Reply #89: But that's two different things.

[Tansy_Gold]

Remember -- El ojo que ves no es ojo porque tú lo veas; es ojo porque te ve.

The eye that you see is not an eye because you see it; it's an eye because it sees you.



Again, what the politicians do with DADT repeal, as reprehensible as their actions may be, does not detract from what it actually does to real people's lives. Should it have been done years ago? of course. Was it shamelessly used by disgusting loathesome greedy people for their own purposes? of course. None of which takes away from the real effect it has on real people's everyday lives.

I'm no great supporter of the Obama administration's handling of a lot of issues that affect real people's real lives. I think they've made a shambles of just about everything, including the DADT repeal. But again, that doesn't mean that DADT repeal won't have a significant impact on some lives. That's the only point I'm trying to make.

There was a TV show, I think it was an episode of Night Gallery, but not Twilight Zone, that kind of relates to this.

An actor, played by Martin Landau, is auditioning for a role in a play. He's on stage, with the director down in the seats, and the part he's auditioning for is an elderly man. He's made up to look like an old man, but it's clear, even to the director, that this is a young man acting the part of an old man. The director puts him through his paces, but in the end, he says "No, you can't do it. You're too young. You're not convincing as an old man. Next!" So Landau's character exits stage left, disappointed, and as he does so, his whole demeanor changes. He begins pulling off bits of make-up and theatrical appliances, a hairpiece maybe. And we see that he really is an old man.