Posts by Geoff Lealand
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Crowey and me are going to find a paddock and let our respective armies have it out.
As long as there are no skirts&sandals!
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My daughter is seeking more information on 'the most interesting leotard' worn by Peaches (NZH review of BDO).
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An interesting piece in today's Weakend (sic) Herald ' Counter-culture' BDO a triumph of capitalism (C2). Some of the points it makes are blindingly self-evident (eg 'alternative' is just another genre or marketing slot) but it is interesting that these view are expressed by a marketing type.
Apparently we may well be 'followers of Russell Brown rather than Russell Crowe'. Where you may go, we will follow... -
Its idealised society are a monoracial group with no minorities
...and their bluish appearance indicates their political persuasion? ;)
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Since you are supporting the restriction of personal liberty, shouldn't that be based on rigorous science?
Eh??? I was just making on observation, based on 18 years of teaching a myriad of university courses. Science, shmience!
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Well tonight 3 news says watching more than 1 hour Tv increases the chance of heart disease by 46%. Yep it's true.Woah, scary stuff. Impending doom. Cheers.
Oh, I missed that. Must watch more TV.
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the former Seattle Police Chief, Norm Stamper.
Where do they get these names (let's go out and stamp on some norms!)??
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Thanks, Sasha.
Whilst we are talking of untimely deaths, the great French filmmaker Eric Rohmer has died, aged 89.
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Geoff, how do you know which of your students smoke?
Through completely unscientific methods, based on dealing with 300-400 students a year. You get essays submitted ripe with the smell of smoke, students construct arguments for decriminalisation (usually around not-well-constructed analyses of media coverage), and general demanour. This is not to say that drink culture (and P) can be just as much a problem.
As for 'it is my body and I can do what I want with it', that is the usual odious libertarian argument. Such folk can do what they want--ingest cyanide for all I care (indeed, I wish some libertarians would)--but I don't want such values (a moral vacuum?)) imposed on my world.