Posts by Andre Alessi
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I've certainly known guys to sit around speculating upon the elasticity of certain mutual female aquantences' genitalia. All in jest, of course-noone wants to admit to another man that a given love tunnel didn't feel tight enough, because that inevitably leads to the suspicion that the cause was not a cavernous vagina but rather an inadequately girthy member.
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If people don't like the Listener they could not buy and read it, or criticise the content, as compared to being rude about one of the writers.
Does this guideline also apply to Investigate magazine?
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Melissa Theuriau appears on the telly
I'm afraid the blood flow in my brain decreased at this point to the degree where I struggled to concentrate on the rest of the post.
/fap
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Meanwhile, philosophers continue to assert that the "What shape is the Earth?" is meaningless because no one has definitively proved it exists and, that even if it does, whether we live there.
Or, for that matter, what "there" means, and whether such a word is definitive or subjective.
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I generally operate on the "my mother" rule: any insult or slur can be justified by a context of an obvious loving history between the speaker and the subject. For example, I can call my mother a retarded gadfly whenever I want, because listeners will be aware that she is my retarded gadfly. On the other hand, were a vague aquaintence of mine to use the same terms to describe my mother, it'd be on like Donkey Kong.
See also a white American vs a black American's use of the word "nigger"-history matters.
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I think it's why Jon Stewart is quick to emphasise that he runs a comedy show rather than a news show. It leaves his free to make the kind of criticisms he made about Crossfire.
Actually, his criticisms were sound independent of who made them, comedian, newsman, etc That's the defining characteristic of truth, after all-it's not just "true for you", it's actually, objectively true.
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Same thing here. I'm wondering if it's even going to be regarded as a swear word for much longer.
My rule of thumb is, if it's in Star Trek, it's no longer taboo.
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I once convinced a friend of mine that was what whitebait was... whale jiz.
Mind you, I also convinced her that blind guide dogs were actually blind, hence the phrase "the blind leading the blind."
Lovely girl though. Very pretty.
I imagine she was also quite popular.
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The Sunday Star Times displays interesting postmodernist editorial standards with an interview/non-interview with Paul Henry a la Alice in Wonderland.
I did think that was about as blatant a case of not getting consent for an interview and printing it anyway as you could get. The whole thing stinks quite badly, although feel free to insert a "Paul Henry should have known better, etc" caveat here.
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I assume one of the central scenarios that will need to be addressed by this review is: what happens when a newspaper publisher decides to abandon hardcopy entirely and only publish online? Are there any legal implications there for who a "journalist" is? And is there value in creating a definition of "professional reporting" that can distinguish someone working on a newspaper that is only published online vs a moderately successful blogger?