Posts by Hadyn Green
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I can't remember if Russell or anyone esle linked to this: the Herald's opinon page on a state religion
Why does a nation/country (I'll let others decide that one) need a religion?
Many religions, however, seem desperate to own countriesI think that might've been my point. A nation doesn't need a state religion, religion needs a state religion so it can say: "See, we're the right one!"
Surely NZ's religion shouldn't be one founded in the desert then, it should be something more Pacific.
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Danyl, you weren't at the GOVIS conference by any chance?
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Given that I am unable to comment on the other issue of the day let me ask this:
Why does a nation/country (I'll let others decide that one) need a religion?and then: If we decide on one can it be democratically changed later on?
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Wow, Bishop Brian AND "Why does god appear in both of our national anthems if we are not a Christian state?"
This is going to be great thread! I'll be back with actual comment when it really gets going. -
Could the Taito Phillip Field thing just be over, sometime?
Well, we could declare the thread closed now.
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Yeah Che, you could tell Finn must do something when he showed up at the heat in (dum dum duuuum)* a suit!
*which is the reason why we needed Finn.
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Personally, I can't really abide Monster Garage or American Chopper, but I lurve Scrapheap Challenge(!)
you guys need to see the final episode (actually it was a two parter) of Monster Garage. They made an actual hotrod, nothing gimmicky, and had a best-of-the-best crew. It was fantastic.
I still don't see the difference between the Top Gear guys (I quite like the other two) and art critics. Just because you can't get into a piece of art doesn't mean you don't like it. Food critics are constantly consuming what they're reviewing (and with some gusto).
But it's never the same as talking to the artist or chef themselves, asking them why they decided to do something, while they're doing it.
Mythbusters is good but it does have a lot of "pap" in it.
ps. Really? Jeremy is there "for the ladies"? wow.
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The bookshelves were very interesting. I noticed that he was sitting (posed?) beside Geroge Orwell books visible due to large writing on the spine.
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Bro, it's gone further than that, the Chinese* pirated a whole theme park!
*Sorry for the blanket blame
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I came to a realisation yesterday while writing in this thread (mainly) about boy racers. I was able to figure out why I don't like Top Gear.
It's not because Jeremy Clarkson is a smug prick (though that does influence my decision a lot), it's because he's a critic. See, I love car shows like Monster Garage, where people who live and breathe mechanical art put together beautiful machines that thunder and roar and look like 100mph while standing still.
It's like the difference between an art show that talks to art critics and an art show that talks to artists.
For this reason I was able to understand why I can watch shows like Project Runway and Top Chef but can't stand shows like Survivor. The people in Runway and Chef have talent. Real, honest to gods, talent!
Even the person voted out (or whatever) on the first show is more talented at what they do than I will ever be. Same goes with Monster Garage (and it's bretheren like American Chopper). Every week a new group of experts in their field would come in and design and build something spectacular. And the best episodes are not the ones where they bicker, the best ones are the ones where all of the experts collaborate to make ...well, art!
What do we think?