Posts by stephen clover
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Either my friends are getting ruder or there's just this new game in town that no-one's told me about...
There's a lot of cocaine around at the moment. Um, so I've heard. O_o
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There's probably a loophole in what I've said that can be opened up and used to expose me as a bigoted homophobe...
Anyone -- gay, straight, camp, not -- being overly FABulous tends to annoy the piss out of me, so I know what you mean.
But until shown proof I'm not prepared to accept that a significantly higher proportion of gay men than straight have obnoxious personalities.
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Not even Amy Winehouse likes her debut album, so that's not a good place for anyone to start. You need to go to Rehab.
So, on Rehab she sounds less like a liquored-up Fran Drescher, and more like a bee, but still... blegh.
The lyrics aren't really any better, either.
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re amy winehouse, tell me all about it, she's great.
Give me a break. 20 seconds of Amy Winehouse was more than enough for me.
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Although I don't think the Anti-Tewwawists have those cool sawn-offs.
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I mean how many English remeber their Lion?
Every time the British Lions go on tour?
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Kowhai, thanks
Yep, Te Whiti, Te Kooti, Rua Kenana bloody fascinating melding of religous imagery, charisma, a bit of the crazy, and sheer crafty adaptablility to changing circumstances.
I was hoping you were still reading. Can you recommend a text which deals particularly with these aspects you mention? I am researchingan art project.
ps. I'd have emailed you this in person if I hadn't lost your bloody email address!
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Totally OT, but I followed Michael's link to the Waitangi Tribunal, and got stuck here:
Though the lions rage still I am for peace . . . Though I be killed I yet shall live; though dead, I shall live in peace which will be the accomplishment of my aim. The future is mine, and little children, when asked hereafter as to the author of peace, shall say Te Whiti, and I will bless them.
Te Whiti o Rongomai, 1881
Presumably "lions" is a reference to the British, but I'm enchanted by his use of this metaphor -- had he seen a lion? Surely not. There was no moving-image or sound-recording technology available. So it's based on perhaps only some black and white engravings -- hand-coloured if yer lucky -- and maybe a photo or two; some tall tales and maybe an enactment of "lions raging". What sort of education had Te Whiti had? Where did he learn about lions? Missionaries?
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Those dudes on the horses look like the Anti-Tewwawism Unit.
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Stephen, I think repulsed is a good word. You want to put the other person off fighting by whatever means. You want them to think that what they are doing is dishonorable and not to their advantage. In fact, you want them to think, period. If that's achieved by being a smelly weak looking hippy saying 'be cool' then mission accomplished.
Oh, totally. Just teasing, y'know.