Posts by giovanni tiso
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That reminds me of that time my dearest started telling her parents (her own parents! Does she even know them?!) the joke about the three wise men at the restaurant asking to see the little cheeses, and how after some ineffectual nudging and kicking I took over the telling of the joke in order to fall on that particular sword for her, as it were. Most selfless thing I've ever done.
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Also, it still seems to me your and Gio’s response (“Except for the very small detail that Fascism is predicated exactly on forbidding whole categories of people to have a say on what's right and wrong”) to 3410’s point amounts to an objective point against fascism.
Yup. And that's very simplistically the argument that Lyotard makes in his last book, The Differend. It is the claim to objectivity and the shutting out of other discourses that both expose and invalidate Fascism. In fact isn't that generally how conspiracy theories like Holocaust Denial fold? They always start with an appeal to relativism, claiming that if you don't listen to their alternative points of view it means you don't believe in an open society and the free pursuit of knowledge, but then quickly it becomes apparent that they are predicated on the absolute denial of every other possible explanation or interpretation.
Pays to remember too that Fascism and Nazism were founded on conspiracy theories. And as soon as they seized power those theories became the Truth.
I came across a quote from Mussolini on education the other day that illustrates this point I thihnk:
Italian school, in all its levels and in all its teachings, must be inspired by the ideology of Fascism, educate the Italian youth to understanding Fascism, to take pride in it and to live in the historical climate created by the Fascist revolution.
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I must say I really liked some of their ephemeral stuff - the Gollum at the airport was great, and it was great in part because you knew it wouldn't be there forever. The tripod in courtenay place is just stupid - why the hell is it still there? But I agree with Kyle that it is of good quality. I mean, it just sits there, not showing signs of wear and tear. It is a detailed sculpture that I'm sure reflects the design with some precision. Can't be faulted in those respects.
But the quality of the idea? Come on.
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In 11 minutes? Crikey, it might be. I love saag paneer. What's your 11-minute recipe for it?
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Mmmmhhh... pea soup.
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I'd still hesitate to call Oamaru pharmacies a hotbed of fascism, but I guess that's just me.
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Of course Len Lye was an artist. Apart form the fact that he did a ton of stuff himself, the fact that some of his designs were constructed by others doesn't make him any less of an artist - I frankly doubt it's even up for any sort of debate.
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Hadyn is going to chime in with updates from the cricket, too. It's a PAS bonanza.
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Yes. I don't know why he had to suddenly cut to a series of Maisy cartoons though - that was a weird programming decision.
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Awful people; that segment should be distributed to schools so that small children can be warned of the sort of people who influence their lives.
Loved the part where they complained that in a country like New Zealand when somebody has an objection to an ad, they manage to be heard. Stupid country!