>>> Quote: >>> Bill Maher responded with the suggestion that the suicide >>> hijackers of September 11th, 2001 were not cowardly because >>> they stayed in the plane and died whereas the US military >>> firing a cruise missile from 2000 miles away was cowardly.
I uderstood it that way too. In particular, I though the comment was targeted at Clinton's actions, when he responded to the bombing of the Cole by flinging a couple of missiles at an Al Quaeda training camp, with no visible follow-through.
>> A conservative wrote:
>> http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=24606
>>Lay off Bill Maher.
>>Debbie Schlussel
One of PI's recurring guests, BTW.
Julia Thompson wrote:
> And it was a really cool show, even when I thought that > *everyone* was totally wrong on something.
Agreed. I enjoyed the show from the moment I discovered it on Comedy Central all those years ago, until the final episode. I like Bill Maher, although I don't always agree with him. Plus, how many other network shows have SF writers like Ray Bradbury and Harlan Ellison as guests, and actually let them *talk* for more than a couple of minutes? The only other national show I can think of that did that was the late-night Tom Snyder show.
I always hoped that they'd have Dr. Brin on Politically Incorrect. A discussion of Transparent Society would have been particularly interesting.
> Do you think it would have been shut down if it had still > been on Comedy Central at that point? Anybody? Just curious.
Probably not, because about the same time PI died on ABC, Comedy Central started airing Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn, a remarkably similar show. It's not as good as PI was, though, because it limits the guests to almost entirely standup comedians, and the discussions tend to have a lot less depth. It's the sort of show you'd get if PI and a comedy roast mated. ;-) ______________________________________________________________________ Steve Sloan ......... Huntsville, Alabama =========> [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brin-L list pages .............................. http://www.brin-l.org Science Fiction-themed online store ..... http://www.sloan3d.com/store Chmeee's 3D Objects .................... http://www.sloan3d.com/chmeee 3D and Drawing Galleries .................. http://www.sloansteady.com Software ................ Science Fiction, Science, and Computer Links Science fiction scans ......................... http://www.sloan3d.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
