The quote is from Truman Capote’s Breakfast at Tiffany’s.
We’ve been mentioned in dispatches over at Catallaxy. rog writes:
The problem is that whilst LP may on this occasion condemn Hilaly they have yet to condemn the Islamic fundamentalism of Hamas, Fatah, Hezbollah, AQ and all the other criminal based brotherhoods that litter the place.
So, after I quickly condemn violent fundamentalism of any stripe, I thought that people might enjoy an open condemnation thread. What’s getting up your goat this weekend? Which evil political and religious phenomena need condemnation? You can condemn anything you like, except Breakfast at Tiffany’s.
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Does it get any more condemny than this?
That’s Birdy in case you hadn’t guessed.
I’d like to condemn rog, for still not having condemned the actions of Robespierre. The fact is that its been 200 years and we are still waiting.
I commend these condemnations … I think.
I bow down before the Master, Kim.
I condemn condemning, particularly as about 90% of it is just projection. See above for example.
I’m also a bit pissed off with the pullulating plethora of post-Pageant punters wave upon unending wave of whom were hurling themselves and their infant children into the path of the oncoming cars and trucks on Greenhill Road this morning, without benefit of traffic lights or pedestrian crossing, in the aftermath of John Martin’s Christmas Pageant, and expecting the traffic to screech to a halt, or perhaps to part like the Red Sea. Way not to deserve to have children, dudes.
That thread’s actually turned into something pretty interesting, now Kim & Mark. Bird is, well, Bird, but there are many other very thoughtful contributions, including from Liam.
Let’s have some praise too. Way to go with the alliteration, Dr Cat!
I condemn those who pray for rain and bugger up a good saturday in Brisbane.
Hmmm. I’m thinking Saint Audrey Hepburn de la robe glorieuse should be admitted to the Sacred Church of the Holy Zemiro.
If we teamed her up with a couple of others she could be a trinity.
And, Mark, everybody knows Breakfast at Tiffany’s was really written by Harper Lee.
De la cigarette holder glorieuse?
Plus I’d just like to say that Madonna is an old anorexic whore who wore out her welcome years ago, and that now she suddenly speaks with a British accent and she thinks she can play guitar and she should go fuck herself.
I condemn Al-Qaeda threats against Brangelina. Well maybe just against Angelina.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/people/brangelina-terror-threat/2006/11/04/1162340081089.html
Et les diamants, aussi, Kim !
I condemn ,ponderous,pompous pastors who prattle on about piety and chastity who are but hypocritical prigs.
Rev Ted Haggard is that you hiding underneath the third pew? We will “forgive” ,of course, “after an extended period of recovery”.
http://www.nae.net/
I saw that Catallaxy thread, and Im with Liamista. While I agree with the Righties there about that flakey weirdo loser Dem who’s just resigned – the thing is, on the left, we commonly lump about half the Dems in with Right (Meg Whatsherface, Andrew Murray) and about half with the left (Bartlett, Despoja, Allison). There are good reasons for this, largely to do with their attitude towards Industrial relations; which seems to split the dems along a classic left-right fault line, as we would see it.
So, depending on where she lines up, maybe RWBDs should be condemning/ disowning her! I dont know where the person in question stands. She just sounds rather confused and weird to me.
Anyway, here at Keating Towers, we condemn:
- hats worn backwards
- “thanking you”
- “Haitch”.
- Climate Ostriches
- Urban 4WDs
Wingnuts demand that any criticism of the west, including of the Judeo Christian tradition, be prefaced with violent condemnation of Islam.
It’s a flawed premise, as it fails to consider the fact that there is not one Muslim holding a position of power within Australia or the US that can actually make laws that affect my way of life. Bush, Howard et al, have eroded our personal freedoms, yet the supposed conservatives, the ones who should be the most outraged, have fallen unquestioningly into line.
It’s not lost on me that Fundamentalist Islam and the progressive left are at polar opposites. Fundamentalist Islam with it’s strict adherence to the teachings of the leader, lack of personal freedoms, Brutal Misogyny and love of violence, sees them as the natural companions to wingnuts. They are a match made in heaven (or hell) yet hate each other. Bizarre.
Also, this Bird fellow is a bully and shouldn’t be engaged with. His online Psychology is truly tragic.
As alliteration goes, ‘P’ is a particularly pleasing plosive, IMO.
What Christine said about Madonna. But I would prefer to spare Brad at Angelina’s expense, if we’re only allowed to exempt one of them.
Thanks PC. I stole the quote.
I utterly condemn the total absence of tinned babaganoosh in my kitchen pantry.
Well, I’m afraid I’ll have to condemn Truman Capote for running round telling everyone that he – not Harper Lee – wrote “To Kill a Mockingbird.” There’s lots of other stuff to condemn him for – the Black and White Ball comes to mind – but not “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” or “In Cold Blood.”
It would be beneath my dignity to even mention that writer chap. He was nothing more than a toy.
Quite, darling.
I condemn stage jumping and the inappropriate use of sports drinks.
I condemn the Heaviside Layer for sounding so threatening.
I condemn my dog for FARTING under the table while I was trying to eat my lunch.
I condemn magazine deadlines which see me chained to my desk all this weekend, making me cranky, which in turn makes me send intemperate emails when I should know better.
Finally, I would like to applaud Mr Kate for vacuuming and mopping the floor and making my lunch for me.
Your dog does that too? My partner and I have started calling them ‘paint peelers’, but then, they’d probably do more than just peel paint.
Mr Kate does mopping as well as vacuuming? God.
I condemn myself for saying ‘yes’ 24 hours ago when I was asked to do a 1500 word review of ‘Jonestown’ – with a Monday morning deadline. Further condemnation is warranted for hanging out here and at Catallaxy when I should be doing the bloody review……………………..
