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Kablooie

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11. One big difference...

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Sun May 20, 2012, 03:57 AM

May 2012

America didn't run a funeral home in a previous life and didn't consult with a different ghost dad the way Dexter did when he was on HBO.

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How America Is Like the Serial Killer in Dexter [View all] xchrom May 2012 OP

I don't deny. bluestate10 May 2012 #1

The moral equivalence that is being suggested... teamster633 May 2012 #2

yeah but someone has always filled that role qazplm May 2012 #8

Overall moral foreign policy? Fumesucker May 2012 #7

Excellent post malaise May 2012 #3

Most certainly. K&R n/t 2on2u May 2012 #4

A bad person who protects us from worse people is an archetype we embrace. aikoaiko May 2012 #5

I dont believe America is a bad person qazplm May 2012 #9

I hate this sort of pop culture idiocy. cali May 2012 #6

Why? Warren DeMontague May 2012 #12

It's wrong in exactly one way: Zalatix May 2012 #13

Most metaphors are imperfect, at best. Warren DeMontague May 2012 #14

I was being facetious about how inaccurate the metaphor was. Zalatix May 2012 #15

I don't think right and wrong or good and bad LuvNewcastle May 2012 #10

One big difference... Kablooie May 2012 #11

For that metaphor to work, then basically, we are getting "bad guys" treestar May 2012 #16

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