[extropy-chat] Clint Eastwood on gay marriage

[Technotranscendence]

This is not an attempt to argue for authority.  I thought it might be
interesting though, since a lot of people would call Eastwood a
conservative.

BTW, this is from Atlantis II at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/atlantis_II/

Dan
http://uweb.superlink.net/neptune/MyWorksBySubject.html

From: Ross Barlow rbarlow at penn.com
To: atlantis_II at yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 7:06 AM
Subject: Re: [atlantis_II] Re: The Man With No Name, Few Words...


Re:  Clint Eastwood's libertarianism.  He was interviewed for "USA
Today Weekend" (January 23-25, 2004).  Here are a couple of questions
and answers from this interview.

 Q:  "So, socially, you're live-and-let-live.  How about politically?"

 Eastwood:  "I suppose.  I don't see myself as conservative, but I'm not
ultra-leftist.  You build a philosophy of your own.  I like the
libertarian view, which is to leave everyone alone.  Even as a kid, I
was annoyed by people who wanted to tell everyone how to live."

 Q:  "As an ex-politician, does that extend to your view of same-sex
marriages?  That could be *the* polarizing issue of the presidential
race."

 Eastwood:  "From a libertarian point of view, you would say, 'So what?'
You have to believe in total equality.  People should be able to be what
they want to be and do what the want - as long as they're not harming
people."

*
 Every so often, I pick one film director and try to view as much of
their work as possible.  I make a list of their films, wait for a spell
of bad weather, and visit the video store.  I will someday take on the
body of Eastwood's work in chronological order.

 My all-time Eastwood favorite is "The Eiger Sanction" (1975).  Yes, it
has some corny aspects and less-than-perfect artistry.  But it is a
mountain climbing classic, with Clint doing the vast majority of his own
climbing stunt work, including a scene in which he is dangling with
thousands of feet of void below him.  (I forgive him for the extra
safety ropes in that scene that make no sense in the plot:  people have
died in that very spot on the Eiger.)  The stunt and mountain safety/
photography team he used was a roll call of great alpinists of the day,
many who have since died practicing their mad craft on wild places like
Everest.

 I have always appreciated the movie reviews and recommendations by list
members here.  While not always agreeing, I always learn and often find
great movies that I had missed earlier.  Thanks to all.  (But count me
among those others who are really pissed at whoever it was here that
gave away the ending to Gibson's "Passion.")

-Ross Barlow.
http://free-market.net/members/s/Strato.html
Climbing Meditation, high on the West Face of Seneca Rocks.