar Winner Sean Connery (Score:3)
Re: Oscar Winner Sean Connery (Score:2)
He was in The Longest Day well before he starred in James Bond. I dont even know if his character had a name, but he had a couple memorable lines over 2 scenes and worked essentially as comedic relief for the film.
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He was a lowlander actually.
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He played a good Russian.
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I like Bond, but I prefer The Man who would be King, and The Name of the Rose.
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Good luck finding The Name of the rose in North America to purchase (or even rent digitally), I've found it on windows rentals but no purchase available. Apparently I read its about that love scene with the girl and Slater, Slater was under 18 when he filmed that, so most places wont carry it.
I agree though, to me its one of his top 5 movies.
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I have it on DVD, region 4 (Australia). There's some behind-the-scenes stuff, interviews, etc.
I believe Slater's mother was present during filming of "that" scene.
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Well that must have been awkward...I read that they didn't tell him what was going to happen and wanted his genuine surprised response. I'll have to look for a hard copy since its getting so hard to find.
Sort of strange they can't just cut that scene a little short, its not like we need to know what happened any further with a properly placed cut.
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Fun fact, in the 1996 film "The Rock" his character was a British agent for Her Majesty's Secret Service who had been secretly jailed in the US for 30 years so he was basically playing James Bond again. I dont think he would have taken the part and that backstory if he still hated the character. Same as Leonard Nimoy who named a book "I am not Spock" then years later changed his mind and wrote the book "I am Spock".
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Indeed. Zardoz is so underrated. [squarespace-cdn.com]
FYTFY. That must have been when his dementia set in.
He died as he lived (Score:4, Insightful)
In his luxury house in the Bahamas ranting about how much he loved Scotland.
Like a lot of emigrants (Score:3)
They make a big deal about how wonderful the country they left is and try and make their new country Just Like Home. I don't understand the mentality - if their country of origin is that wonderful why did they leave? Go back and pay your fucking taxes if you like it so much.
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Why do you think "he left his cluntry"?
He made "vacation" on the bahamas - because it is getting cold in Shottland, at that age I would do the same in winter.
And with COVID and such he probably could not get home with out quarantine anyway.
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Bollocks. Why would you post a lie about something so well known and easy to validate. He stopped donating to the Scottish Nationalists in 2001 exactly because he wasn't eligible under new laws restricting overseas funding.
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Why do you think I wrote "vacation" in quotes? :P I don't need to know anything or google anything about Sir Sean.
You have a mental problem?
I'm not lying, just for your interest
We have this problem in Nevada (Score:2)
>They make a big deal about how wonderful the country they left is and
>try and make their new country Just Like Home.
This is why I want to build a wall.
On the western border of Nevada . . .
hawk
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In his luxury house in the Bahamas ranting about how much he loved Scotland.
Scotland is best admired from a distance.
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Similar to the way Florida is best admired: from a window in a departing jumbo jet.
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their
there
and they're.
They should be glad for the French to make the USA the World power and making their language hegemonic in the modern World. Because without French help, the Colonists would have lost and the US would still be a Great Britain colony or at in Canada's shoes.
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Fortunately the US saved us from such tyranny. Now "their", "there", and "they're" are just alternate spellings of each other.
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Fortunately the US saved us from such tyranny. Now "their", "there", and "they're" are just alternate spellings of each other.
Their literally the same word now.
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I can't even.
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But can you odd?
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As God was creating Scotland, Saint Peter looked over His shoulder and said with concern "Lord, the mountains are so beautiful, the heather in the highlands smells so sweet, the lasses are lovely, and the lads are so handsome, that people may confuse Scotland with Heaven itself."
"No Pete", God replied. "No one will mistake Scotland for Heaven. Wait till you see who I am going to give them as neighbors."
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If you've never worn a kilt, you don't know what you're missing. The airflow and the sheer amount of wool somehow makes them somehow warm in the cold and cool in the heat. A good sporran provides your own personal drum accompaniment as you walk. And then there's the blushes o the lassies.
Also, haggis is essentially sausage. And it's delicious.
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If you've never worn a kilt, you don't know what you're missing. The airflow and the sheer amount of wool somehow makes them somehow warm in the cold and cool in the heat. A good sporran provides your own personal drum accompaniment as you walk. And then there's the blushes o the lassies.
Also, haggis is essentially sausage. And it's delicious.
But ya' canna' defend the bagpipes can ya' lad?!
Re: He died as he lived (Score:2)
Hell, even Sean Connery says it takes an Irishman to play the pipes.
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But ya' canna' defend the bagpipes can ya' lad?!
