Posts by Eddie Clark
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Bleh. Mark, I'm not going to get into an argument with you (even a joking one) about whether I'm properly educated or have a decent standard of literacy. You're fighting a pointless semantic battle that you're welcome to win.
I will, however, point out that I know how to use capital letters :P.
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it's simple pragmatism Danielle, would you like a speeding ticket or would you prefer to be arrested? I don't respect the officer, but I pay him respect as the situation required.
Ha! I am proved correct. Mark, you're conflating obedience and respect. A certain about of obedience to authority is indeed required for a properly ordered society (the degree of obedience is very much up for debate). That ISN'T the same as respect. To use a slightly extreme example, I wouldn't respect a hypothetical homophobic cop in the slightest, but I might well be obedient in order to avoid negative consequences to myself.
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I still don't think I agree with you 100%, Mark (come on, the stories were funny!), but I can see where you're coming from. Maybe if you'd put it that way in the first place rather than getting a wee bit snooty I wouldn't have got my snark on.
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Yep. Still think its humourless and slightly frothy. People earn respect, they don't get it as of right. Doing what a teacher tells you (which, to be honest, I pretty much always did) or what a cop tell you (ditto), because they are in positions of authority is not the same as respect.
I respect the structues you're talking about, I respect the societal roles you're talking about but ultimately, those roles are filled by people, some of whom deserve no respect whatsoever. And if we give respect to those who don't deserve it, we'll be doomed to a mediocre, arrogant class of teachers/police officers/judges etc. If you think the situation would be improved by ignoring the failings of those who have power over us, I think you're sadly mistaken.
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And the occasional weakness of the Public Address community is revealed in one blindingly brilliant post by Mark Taslov.
The earnest, humourless high horse might be fun for you, Mark, but its a bit dull for everyone else. Climb down and take some deep breaths, eh?
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Wagging. Wellington, mid/late 90s. And I never did it. Why? Not worth the effort. Small pvt school that actually noticed when kids went missing and tried to find out where they were. I didn't dislike school enough to go to the effort of eluding capture efforts... [ok, I was a nerd and mostly liked school!]. I always found it more productive to be amused by dumb rules that futilely rail against them.
Plus - Strathmore. What is there to do in Strathmore in the middle of the day?? Except for Strathmore cake kitchen. Mmmmm. Cake kitchen.
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On DPF / Urgency, the Standard has a good point (the Standard is usually a bit foamy for me, but they're right here). Come on DPF, where are your principles? you like the HRC when they criticised Labour's process. Where are you now?
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Happy anniversary.
And on the less important point, many thanks for responding to my request! I have joined.
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Deborah,
Carnivale was excellent. It takes a while to start making sense, and some of the plot lines never get resolved because it was cancelled, but it's definitely worth watching.
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I don't know if its for the same reason as me, but I found the use of modern idiom in the dialogue in The Steel Remains really jarring. I read about half the book before I realised what was bothering me. Then, once I'd worked that out, I actually started enjoying it. Weird.
Also, behold the horror of the Terry Goodkind TV show. By the guy that did Xena. With Guy Warner... erm... Craig Parker as the super bad guy
Low budget, syndicated, objectivist bollocks! Hilarious.