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Tuesday, January 6, 2009 - 2:57amSanction this postReply
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I was thinking about the movie "Lord of War" the other day and I'm curious. What about Yuri Orlov's profession was immoral or unethical, from the objectivist point of view, if anything?

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Tuesday, January 6, 2009 - 11:58amSanction this postReply
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One cannot judge the profession "arms dealer" immoral, only specific acts.

I would assume that the fact that Nicholas Cage portrays Orlov implies his guilt.

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Tuesday, January 6, 2009 - 9:39amSanction this postReply
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I can't remember all the specifics of the movie, but nothing struck me as immoral about his profession. He should have been honest with his wife, though.

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Tuesday, January 6, 2009 - 3:41pmSanction this postReply
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Not a fan of Cage I see. Yes, the character does many obviously immoral acts in his personal life.
As I think about it, I see some potentials with the arms dealer thing.
-Providing dictators with the means to take other's rights.
-Giving people the means to perform actions he himself doesn't believe is right.
-enabling genocide

Thoughts?

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Tuesday, January 6, 2009 - 4:32pmSanction this postReply
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Ted can't stand Tom Hanks, either.

/hijack


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Tuesday, January 6, 2009 - 8:02pmSanction this postReply
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Only saw some of the last 10-15 minutes of the movie. I'd agree that as a profession, arms dealing is not necessarily immoral. However, selling to an obvious thug, whom one knows is going to (imminently) violate the lives of innocent people, does, I feel, make one an accomplice in that act. I did not see the set up for that (second to) last scene, but received the impression that without those arms, the thug would have had to at least delay his intentions. That may have been all that was possible for Gage's character - to delay him - but selling the arms was clearly the same as signing that village's death warrant.

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Tuesday, January 6, 2009 - 8:32pmSanction this postReply
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Yes, well, Cage is about as subtle as a rubber crutch, and as classy as Cuffy Meigs, a role for which I would approve him.

Can we add "Official Ted Keer Biographer" next to RoR editor under Teresa's avatar?

(Edited by Ted Keer on 1/06, 8:35pm)


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Tuesday, January 6, 2009 - 9:35pmSanction this postReply
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I kind of like Cage. The beauty is, if you like him, he pretty much plays the same character in every movie. He plays Nicholas Cage. Keanu Reeves is the same way. If you need a guy who is out of his element, and doesn't have a solid grasp of whats going on, Reeves is your guy.

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Tuesday, January 6, 2009 - 10:54pmSanction this postReply
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It's even funnier in Tscherman:




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Wednesday, January 7, 2009 - 4:06pmSanction this postReply
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Can we add "Official Ted Keer Biographer" next to RoR editor under Teresa's avatar?

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