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Yep. In 2003 when the whole torture program became a public discussion, it started this deep dive for me:

And then my dad started saying torture was acceptable and waterboarding isn't really torture because Donald Rumsfeld says so. And my only argument at the time was that the princess is tortured by the Galactic Empire (specifically by Darth Vader) to show that it is super evil and needs its Death Star blown up.

Twenty years later I'm fairly well read in moral philosophy, but also know my dad has gone full MAGA and wouldn't have cared if I could explain why torture is wrong.

More seldom than not, the movies gives us exquisite sex and wholesome violence, that underscores our values. Every two child did. I will.

"Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, can't get fooled again" dodges shoe

Can you shrink this down a bit further? Some of the text is still barely legible.

I miss the days of when our biggest concern was when W would say something and we collectively said, "dafuq did he just say?!" But then we continued on with our day.

“Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.”