Posts by Emma Hart
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Well, I'm 35 and I know who Keith Holyoake was. But then, my ten year old knows who David Lange was.
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Anyway, talking abour scary bigots a go-go, Russell, glad to see therespectable face of brown-neck immigrant-bashing is dead.
Cheers, Craig. Disrespectful as it is, that's totally brightened my day.
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Emma you have demonstrated first class reasoning there, thank you, very clear, intent is crucial to understanding.
Cheers, merc. Though in this case it does feel a bit like fishing with dynamite.
For a couple of years, the most offensive thing you could call anyone at my kids' school was an egg. 'Egg' was the worst possible insult. Best recall all those cookery books.
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Niggardly is used by smart ass racists ( so says the Urban dictionary) and I can't compromise on this position.
It's also used by people who would be gobsmacked to be told it has racist connotations, and are using it for its actual meaning. To call them racist is offensive.
What might be called common sense, or an understanding of socio-political reality of our world would surely have people realise this word is offensive, even when it is used as intended and without malice.
So, intent is irrelevant and all that matters is the impact on the hearer? In which case, surely you need to apologise to the people you offended by calling them racist, because your intent is irrelevant, and all that matters is that you offended them.
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I can't believe they put Felicity on there
Must be a typo, it's right where they should have written 'Firefly'.
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the third or fourth item in this evening's news was some crap about whether Paris Hilton might like an NZer for a boyfriend.
That's not news. Dick in a box wins Emmy, that's news.
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and I'll talk about boobs some more...
Yeah, boys hate that.
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As someone without Sky and having had to listen to Hamish McKay on the delayed TV3 coverage for years I was dreading his commentary on Saturday. I was all set with the radio ready by the TV to switch over audio if it got unbearable but it wasn't too bad.
I did find myself concentrating on the quality of the commentary. About halfway through I started listening for Grant Fox saying something positive - anything, about anyone. He didn't.
I'd happily have cut a couple of mikes and let AJ Whetton and Mehrts do the whole thing by themselves.
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With fear and trembling, I'll attempt to defend Justin.
He still strikes me as the kind of guy who walks up to women in nightclubs and says 'Hey babe, it's your lucky day'. Probably while tossing his curls and looking round for Tom Hanks.
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<quote>More likely is that Bush will bomb Iran (Pentagon ‘three-day blitz’ plan for Iran) and then stand back and act all surprised when it doesn't go as well as planned.<quote>
Like, say, if anyone in Iran reads the paper.
Normally, I'd assume that anyone planning a 'surprise blitz' that was this effectively publicised was planning to NOT do it, just letting the other guys know they could. But with Bobo the Wonder Monkey in charge, who knows.