Posts by kmont
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Well, you expressed yourself clearly that time Andrew.
Standing in the vicinity of a burning NZ flag is not what I would choose to get exercised about but I take your point about the generation gap. -
Andrew, I don't follow you. What are you saying?
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Apparently the Celts determined you by where the womb of your womb is buried...
sweet that would have me at ‘Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipuka-kapimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuaakitanarahu’ then.
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Hi Jim, I don't think you are harping and it is true that words have meanings. I think there are plenty of self-styled pedant/pendants around here, I suspect we enjoy that kind of thing. I kind of am a word freak but my spelling is shocking......what can you do eh.
I think that "native-born" might well be the most accurate term. However I agree with others on this thread that it is good not to get sucked into the "born" argument. Using a term like homogenous is a bit wack for the reasons you stated but I can see why they chose it. My money would be on "home-grown" but that could have a whole different bunch of connotations ; )
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Well when I first went to J-land I didn't consume any news at all bar the odd bit of BBC/CNN. No newspaper, no net (except the odd trip to an internet cafe to listen to the B and get weepy) and only a smattering of mad mad Japanese TV.
I compared it at the time to living in a very noisey soundproof room. Then I went to the opposite extreme and gorged myself on news. I have never had the kind of routine life that involved regular 6 oclock news viewing but now I am even further away from it than ever. I do see the odd good bit of TV current affairs on the web. After the fact.
If it has been recommended by someone. -
I don't actually bother wringing my hands too much over the idea that (if this makes any sense) the balance of media power is shifting. And that includes people just turning off.
Fuck yeah.
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I am also with Joanna about the multi-tasking. My flatmates often drag the ol laptop into the living room to do something productive during all of the downtime during the news. I hardly ever watch the news at all.
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Or more to the point, we are already on one side of the digital divide, regular readers of the Guardian online whilst far to many of our fellow citizens are stuck with free to air, which is increasingly the equivalent of a community newspaper in a world of subscription magazines.
That strikes a chord with me, not that I would want to be seen as elitist ; )
I don't consider myself an early adaptor by any means but when you have been away from NZ TV for a while (and TV in general for that matter) you find other ways to amuse yourself and you don't want to go back to being spoonfed.
As far as getting outside and doing actual stuff goes, a real paper copy of the Guardian or a book while sitting in the sun on the beach gets my vote. -
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It's a stretch but on the day of the final, A Rush & A Push & the Land (Cup) Is Ours (enough of the Smiths, pleeeese!)
I like what you did there, and no, there is never enough...