@davielfc2@SpankMeRN I saw the movie too and didn’t think it was presented as especially permanent. If a magical being dies off screen or the death is in some way obscured there’s inherent doubt. This is like insisting that Bucky Barnes should stay dead after First Avenger.
@vivianamarie02 They’re a tax on foreign goods, but the consumer always pays all costs for any given product unless it’s subsidized or some sort of promo/discount. This is basic stuff.
@xenocryptsite I know you’re trying to paint this as egotistical, but having read a lot of Terry Pratchett I’m fairly certain he would not exempt himself, in fact his sense of humor sort of makes this implicit in the statement.
@jemapelleeve George W Bush’s entire pitch for the Iraq war was as a holy crusade by God’s chosen nation and the majority of Christian Americans supported it
@Creativemelody1 Dune is set very, very far in the future, and the spacing guild has not always had control over travel. Spice is necessary for interstellar navigation in their post-AI society, but it’s not the only way people have traveled in space.