Posts by Lyndon Hood
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Nah, he meant physical intergrity. The sight of the Tibetan flag causes these people to dissolve. So the security reaction was totally justified.
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Did the radio just say they are now investigating the leak?
Because, y'know, that's the problem.
After all, it's important to follow proper process with this kind of thing.
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Seem to me like AgResearch shoehorned the 'GE' into the headline of the PR. The openness is good from everyone's point of view, but I'm toying with the idea they also know they have a lever.
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Yah, Ririnui quite determined he was told person expenses were okay if he paid them back. While that does explain his behaviour, it makes me question his grip.
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To bring things back, I still one's judgment on the suckiness of Paul Henry or The Media might make the prank more satisfying, it doesn't give it a point.
Hm. Possible prank-rating criteria:
- audacity
- cleverness
- spectacle
- message
- target'Target' to maybe include hatedness but probably require an otherwise high status (technical term) individual to be embarrassed.
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Pretty much what Damian said.
Quite liked it as a jape, but I won't claim any worthiness for it.
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FWIW my impression is it was more a matter of larrikinism. Any satire being incidental.
I think it's worth asking exactly what we would be satirising in the whales case. There are a couple of angles, but I notice them frame on the eggs story was 'let's try and get in the media!'
Though it did work as a soft news satire by the time it got to Breakfast.
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"You shall not pass."
Or, to 'cross the streams' as it were:
"Sir Ian, Sir Ian Wizard! You shall not pass! Sir Ian, Sir Ian ... "
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Mind you, I'm pretty sure I've seen 'Climate Scientist' used as an insult.
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Libertarianism is really inspired cover for any silly argument, though - great choice.
I've heard he was pretty much quoting Rick Giles.
No, really.