Posts by Sacha
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Hard News: Again: Is everyone okay?, in reply to Craig Ranapia,
I’m sincerely sorry if “Dorkland navel gazing” offended you
Not personally, but then that wasn't my point. Thanks for the apology. Yes, "douchery" was not a moderate or helpful assessment from Matthew either. Deep Red did immediately introduce a note of balance just as I did on Twitter.
Us aspies can tend to struggle with appropriate tone sometimes, but mass death is surely an obvious one. Think of it as discussing politics amidst a funeral service. If anyone does not feel they can trust their own judgement, best just zip it, surely.
a fairly unexceptional if debatable business column
And I've suggested politely we debate it elsewhere. Feel free to argue why you think that suggestion is unreasonable.
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Hard News: Some time last week, in reply to tim kong,
Thanks, Tim. Really glad you ran with the full Foo experience too.
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Hard News: Again: Is everyone okay?, in reply to giovanni tiso,
So long as it's done respectfully
Which is not goging to happen so long as some can't resist the childish urge to add phrases like "Dorkland navel-gazing" to their posts after publishing them. It is fair to comment on political reaction but the evidence suggests that's best done somewhere other than this thread.
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Hard News: Again: Is everyone okay?, in reply to Deborah,
I really can't tell if he's satirising religious catastrophists there.
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And Nathan Torkington talks to Kim Hill (streaming, 6 mins) about setting up eq.org.nz
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Hard News: Again: Is everyone okay?, in reply to Matthew Poole,
Yes, I wasn't sure Russell wanted this thread to go the political route or perhaps start another one for that.
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Emily Perkins writes in the Guardian about the impact of the quake as a New Zealander.
But God, there are so many dead. This is a small country. Our major disasters are encoded in the national memory. The Napier earthquake of 1931, the Tangiwai railway disaster in '53, the 1968 Wahine shipwreck, the 1979 Mount Erebus air crash: people still tell these stories, and the names hold a stony, grave power. After Erebus it was said that every New Zealander knew someone who knew someone who was on that plane. Now, as then, we wait for names to be released.
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And yet even as we monitor how much television news we can stomach, or question the sensationalist habits of print editors, some media provide our sense of community. Maybe it feels too personal because, here, it is personal. Being glued to the radio or internet is a poor stand-in for doing something, but perhaps it's why we tune in. We send money and offer beds, but still feel helpless. So we repeat to each other the human voices, stories both terrible and hopeful, for no reason other than to be with them.
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Big ups to David and Jen for keeping a sense of humour
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Hard News: Again: Is everyone okay?, in reply to craigm,
badoomtish
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Hard News: Again: Is everyone okay?, in reply to A C Young,
welcome, and welcome