Posts by giovanni tiso
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Hard News: Gaying Out, in reply to recordari,
assuming you’re merely hideously ill-informed rather than trolling
I’m assuming both. YMMV.
Yes, the two things are hardly mutually exclusive. Moving right on...
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Field Theory: An important message for…, in reply to Ross Mason,
Staggering Laws.
Not really, he's just going through the rolodex of hate. I think his most transparent moment was while Henry was under fire for the 'real New Zealander' comments, and he tried to barge in. I'm despicable too, see! I doubt he believes most of the things he says, they're just literally calculated to offend.
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OnPoint: Election 2011: GO!, in reply to nzlemming,
he's not going to change his invincibly ignorant viewpoint
Well spoken.
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I read it as a hackneyed and unhelpful generalisation about all men. The first one quoted by Emma ditto, only more insulting.
I guess I'm trying to rescue some useful descriptors that feminists have come up with over the years from the use that stupid people (here's a worthwhile generalisation) make of them.
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I didn't read the comment on purpose - taken out of context, I would say the part that Russell quoted is fairly uncontroversial. The madonna/whore actually exists in society, and it's fairly simple to show empirically. The patriarchy does in fact exist. What we do with these critical terms is another matter (and yes, of course they can be used as bludgeons).
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Up Front: Say When, in reply to Russell Brown,
Critique the media and society by all means -- but could you not insist on informing me what I "want"?
I haven't read the comment in question, but I'm pretty sure it's not about "you" Russell, and I think as a broader sociological term it has a certain far from undocumented applicability. At least where I'm from.
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Up Front: Say When, in reply to Tamsin6,
I would further suggest that your experience may be the exception rather than the rule. But hey, I could be wrong and all those miserable people out there who are fat are only unhappy because they allow the perceptions of society at large depress them...
Or because they have other reasons to be miserable; or (and here's a kicker) they're not in fact miserable at all.
I'm a little troubled in your moving from 'some people have bad eating habits due to unhappiness which lead to obesity' to 'most people, etc'. Most people in fact get fat in the normal course of being alive: we get older, our jobs get more sedentary, we have less time to prepare food or have to skip meals therefore resort to constant snacks, we give birth to children, and then there are those of us who are predisposed because of their body type... in fact getting fat over time is the norm. And no, it's not good for your health, but then so are a lot of other things that aren't regarded as immoral - such as drinking to excess, which is actually encouraged.
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OnPoint: Election 2011: GO!, in reply to Steve Parks,
The Govt making heaps of revenue is a good thing how??
Priceless.
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Hard News: Gaying Out, in reply to Paul Williams,
Combine this comment with the earlier comment that he'd resign if National lost the election. It's increasingly clear that Key doesn't see himself in politics for much longer.
We should help him fulfill this dream I reckon.
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Hard News: Gaying Out, in reply to Craig Ranapia,
If you can't stand on a principle in, arguably, National's safest seat no desk is safe.
Assuming they believe in the principle, yes.
I'd wager that it won't form part of a Labour manifesto this year
Goff has said repeatedly that it was social engineering that brought Labour down last time round, so I think it's a pretty safe bet.