- Withnail: At some point or another I want to stop and get hold of a child.
- Marwood: What do you want a child for?
- Withnail: To tutor it in the ways of righteousness, and procure some uncontaminated urine.
Withnail: I want to walk you to the station.
I: Well don’t. Please don’t. I don’t want you to.
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I wish Stanley tucci was my father
this was one of my least favourite bits of an otherwise pretty awesome film - the “gay as a phase” trope
I actually didn’t see it that way; I saw it as a recognition of sexual fluidity, which is rare - verging on unicorn-esque - in TV and film.I prefer your version obv :) I just think that’s uber-unlikely…!
I saw it as an expression of sexual fluidity too, but maybe because I love this film so much. I might watch it again now actually…
I love it too (and the sexual-fluidity-ness is how I interpreted this bit as well, though again maybe that’s because I want to think the best of it…). I just wish her Mum didn’t come out with the slut-shamey-ness on occasion :(. I mean, I know the main narrative subverts that, but her parents are so awesome that her Mum really disappointed me when she equated “being a huge slut” with having low self-esteem. Reeeaally love it for the most part though.
How lovely. I would like to read this to anyone I’ve ever loved, do love, and will love.
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On February 26, 2012, a 17-year-old African-American named Trayvon Martin was shot and killed in Sanford, Florida. The shooter was George Zimmerman, a 28-year-old white man. Zimmerman admits killing Martin, but claims he was acting in self-defense. Three weeks after Martin’s death, no arrests have been made and Zimmerman remains free.
Here is what everyone should know about the case:
1. Zimmerman called the police to report Martin’s “suspicious” behavior, which he described as “just walking around looking about.” Zimmerman was in his car when he saw Martin walking on the street. He called the police and said: “There’s a real suspicious guy. This guy looks like he’s up to no good, on drugs or something. It’s raining and he’s just walking around looking about… These a**holes always get away” [Orlando Sentinel]
2. Zimmerman pursued Martin against the explicit instructions of the police dispatcher:
Dispatcher: “Are you following him?”
Zimmerman: “Yeah”
Dispatcher: “OK, we don’t need you to do that.”3. Prior to the release of the 911 tapes, Zimmerman’s father released a statement claiming “[a]t no time did George follow or confront Mr. Martin.” [Sun Sentinel]
4. Zimmerman was carrying a a 9 millimeter handgun. Martin was carrying a bag of Skittles and a can of iced tea. [ABC News]
5. Martin weighed 140 pounds. Zimmerman weighs 250 pounds. [Orlando Sentinel; WDBO]
6. Martin’s English teacher described him as “as an A and B student who majored in cheerfulness.” [Orlando Sentinel]
7. Martin had no criminal record. [New York Times]
8. Zimmerman “was charged in July 2005 with resisting arrest with violence and battery on an officer. The charges appear to have been dropped.” [Huffington Post]
9. Zimmerman called the police 46 times since Jan. 1, 2011. [Miami Harald]
10. According to neighbors, Zimmerman was “fixated on crime and focused on young, black males.” [Miami Herald]
11. Zimmerman “had been the subject of complaints by neighbors in his gated community for aggressive tactics” [Huffington Post]
12. A police officer “corrected” a key witness. “The officer told the witness, a long-time teacher, it was Zimmerman who cried for help, said the witness. ABC News has spoken to the teacher and she confirmed that the officer corrected her when she said she heard the teenager shout for help.” [ABC News]
13. Three witnesses say they heard a boy cry for help before a shot was fired. “Three witnesses contacted by The Miami Herald say they saw or heard the moments before and after the Miami Gardens teenager’s killing. All three said they heard the last howl for help from a despondent boy.” [Miami Herald]
14. The officer in charge of the crime scene also received criticism in 2010 when he initially failed to arrest a lieutenant’s son who was videotaped attacking a homeless black man. [New York Times]
The Martin case had been turned over to the Seminole County State Attorney’s Office. Martin’s family has asked for the FBI to investigate.
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