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  • Up Front: Absence of Malice,

    point down a street that you happen to be passing and say something like "My cousin used to live down there." After that they usually leave you alone.

    How on earth does that work? In what city are you cabbing?

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report

  • Current Status: Holidays,

    Radler? More citrus than cloying honeyspice.

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report

  • Up Front: Absence of Malice,

    And there's the crux to me of the whole argument - what is due.

    I'd say the balance has shifted historically from a role demanding respect, regardless of the performance or personality of the incumbent, to it being earned in the execution of a role or the living of a life. Our grandparents have a very different understanding of respect than our children do.

    Mark, please do find some non-German perspectives on what mana means. At least re-read (re-spect?) Keri's brief post. It does encompass and shed light on a lot of what you were talking about.

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report

  • Current Status: Holidays,

    Kingsland, right, Sofie? :)

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report

  • Up Front: Absence of Malice,

    With all due respect

    And I love the way people say that just before they're about to be disrespectful, in general.

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report

  • Up Front: Absence of Malice,

    devil's advocaat

    I like that too. :)

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report

  • Up Front: Absence of Malice,

    Victory gin?

    Nice. It would appear so. :)

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report

  • Up Front: Absence of Malice,

    Ahh, isn't gin a depressant? I mean the juniper liquor, though the other was probably also depressing for both horses and proletariat.

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report

  • Hard News: The Interesting Party,

    "Best" is a damned good plug all right, Geoff. You can tell that these guys know more than they're letting on. I wonder how many searches for "nailing Lohan" will benefit Stuff's visitor count now? And why the site's advertisers would support its focus on celeb sex stories (just check the popular listing any day) if most of the readers of them are actually coming from overseas? What's the business model?

    Sorry, this is probably too much like work right now. No pressure.

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report

  • Up Front: Absence of Malice,

    Mark, most of us make distinctions between creative use of language and the more precise kind you need when arguing a point. That's all. You'll find both kinds enjoyably woven through the discussions here.

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report

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