Posts by chris
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Hard News: A fiction of unalloyed darkness, in reply to Russell Brown,
Yes. But was an insult to real journalists who had spent years investigating and reporting these stories in their real complexity. And it also served the conceits of its American audience.
so no WMDs? If a cursory search of the Chinese internet didn't further suspicions that Daisey's was but the Disney version of allegations made, I wouldn't feel the need to ask, respectfully and ever so sheepishly, have you ever received compensation from Apple or any of its subsidiaries for the time you put into maintaining the corporation's public image Russell?
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I thought you might like this one Russell;
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What a load of bullshit. Daisey traded endlessly in the media on the fact that his was a first-person account, and he was scathing of anyone who sought to question or qualify it. Now, it turns out that he fabricated quite a lot of it and deliberately frustrated fact-checkers.
880,000 views, the single most popular podcast in This American Life’s history, it certainly was a hatchet job Russell, and whether the CEO will be willing to take a more hands on approach to alleviating residual health and safety concerns remains to be seen. Do ends justify means?
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Up Front: Safety Net, in reply to Craig Ranapia,
“Shut the fuck up, and genuinely listen rather than waiting for your turn to speak. You really really need to internalize some complicated stuff. I know it’s outside your comfort zone, but deal. Then choose your next words with care and empathy.”
Could I crowdsource a snappy acronym for all that? :)
FULICE - Fuck Up, Listen, Internalize, Choose Empathy.
Pronounciation key: either a Geordie 'phallus' /ˈfʌləs/, or foolisH /ˈfulɪs/ without the goalposts+crossbar.
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Adventures in Musicland: Tom Scott in South East Asia
Thanks 3410, I enjoyed that, I love his accent to bits.
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Muse: The Good Word, Bad Numbers and The…, in reply to Sacha,
the protest campaign helped disconnection be parked for now as an option. without it, would have been in force already. highly relevant.
The termination clause was not removed and can be enabled by Cabinet at any time without parliamentary vote. The act is up for review this month… Lets not rest on our laurels just yet isn't it?
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Muse: The Good Word, Bad Numbers and The…, in reply to Sacha,
would certainly have been worse
Without wanting to delve too deeply into this, that qualifier is quite possibly redundant to anyone whose entire income is reliant on them having a functional internet connection. As I said earlier Sacha;
The New Zealand population takes this into account and is very forgiving
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Muse: The Good Word, Bad Numbers and The…, in reply to Sacha,
Certainly Sacha. The issue foremost on my mind writing that was the widespread protest against 92a. The subsequent revision passed under urgency still contained forcible disconnection provisions.
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Muse: The Good Word, Bad Numbers and The…, in reply to Lilith __,
No, I don't think it stifles protest, in some cases it could be argued that the indelible nature of internet protest takes the wind out of the sails or serve as a surrogate for real world action, obviously in other cases it's the driver. The point I was going for is that in contrast to China, the New Zealand politician seems to feel significantly less threatened.
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Muse: The Good Word, Bad Numbers and The…, in reply to Chris Waugh,
You have a true talent for eloquently expressing the permutations of this intensifying political divide in a balanced readable fashion Chris, it's always a pleasure to read, and especially when it gets responses like Steve's above. you present great perspective.
why would anybody talk about taking their trousers off on campus, even to deny doing it in a joking fashion?!
oddly that sounds very familiar...