theglobeandmail.com — The conservative jurist stuck up for Agent Bauer, arguing that fictional or not, federal agents require latitude in times of great crisis. "Jack Bauer saved Los Angeles. ... He saved hundreds of thousands of lives," Judge Scalia said. Then, recalling Season 2...the Supreme Court judge etched a line in the sand.
Jun 19, 2007 View in Crawl 4
griffin7Jun 20, 2007
SCJ Scalia's stance on a TV show called 24 relative to acceptable "torture" in real life is unacceptable.24 is a ridiculous show where most of the top people in the government are totally incompetent, including the special counter-terrorism unit (CTU) that JB works in. Unless there is a close parallel to 24 and real life in terms of context, then there can be no meaningful comparison.24 is for entertainment. Real-life torture, as a form of entertainment is unacceptable.The fact that this man has this opinion, and has a position as a supreme court justice, is also unacceptable.
nicksauceJun 20, 2007
Well, fiction has been used for precedent before. *cough*the bible*cough*
Closed AccountJun 21, 2007
and that was after Romeny's unbelievably tasteless "double Guantanamo"
way2muchsenseJun 21, 2007
Hey, we all enjoyed watching The Sopranos. Does that mean we endorsed organized crime?
understudyJun 21, 2007
Step 1) Create fictional character.Step 2) Have fictional character act in ways many may be opposed to if it were reality.Step 3) Soften opposition in reality with fictional character's fictional success and 'likeability'.Step 4) Justify real world actions with crafted fictional characters.Step 5) Try not to laugh at the idiocy._
grtwhtJun 21, 2007
@drlha I'm glad you understand the difference, now would you mind trying to explain it to the Supreme Court Justice who seems to not get it!?
horizxonJul 2, 2007
We all did? I did but, who are you talking for? Do you represent some sort of soprano watching organization?
horizxonJul 2, 2007
I would defend Jacks use of torture on the show, just not in real life. In the show, it was very effective.