Posts by Emma Hart
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A WARNING: what happens is this. Emma Hart says: "Oh, you can't understand Western Civilization if you haven't read Heinlein" (or words to that effect*).
I am experiencing the kind of indignation that manifests itself in hysterical laughter. I think what I said was something along the lines of 'not all of Heinlein's books are the kind of screaming racist misogyynistic bilge that makes you want to dig up and abuse his corpse'. But no doubt Haywood has a different 'recollection' of these 'events'.
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Spin
Awesome.
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So you would have to be especially geeky to get where the misquote comes from.
Okay, see, I think recognising the original quote from the 'get on with it' sollioquy from Macbeth is LESS geeky. (I.7, 'If it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well/ It were done quickly'.)
But I would say that.
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It is the 144-pack abs that are really gross.
Ba-doom tish!
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Naughty messages to one's girlfriend is embarrassing for leaders, but hardly a crime.
I'm struggling to process the distance from reality needed to use the word "girlfriend" here.
Word.
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staggering genius
I love the way the end so precisely contradicts the beginning. It almost makes me want to read Lhaws' column this week. Almost. But not.
[Bonus geek points: can you identify which novel the "T'were well it done quickly" quote is from.]
I'm almost relieved I can't do this. My guess would be 'Stranger in a Strange Land' - the Heinlein I would consider most likely to annoy Michael Laws.
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Ha, I've worked it out. "Textes" are what you get from Shane Warne.
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By all accounts he's been for a while, it's just that now he's at liberty to say it without contravening party policy.
It's quite refreshing that it's been so long I can't remember properly, but I think his previous public position was 'we should let the states decide' and a preference for civil unions.
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New Zealand has arguably become the most dangerous and crime-ridden country on earth
Kudos.
It's like living in a Robert Heinlein novel.
I know where you live, matey...
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Here's one that's actually relevant. Know who's in favour of gay marriage now? Dick Cheney.