Posts by stephen walker
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hope the new job's going well Paul.
don't worry, some of us are active well after all those nyzilndz are into the zzzzzzz... -
@Jackie:
Asian History at AU in the 80s!
OMG, what an amazing bunch of lecturers!
Awe-inspiring and inspiring, full stop.
I realised that doing history at varsity is probably a drug.
Can totally fcuk up one's life.
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The last sentence of Prof. Bryder's response to Prof. Manning's letter to the Listener:
Finally, in my book I discuss in great detail the claim that Green engages in “unethical research” and show that such a case cannot be sustained.
Compare and contrast with the last two sentences from the letter sent by Profs Holloway and Paul:
Having apparently chosen not to talk to anyone who worked for the Committee of Inquiry, and without any legal or medical qualifications, Bryder ventures an opinion that the Inquiry got it wrong. Yet nothing in the Listener article is new, and no new evidence is presented that would alter the conclusions of the judicial Inquiry.
an heroic claim by Prof. Bryder?
no doubt the book reviews will be enlightening... -
right now, it's the most commented on thread on CiF (663 comments)
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kudos to Mr. Cubey for being so well organised.
(and kudos to Kim Hill for being so well...Kim Hill)
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no sleep till Hammersmith
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Green had a pet theory.
Quite a controversial one at the time.
He set out to prove his theory suing data gatered from unsuspecting human guinea pigs. otherwise known as patients at National Women's. Over several decades.
If that doesn't constitute an "experiment" with rather large ethical issues, what the f does? -
Jackie,
i meant that we need to try to be less narrow-minded and insular, not try to copy anyone else. i think this complex Key seems to have about "catching up with" Australia is complete bullshit. BUT thinking we know everything and the rest of the world is inferior or owes us a living and not being curious about other cultures is really boring and bigoted, imho. being small and far away means it takes more effort to get out and really see what's outside our little archipelago. -
I've often wondered: are the people of other countries filled with such endless angst about their own provincialism and insularity? Or do they just not give a toss?
i live in Tokyo. Japan is quite insular in many ways. not much immigration or emmigration. language that is only spoken here. etc, etc. BUT, it has 30 times the population of NZ and is located just to the east of the world's most populous continent. so the insularity is a different flavour to NZ's, imo. NZ can't really afford to be insular in the same way big countries can.
BUT, in a metropolis of over 30 million people, you don't get a lot of provincialism or parochialism. there used to be a lot of angst comparing themselves with Amerika. not so much now. people unconsciously realized that the american empire is not really anything they should aspire to.
in summary: nz needs the rest of the world more than they need us. nz has to try that much harder because it is small and very far away.
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during the gold rushes, a lot of people came from other gold rush locations (California, South Africa, Australia, etc). But they were nearly all born in Britain or Ireland. and some came from southern China.