The Scots are often blamed for bagpipes, but the Persians, Greeks, and even the Irish had them first.
Bagpipes - Ancient origins [wikipedia.org]
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But ya' canna' defend the bagpipes can ya' lad?!
The Scots are often blamed for bagpipes, but the Persians, Greeks, and even the Irish had them first.
Bagpipes - Ancient origins [wikipedia.org]
Yeah, yeah yeah, They
made it an obnoxious ritual at weddings and funerals.
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True, but efficacy is still debated. Do the damned things scare you, make you run away, or fire you up to kill the bastards that are making all that racket?
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Historical trivia: The final charge of the French Imperial Guard at Waterloo was actually an attempt to silence the bagpipes.
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If you've ever had the pipes and drums played close to you, you'd know.
They raise goose bumps on me, so yes, they get me fired up.
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Good lord, you should go into marketing.
Sorry, but I find a good pair of pants to be superior to a kilt in every way.
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If you're going to bitch about how crazy and fucked-up te Scots are, and you don't mention inventing the game of golf, then you're completely missing the boat.
Oh. My God! You have spanked me! Golf! How the fuck did I miss THAT!!
Expectations (Score:2)
I didn't think he was the best (Score:3)
To me it always seemed like he was reading off a cheat board just off camera and if you watch his bonds now they seem fairly wooden though for the era his acting was par for the course. Personally I'd rate Dalton as the best Bond actor (though not the best Bond films by a long way) followed by Craig who has had the best films IMO.
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That was George Lazenby.
I thought Dalton was a decent Bond, maybe just a hair below Brosnan. But Connery and Craig are the best Bonds by far.
I'm not a big fan of the Moore films, although I'll watch one if I'm really bored.
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Agreed. Moore was better as The Saint. I do love Live and Let Die for the music and some of the iconic action scenes. Much acting, dialog and studio scenery was 2nd-rate, so that's when I run off and do a quick chore until then next good scene.
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Yeah, I have to admit Live and Let Die is my favorite of the Moore films, which is weird because it's painful to watch in some ways (and the way Yaphet Kotto dies is pretty ridiculous). I do get a kick out of the fact that the Baron Samedi character apparently might be the "real" Baron Samedi at the end.
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You're the (Score:2)
man now dog! Honestly I thought that movie was a joke but it's actually pretty good. Spawned a million memes too at ytmnd.org
rip Juan Sánchez-Villalobos Ramírez (Score:2)
Sir Sean Connery was one of the great ones. Fortunately his work will live on. rip
Outland (Score:2)
Possibly his best (sci-fi) role, super underrated flick. Always seemed like an unofficial Alien spin-off. He killed it in this.
https://youtu.be/mYc2GQyrAlw [youtu.be]
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you're forgetting about zardoz of course!
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Absurdist sci-fi. It is horrible and brilliant, a rambling mess of perfect nonsense yet all the more engaging for it. Zardoz is a perfectly bad movie, and it is glorious.
ill take the pen is mightier for $500 alex (Score:5, Funny)
Sean Connery: I've got to ask you about the Penis Mightier.
Alex Trebek: What? No. No, no, that is The Pen is Mightier.
Sean Connery: Gussy it up however you want, Trebek. What matters is does it work? Will it really mighty my penis, man?
Alex Trebek: It's not a product, Mr. Connery.
Sean Connery: Because I've ordered devices like that before â" wasted a pretty penny, I don't mind telling you. And if The Penis Mightier works, I'll order a dozen.
Alex Trebek: It's not a Penis Mightier, Mr. Connery. There's no such thing!
Nicholas Cage: Wait, wait, wait.. are you selling Penis Mightiers?
Alex Trebek: No! No, I'm not.
Sean Connery: Well, you're sitting on a gold mine, Trebek!
RIP
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+1
RIP
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Re: The Hunt for Red October (Score:2)
The Hunt for Red October is how I learned Lithuania is basically the Scotland of Russia.
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I have actually used that lesson.
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One ping.
RIP In Peace (Score:2)
"Old" (Score:2)
Hollywood usually throws actors out to dry when they get around 45. He's one of the few who "was allowed" to stay on.
Kind of like coders.
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Marko Ramius (Score:2)
Sean Connery was such a badass, such a remarkable screen presence, that he could play a Russian submarine commander with a Scottish accent and nobody batted an eye.
https://youtu.be/DWjJlErBPX4 [youtu.be]
One ping only? (Score:2)
Let's not forget his other roles. RIP.
David Niven was Bond before Connery was bond. (Score:2)
In 1962 Sean Connery became the first actor to appear in movies as secret agent James Bond, and according to long-time Slashdot reader schwit1 was "The best of the many Bonds, by far."
