Posts by Steve Parks
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Muse: Film Socialism (or, How You'll…, in reply to Craig Ranapia,
I don’t have the numbers to hand, but it looks like the AFS had one of – if not the – best attended opening nights in years. Isabelle Huppert, je t’aime.
I do have the numbers for the Wellington Film Sociey:
“Well, we’ve got off to a good start for the year, with GET LOW attracting an audience of 256, and THE LACEMAKER 243. The number of new members is also very satisfying, obviously attracted by our very strong programme…”
From the WFS newsletter, so that sounds promising.
(I missed Get Low, which I regret after reading Dan Slevin’s review in Cap Times. I caught Lacemaker, and that was excellent.)
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Hard News: Libya, in reply to chris,
Hugh Laurie's brave anti-American stance.
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Yeah, it'll be semifinal exit number 6 for NZ, I reckon.
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Hard News: Libya, in reply to chris,
It’s like you’re brain’s hardwired to a binary
It’s even like he was answering a binary question. Oh wait, he was.
(ETA: oh yes, great cricket match. During the last few overs, even I was a little antsy.) -
Hard News: Libya, in reply to glennd,
That is Obama’s error and that is what will cost him.
We’ll have to wait and see. So far Obama’s done what he said he would do. You seem interested in Obama’s political judgment here. Purely from that point of view, I think he’s got it about right. As I said, if this action broadly works for the best, cynical as it sounds, Obama can say the US played their part. If not, Obama can always say they did their best within the limited mandate they were given.
And getting out of a situation like this is nothing like as complicated as if you have an actual invasion force. If your involvement is essentially firing a few cruise missiles, the exit strategy is pretty simple: stop firing the cruise missiles.
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"So, anybody watch the cricket?"
Yep, I was up posting here for that very reason, as I am now (tho' probably won't stay up for the whole game).
I understand Oram's 'man of the match' award, but jeez, how many runs did Guptill save? Fielding pretty much was the difference in the game.
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Hard News: Libya, in reply to glennd,
Well it is nice to see that the concern for the well-being of our fellow humans goes as far as the difficulty in liberating them. Pretty much condemns them to starvation until the whim of time brings about the fall of the ruling dynasty.
I’m not sure what you’re on about. My concern for the well-being of my fellow humans in one part of the world is balanced against my concern for human beings elsewhere. The moral assessments aren’t always easy, but I’m not sure how else one would go about judging such issues.
But still, if you wish to take Korea off the table …
Not at all! North Korea is a salient example of the silliness in your argument. I’m happy to keep it front and centre:
“Military intervention in North Korea; Military intervention in Libya = Same Thing!” says military analyst glennd.And, if you wish to be pedantic about turns of phrase …
Don’t be silly. On the one hand you want to imply a difficult and dangerous road has been taken by Obama (“the USA et al are busy for the next few years in Libya” etc). On the other hand, you want to get away with a phrase like “firing off a few tomahawks and washing your hands of the business”. Make up your mind what your point is, and get back to us.
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Hard News: Libya, in reply to chris,
I was getting a little antsy.
You still seem to be.
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Hard News: Libya, in reply to glennd,
Of course North Korea is not the same. It is a million ...
person strong army, yeah. That, and the imminent threat to South Korea. And its chemical weapons. You get the picture. Glad we agree.
They already lost some hardware and narrowly avoided lost aircrew, it isn’t going to be pretty for Obama if bodybags start coming home from yet another foreign venture ...
So not “firing off a few tomahawks and washing your hands of the business” then.
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Hard News: The Thread, It Is Open, in reply to Islander,
Heh.
Well, the debate "with the unfortunate name" is now available on the net:
On the up side, Paula Akugizibwe was excellent overall, and Eusebius McKaiser gave a particularly good closing comment.
But I still found it kinda depressing that we live in a world where people like David Bahati have to be taken seriously, rather than simply being mocked.