tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2821424937717040477.post6968937326039758563..comments2024-01-10T15:33:27.326-07:00Comments on Hamilton, Madison, and Jay: Is "The Dark Knight" Conservative?Syd And Vaughnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09461825782496517901noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2821424937717040477.post-37057858981248297672008-08-07T00:53:00.000-07:002008-08-07T00:53:00.000-07:00It's hard to say if the message of Dark Knight is ...It's hard to say if the message of Dark Knight is inherently conservative. The plot has to take so many twists and turns that could not possible ever happen that it's not clear what the political message is. It could just as easily be that the anarchy of the degree needed to break down true liberty is impossible.<BR/><BR/>Ironically, the wiretap technology used by Batman is more-or-less a reality and was used by the US military elite Delta Force to capture Columbian drug czar Pabulo Escobar. If there's any message here, it's that one technology like this only has a place in a society that never had liberty.<BR/><BR/>Scott Sommers.<BR/>Taiwan Weblog<BR/>http://scottsommers.blogs.com/taiwanweblog/<BR/>What I Think about Dark Knight<BR/>http://scottsommers.blogs.com/miscellaneous_writings/what-i-think-about-the-da.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2821424937717040477.post-77254468412145190332008-07-29T11:55:00.000-07:002008-07-29T11:55:00.000-07:00Batman decides to use sonar technology to snoop in...Batman decides to use sonar technology to snoop into everyone's lives (i.e. wiretap) to find the Joker causing imminent danger. At the end of this story, 2 boats of people and a bus load of reporters would've died without it. Interesting constitutional conundrum.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com