That proves he is loyal in friendship
Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2025 5:32 am
Because in fact, on [email protected], a terrible email has just arrived, which contains a simple video where we see Stonebanks.
" One two... one two... is that working? Michel? Michel, damn it! Focus! Already with the rockets... well, anyway! Yes, I see the light, it must be recording. Okay, what did I mean? Oh yeah! Barney Ross! Haha! Do you recognize me? It's me, Stonebanks! Imagine, I'm holding your four young people hostage! And you know what? In 48 hours, I'm going to kill them! Your whatsapp number list only chance of saving them is to come and get them at the following coordinates: 3, rue de la Pétaudière, in Langres. You'll look it up, it's on Mappy ."
So Barney is very angry! Langres, the monster! He's going to have to act. Luckily, Stonebanks gives him 48 hours to return to the country to get reinforcements. Otherwise, he would have had to go straight there and get his beating. That's how he is, Stonebanks, nice. During this time, he even gives a speech to the hostages about how he's not so bad after all. Which gives:
" Ahaha! But me, guys, I was an Expendable, just like you! Except when it came to getting my hands dirty, I got involved! Yes, I sold weapons. And you know why Uncle Sam is mad at me? Because I competed with him. But obviously, Barney and his flawless moral compass are against me... "
Whereas in his place, I would have been less… more…
"Mr. Asshole, release us or you'll have to deal with Barney and his flawless moral compass!"
– Shut up, interns. But if you want to talk about Barney, fine.
– He is the kindest and bravest of all heroes!
– Oh yeah? So let's randomly return to the first scene of the film. Barney freeing one of his friends from prison.
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– Ceeeertes. And who was his friend? "A military man who had attempted a coup d'état in an African country." So he would have been friends with Pinochet and would have gotten him out of trouble if justice had caught him early enough, you would have thought it was cool if he got him out of prison?
– Um… no, but it’s not the same.
– Best argument since the creation of the world. And he killed people to get him out of prison.
– Ahaha! Except it was Moumoukistan, and it was a country of bad people!
– That's a bit easy. But even assuming that everything is black or white, here it is: if Momoukistan was a country of bad guys, then let's remember that Barney and his buddy blew up an entire prison. A top-secret one. Or the one where, in bad countries, as you say, they send political opponents and prisoners. In which case, you can try to turn the situation around and tell me that, in fact, Momoukistan is a country of good guys, and that in their prisons, there were only bad guys. In which case, their guards were good guys. So, I'll leave the choice to you: either Barney is responsible for the massacre of civil servants working for justice in a country in difficulty, or Barney is responsible for the genocide of the political opposition to a dictatorship, and therefore strengthened it. In both cases, it's a bit of a small bastard. And I only took the first scene.
" One two... one two... is that working? Michel? Michel, damn it! Focus! Already with the rockets... well, anyway! Yes, I see the light, it must be recording. Okay, what did I mean? Oh yeah! Barney Ross! Haha! Do you recognize me? It's me, Stonebanks! Imagine, I'm holding your four young people hostage! And you know what? In 48 hours, I'm going to kill them! Your whatsapp number list only chance of saving them is to come and get them at the following coordinates: 3, rue de la Pétaudière, in Langres. You'll look it up, it's on Mappy ."
So Barney is very angry! Langres, the monster! He's going to have to act. Luckily, Stonebanks gives him 48 hours to return to the country to get reinforcements. Otherwise, he would have had to go straight there and get his beating. That's how he is, Stonebanks, nice. During this time, he even gives a speech to the hostages about how he's not so bad after all. Which gives:
" Ahaha! But me, guys, I was an Expendable, just like you! Except when it came to getting my hands dirty, I got involved! Yes, I sold weapons. And you know why Uncle Sam is mad at me? Because I competed with him. But obviously, Barney and his flawless moral compass are against me... "
Whereas in his place, I would have been less… more…
"Mr. Asshole, release us or you'll have to deal with Barney and his flawless moral compass!"
– Shut up, interns. But if you want to talk about Barney, fine.
– He is the kindest and bravest of all heroes!
– Oh yeah? So let's randomly return to the first scene of the film. Barney freeing one of his friends from prison.
–
– Ceeeertes. And who was his friend? "A military man who had attempted a coup d'état in an African country." So he would have been friends with Pinochet and would have gotten him out of trouble if justice had caught him early enough, you would have thought it was cool if he got him out of prison?
– Um… no, but it’s not the same.
– Best argument since the creation of the world. And he killed people to get him out of prison.
– Ahaha! Except it was Moumoukistan, and it was a country of bad people!
– That's a bit easy. But even assuming that everything is black or white, here it is: if Momoukistan was a country of bad guys, then let's remember that Barney and his buddy blew up an entire prison. A top-secret one. Or the one where, in bad countries, as you say, they send political opponents and prisoners. In which case, you can try to turn the situation around and tell me that, in fact, Momoukistan is a country of good guys, and that in their prisons, there were only bad guys. In which case, their guards were good guys. So, I'll leave the choice to you: either Barney is responsible for the massacre of civil servants working for justice in a country in difficulty, or Barney is responsible for the genocide of the political opposition to a dictatorship, and therefore strengthened it. In both cases, it's a bit of a small bastard. And I only took the first scene.