The Musings Of The Consensus

 These days, if anyone asks what political affiliation I am, I generally reply "The popcorn affiliation". I of course have actual political stances, but I find it less stressful to get into political arguments than I do to munch popcorn as other people get flustered over the same, the drama is rather amusing. On a serious note, however, a recent discussion I was in about monarchy and its being bound to the same law it enforces had me thinking hard about my ideal political leader. The 'Code of Hammurabi" the oldest known legal code, has this in its lede as to why Hammurabi considered it his duty to make sure there was a legal code; When Anu the sublime, the King of the Annunaki and Bêl, the lord of heaven and earth, who fixed the destiny of the country, had committed the whole of mankind to Marduk, the son of Ea, the god of right, when they made him great among the Egigi, had pronounced the sublime name of Babylon, made it great upon earth, had established in it an et...

NOTE: All events from Code Geass described below are from the TV series, not the movie complimation canon.  Now, it's no surprise Christians celebrate the birth of Christ, Jesus, the Son of God, every Christmas. It's even in the name, "Christ's Mass", the very day is a celebration devoted to Him. However, for those who are not Christian, let me give you a fictional example of why sometimes you just need to put faith in someone and follow them despite the fear of death. The anime Code Geass, which featured an alternative universe where Japan was under the tyrannical heel of Britannian domination. The Japanese in that universe were treated as second-class citizens, their land renamed "Area 11", their resources selfishly hoarded by their oppressors, and they were even branded "Elevens" instead of being allowed to be proud of their own culture. Sure, they wanted to rebel, but most of their rebel factions were scattered, poorly led, and their Britta...

A recent anime discussion has prompted me to write about the most cringe-inducingly stupid moment of the second season of Code Geass and how it could have been avoided. And I mean THAT moment, the one where Zero gets backstabbed by the Black Knights over what amounts to a biased set of witnesses, a bunch of paranoia, a lot of poorly reasoned assumptions, an idiot seeking short-term gains making a judgment call they had no good reason to be making in the first place, and a leader whose biggest flaw was understandable but made the situation worse. Let's dissect the situation and analyze the stupid, shall we? 1. Zero (Lelouch vi Britannia) is accused of planning to sell out his own subordinates, based on an out of context conversation recorded between him and a member of the enemy with an obvious axe to grind (Suzaku Kururugi), and said proof is provided by another enemy (Schneizel El Britannia) who has every motive to profit from sowing dissension. This alone should have mad...