What We Mean When We Say Hello

The Original 'Robocop' Was A Christ Allegory, Debunking The Myth Of Kitty Genovese, Lessons In Ruthlessness From Frank Underwood, What We Mean When We Say Hello, How The North Ended Up On The Top Of The Map The Daily Digg Monday, February 17, 2014 ROBOCHRIST The Original 'Robocop' Was A Christ Allegory gizmodo.com The original "Robocop," released back in 1987 and directed by Paul Verhoeven, was not only one of the best science fiction films of the last three decades — or, as Tom Scocca described it on Gawker, "a brilliant comedy operating in the guise of an ultraviolent action movie" — but it was also a Christian allegory. MISREADING MURDER Debunking The Myth Of Kitty Genovese nypost.com In 1964, New York became internationally infamous as a city filled with thoughtless people who didn't care about one another; where people could watch their neighbors get stabbed on the street without lifting a finger to help, leaving them to die ­instead in a pool of their own blood. LET SLIP THE DOGS OF WAR Lessons In Ruthlessness From Frank Underwood digg.com Even if you haven't finished binge-watching season 2 yet, here's your (spoiler free) compilation of the best advice Washington's most cutthroat fictional politician has to offer. GOODBYE What We Mean When We Say Hello theatlantic.com The curious geography of American greetings. NORTH IS JUST REALLY INTO DOMINATION How The North Ended Up On The Top Of The Map america.aljazeera.com A cartographic history of what's "up." Read more on Digg.com → WHICH WAY IS UP? David Wise of the United States gets air during men's freestyle skiing half pipe training at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. Credit: AP Photo/Andy Wong Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014