Does anyone else find the title of this thread slightly offensive? Because I do.
First of all, 'Posse?' Passé
Cordelia ,'Potential'
All Ogle, No Cash -- It's Not Just Annoying, It's Un-American
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Zoe Finch - Feb 02, 2003 6:15:51 am PST #1354 of 9843
Gradh tu fhein
Nilly - Feb 02, 2003 6:19:13 am PST #1355 of 9843
Swouncing
Zoe, it's from BtVS season 5 episode, "Tough Love" quote:
ANYA: Well, that's right, foreigner. So I've been reading a lot about the good ol' us of A (she says "us" not "U.S."), embracing the extraordinarily precious ideology that's helped to shape and define it.
WILLOW: Democracy?
ANYA: Capitalism. The free market depends on the profitable exchange of goods for currency. It's a system of symbiotic beauty apparently lost on these old people. Look at 'em. Perusing the shelves. Undressing the merchandise with their eyeballs all ogle, no cash. It's not just annoying, it's unAmerican.
Zoe Finch - Feb 02, 2003 6:22:27 am PST #1356 of 9843
Gradh tu fhein
Anya has both context and better delivery.
Angus G - Feb 02, 2003 6:22:50 am PST #1357 of 9843
Roguish Laird
And it was suggested as a thread title by an Unamerican, I'm pretty sure, if that helps, Zoe.
Zoe Finch - Feb 02, 2003 6:26:26 am PST #1358 of 9843
Gradh tu fhein
My high horse is wobbling.
Angus G - Feb 02, 2003 6:31:48 am PST #1359 of 9843
Roguish Laird
To be honest it's not my favourite thread title either, although I'm not offended by it as such. But maybe we should compensate by giving the next thread a title that's offensive to Americans.
Jim - Feb 02, 2003 7:15:05 am PST #1360 of 9843
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
I think (though I'd have to check) that it's my title. "UnAmerican Buffistas" certainly is. Frankly, I don't care how the colonials refer to us, though.
Am-Chau Yarkona - Feb 02, 2003 7:23:25 am PST #1361 of 9843
I bop to Wittgenstein. -- Nutty
It may be a while before we need a new thread title- given that this thread's pretty slow moving for a Buffistas thread. But I agree this thread title isn't my favourite.
§ ita § - Feb 02, 2003 7:31:36 am PST #1362 of 9843
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Frankly, I don't care how the colonials refer to us, though.
Hey! Colonial and UnAmerican here.
Careful how you wield that us.
Am-Chau Yarkona - Feb 02, 2003 7:47:24 am PST #1363 of 9843
I bop to Wittgenstein. -- Nutty
I'm trying to come up with good alternatives. Having thrown out 'bloody colonials' and 'Nancy Tribe' as too specific or not specific enough, and trying not to be offensive to Americans, it's quite a task. Show quotes are virtually useless, too.
UnAmerican Buffistas: We Didn't Throw The Tea Away
UnAmerican Buffistas: We're Not The Ones With Funny Spelling
UnAmerican Buffistas: Why Do We Have To Wait So Long?
are the things I've come up with so far. Hum...