Editor David needs to do some research.
David Niven was James Bond before Sean Connery became Bond.
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Sorry, I was wrong. I just seemed to recall that that version Casino Royale was older because it had that weird vibe that didn't fit with anything else.
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Score:2)
It's a shame that The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen essentially ended his career. Of course it didn't literally end it - Connery was offered many other roles and could pretty chose any project he wanted to participate in. However it left such a bad taste in his mouth - Connery clashed with the director during production, and the film was not received well by critics or the public - that he decided to retire for good. That film was supposed to have been a franchise, but like The Mummy (2017), the initi
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Only the Second-Best James Bond (Score:2)
Not to speak ill of the dead, but Daniel Craig is actually a better James Bond. His body language says "I am a dangerous man" without him even opening his mouth.
Re: One ping only please (Score:2)
Shome thingsh in here don't reoct well to bulletsh
Re: You're dead, Jim. (Score:5, Insightful)
Re: You're dead, Jim. (Score:5, Funny)
No Zardoz?
What were these writers thinking?
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Zed: "The gun is good..."
James Bond: "Aye, that it is."
Zed: "...the penis is evil."
James Bond: "Now wait a minute!"
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Best Bond line.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?... [youtube.com]
Of course you are!
Sean Connery was a singer, too! (Score:2)
Sean Connery actually sings in "Darby O'Gill and The Little People" [youtube.com].
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Sean Connery as Bond was a shameless womanizer.
Connery was playing a somewhat watered down version of Bond from the books. No, really. The books had Bond being far more violent toward women than the movies. The BBC had an article (can't find it at the moment) about the history of Fleming's books including how they were heavily censored for a time and the first movie almost wasn't allowed to be shown.
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Re: Let Bond Die (Score:4, Insightful)
If you think bond being a shamless womanizer is bad, wait until you read about Sean Connerys views on how to treat women.
If you think attacking a man for a singular issue in an attempt to smear his entire existence furthering championing the stupidity of Cancel Culture is bad, wait until you come across someone shameless enough to do that while his corpse is still warm, and his children's tears still flow.
Connery first stated his views on slapping women in 1965. Then he spent the next 30 years beloved by all in countless roles on the silver screen, identified by People magazine as Sexiest Man Alive in 1989. He re-confirmed his stance on slapping in 1995, which apparently was so horrific that People magazine doubled down and named him Sexist Man of the Century in 1999, and was further "punished" for his attitude by becoming Sir Sean Connery in 2000.
I wonder how many women voted for that.
And it was Pierce Brosnan's 007 that suffered the wrath of feminism in the 90's when writers chose to use his boss (M) to attack damn near everything about him that made him 007. Even Brosnan himself didn't agree that Bond was considered a "sexist, misogynist, dinosaur."
Oh, Millennials have something to say to the man who kept a marriage together for 40+ years? Let me get my popcorn. This should be rich...
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> an attempt to smear his entire existence furthering championing the stupidity of Cancel Culture
Pointing out something bad about someone and what you describe are not the same thing.
You chose to attack one singular aspect of his life, initiated almost half a century ago, which is exactly the tactic of Cancel Culture. The man gave countless performances in his life, contributed to hundreds of charities, and yet the focus was immediately drawn to two interviews within hours of his death announcement, in an attempt to smear his entire name. You know you did exactly that, so no sense in denying it, regardless if it happens to be the one thing you hate.
Bond played a shameless womanizer,
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Holy shit, relax dude.
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Holy shit, relax dude.
Sorry, you're right. I am both a fan of Sean Connery, as much as I am not a fan of fucking cancel culture. Shit has gotten beyond old, and it was kind of a double-whammy yesterday.
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Wow you are the true personification of right wing fragility.
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Wow you are the true personification of right wing fragility.
Bahahahaha!!! Holy shit, thank you for THAT laugh! I needed that after the news. Yes, of course. "Right wing" fragility is so often aligned with liberal snowflakes who melt down when life threatens their fragile neutered world. Yes, it's you who is right on that, and the rest of the world is wrong.
Damn that was funny. Got any more?
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You are quite fascinating, my dude.
Someone doesn't 100% agree with you on something, possibly making you actually think about your opinions and you throw a complete shitfit, and yet somehow it's the liberals' fault.
Is it the liberals' fault you stubbed your toe this morning too?
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You are quite fascinating, my dude.
Someone doesn't 100% agree with you on something, possibly making you actually think about your opinions and you throw a complete shitfit, and yet somehow it's the liberals' fault.
