Posts by Sacha
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Ah, but not as zingy as some of those 100 Best Signs At The Rally To Restore Sanity And/Or Fear (thanks, Russell).
Personally tickled by #17, 25, 35, 43, 57, 58, 59, 84, 89 -
Unless the issue is "what do fatuous codgers think about modern life?"
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I don't use this term babyboomer. Although there are words to describe individuals. We is all "people" surely?
If we want to talk about groups of people rather than individuals, naming comes into it. As do generalisations.
Baby boomer is a well known one based on a demographic fact that still influences priorities affecting us all, no matter what we call it.
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its origination was by international union collective FIA, as I understand it
and I have a bridge to sell you when you've finished getting thru
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Of course they're generalisations. I think the notion of "entitlement" as a Boomer generational stereotype fits with observations like this:
instant gratification was what was sold to us - we deserved it
- especially compared with the previous generation's parsimony informed by Depression memories. Again, a generalisation.
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It did visit my school (Hawera High) in pursuit of a scandal once but about what I do not know
something about night-time chicken slayings..
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There were lines? :)
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I find it extremely unlikely they would have never balloted their members until after the fact, nor consulted with their other industry guilds.
Fair point. I recall talking about them going in with guns blazing, but you're right they would have rallied support first.
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with conclusions which seem to have ignored the majority of submissions
Business as usual, then
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'm sure the actors feel very hard done by in this whole thing. I'll bet some aren't terribly fond of some comments made around here
What? That their *union* did a poor job? Have I missed someone bagging actors in general?