Is it the liberals' fault you stubbed your toe this morning too?
Uh, you were the one who tried to define my stance against the stupidity of Cancel Culture as right or left. No, it's just stupid, and intelligent humans should say something.
The only thing that is somewhat fascinating here, is watching fragile humans worship the religion of PC-correctness, as they ironically destroy damn near every argument with blinding hypocrisy.
But now, you have peaked my curiousity. Please feel free to elaborate on the point I was making here against someone smearing someone's name
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Uh, you were the one who tried to define my stance against the stupidity of Cancel Culture as right or left.
eh? are you replying to my sig or to the post?
The only thing that is somewhat fascinating here, is watching fragile humans worship the religion of PC-correctness,
You don't appear to be PC, so you're demonstrating that fragility isn't a PC thing.
But now, you have peaked my curiousity.
Piqued.
smearing someone's name
Fragility now OVER 9000! Reporting entirely accurately on something someone has said, r
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Fucking hell. Way to defend the stupidity of Cancel Culture. Enjoy sitting in the ignorant minority with that, because I can assure you the majority of humans hate that stupid shit, for two obvious reasons.
One, humans make mistakes. That includes you too, moron.
Two, we humans should not be forever remembered for our mistakes. You seem to want to defend that biting attacking shit under the guise of Free Speech. Perhaps the hypocrisy will finally slap you in the face when common sense plays your game, an
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Me: I don't actually claim anything either positive or negative in my sig about cancel culture.
You: Fucking hell. Way to defend the stupidity of Cancel Culture.
Brilliant!
One, humans make mistakes. That includes you too, moron.
When did I ever say I didn't? Thing is something that someone says repeatedly and stands by isn't a "mistake". This wasn't a slip of the tongue or something he went back on, it was part of who he was.
Now we could have a fine discussion on the wisdom of judging people from essentially a
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...something that someone says repeatedly and stands by isn't a "mistake". This wasn't a slip of the tongue or something he went back on, it was part of who he was.
Sure. And the world clearly didn't give a shit. You know, kind of like turning a blind eye to Mr. Bidens mental challenges (Trump may be just as broken in your mind or mine, but it's still a form of cruelty to do this to the man.)
Now we could have a fine discussion on the wisdom of judging people from essentially another time by the standards of today, but you won't do that.
We are having that "fine" discussion. Right now, because the "wise" parent singled out and judged a person based on half-century old comments. If you're shifting it away from that, then you are conveniently moving the goalposts to make this 100% about Free Speech, which we both
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Sure. And the world clearly didn't give a shit.
Well clearly some people did.
Right now, because the "wise" parent singled out and judged a person based on half-century old comments
You are exaggerating, why? Or are you unaware of more recent ones?
Iy you're shifting it away from that, then you are conveniently moving the goalposts to make this 100% about Free Speech,
Dude, you brought up my sig. When I address points YOU raised, it's not me moving the goalposts.
That worldview, is held by the majority of decen
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Sure. And the world clearly didn't give a shit.
Well clearly some people did.
Right now, because the "wise" parent singled out and judged a person based on half-century old comments
You are exaggerating, why? Or are you unaware of more recent ones?
Connery's comments being discussed here happened in 1965. And were re-confirmed again in 1995. If you're not going to keep up like and adult in this conversation, then stop posting.
Iy you're shifting it away from that, then you are conveniently moving the goalposts to make this 100% about Free Speech,
Dude, you brought up my sig. When I address points YOU raised, it's not me moving the goalposts.
Your sig, hit dead in the heart of this issue. Practically custom-made for this conversation. A signature, tends to imply a lot about a persons viewpoint.
That worldview, is held by the majority of decent humans who do not choose to abuse Free Speech to trample on fresh graves.
And what did I do precisely that counts as trampling?
Defending Free Speech no matter what. Again, keep up with the conversation and my main point. We agree on Free Speech. What we do NOT agree on, is the decency between hum
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Connery's comments being discussed here happened in 1965. And were re-confirmed again in 1995. If you're not going to keep up like and adult in this conversation, then stop posting.
Yeah he said it again in 1995. That's not 50 years ago. If you're going to keep on stripping out inconvenient facts that hurt your feeling like a kid in this conversation, then stop posting.
Your sig, hit dead in the heart of this issue. Practically custom-made for this conversation. A signature, tends to imply a lot about a perso
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Pierce Brosnan's portrayal of 007 was the worst of them all- bland and boring.
For me, Roger Moore is the only real 007, followed by Sean Connery. Pierce Brosnan isn't even on the list.
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Craig was written as simp with oneitis for a woman over the hill.
Oh! Found the incel.
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