Is there something strange about men who mop, Geoff?
He also is doing the laundry right now too, and I think he even plans to fold it once it is dry.
I would like to condemn drivers who do not get out of the way of emergency vehicles with their sirens on. Wrong for so many reasons.
I would also like to condemn the font size at catallaxy. It was fine at first after the redesign, until Granpa Cambria couldn’t find his glasses and started whinging about it. I know I can change it in my browser, but then it stuffs the perfectly adequate text on every other goddam site.
Comment redacted by me because I am just in a bitchy mood today, which I also condemn.
“Is there something strange about men who mop, Geoff?”
Well…no Kate. I share my life with one (a man I mean) so mopping is performed pretty much by men round here. I guess I just thought that mopping might be seen as a significant step up from vacuuming in the heterosexual guy partnering scenario – but I condemn myself for thinking so.
I condemn Geoff Honnor
I condemn Spiceman’s condemningness.
I condemn gender stereotyping about domestic duties.
I condemn the fact that no matter how many times we condemingly use the word condemn, we will probably never make it to the top of Google.
Condemdodamnit.
Since I’ve been in the fridge for over a week, I condemn the lack of beer in here.
And I condemn the lack of Audrey Hepburn photos on this thread to date.
<img src="http://www.poster.net/anonymous/anonymous-audrey-hepburn-2409685.jpg"
And I condemn Rafe Champion for not condemning the UNSW Sociology Department and the crimes of Stalin in this comment:
http://catallaxyfiles.com/?p=2029
And I condemn anyone in advance who can make any sense out of that comment.
and I condemn Anna Winter’s condemnation by proxy
I condemn mopping and mowing of all kinds.
Also all those people who address me as “Carol”.
And I am getting in first and anonymously condemning myself.
While the arm, the neck and the mouth are all astonishing, I condemn those Hepburn eyebrows. Baaaaad makeup.
Surely it could be worse, Laura. At least they’re not calling you Shirley.
I condemn the fact that there isn’t enough bandwidth on this server to contain the list of things that I condemn. Grumble grumble (cracks knuckles) grumble.
but, on the other hand…
“Has anyone here condemned you?”
“None, Rabbi.”
“Then neither do I…”
–that chap who nobody seems to like any more…
I condemn Liberertarians. They’ve successfully managed embody all of man kind’s least desirable elements and package them neatly into one ideology.
I also condemn country music. Nothing defines redneck moron quite as succinctly.
I condemn this jumper Im wearing. Its stained from my daighters latest rendition of “Yoghurt: a dance extravaganza”, and has two prominent moth holes in the front vestment.
I condemn people who are politically aware but prefer to throw stones over active involvement!
I condemn bowlers who put a nice juicy ball outside off stump only to have hold up off the pitch meaning I’m through with the shot before the ball gets to where it should hence popping up a simple catch ending prematurely a potentially great 6th wicket partnership.
I also condemn buildings.
I demand that every condemnation of the facial hair of Islamic militants be balanced by a condemnation of the facial hair of Greg Sheridan. I demand that any Criticism of Islamic headgear for women be balanced by condemnation of headgear worn by nuns, of jeans worn too low on the hips, socks worn with sandals and a demand that Piers Akerman and Paddy McGuinness be veiled when in public.
I condemn every thing either Bush said (except the bit about broccoli).
I condemn every brutal dictator currently supported by the US so that when they discover retrospectively they’re a dictator and invade I’ll have covered myself, Galloway style, for when I have to oppose the US invasion.
I condemn brussels sprouts.
I condemn those who believe that we cannot be trusted to decide our own way in life and need to outsource this function to every busy-body and nosey parker around us.
I condemn you all!
I stand condemned. [sniff]
Sorry, Ebenzer, I got in first with my own self-condemnation (at 6:40 pm).
However, I am not greedy and will leave condemning the rest of the human race to you.
Ooh, I love condemning!
I condemn all of those sexist men who suddenly discover feminism only in relation to Islam and then try to use it in order to criticise western women for not criticising Islam.
I condemn the “nesting instinct” and being subjected to my hormones. I also condemn being pregnant and away from home and thus unable to “nest”.
I condemn the expressions “youse” and (like Mr Lefty) “thanking you” .
I condemn people who walk in groups along footpaths and refuse to get out of my way – thus forcing me into the gutter. Ditto those who decide to regroup in doorways.
I condemn Howard and all of his ilk.
I condemn Robert for ignoring my SMS message.
Sorry Cristy, but I condemn the fact that the English language has no plural for you. Such as youse, the use of which I promote at every opportunity. It would lead to greater clarity, brevity and succinctness (sp? it’s late etc etc) in everyday speech. For example instead of ‘would you boys please come in for dinner’ I could just say ‘would youse come in for dinner’. Of course, I would always add ‘please’. I’ve never been sure whether it would be spelt youse or yous, but we could debate that at a later stage.
I condemn the fetid pile of cat laxatives that is Quizmania.
I condemn that you have to wait up so late to see Quizmania.
I condemn Eddie Everywhere for everything.
I condemn people who keep mixing me up with Lefty E.
Rafe Champion:
I don’t exactly know what wheeling the scrum is, but it sounds like one of those sexual perversions you Lefties get up to all the time, and by God I condemn it!
We’re just as confused Rafe. See, I would have said snorting speed off a Salome’s belly was pretty cool, till moralising RWDB fundy anti-gay marriage campaigners starting doing it.
Now I dont know where I stand.
Tis all in paeces, all coahearance gone.
“Sorry Cristy, but I condemn the fact that the English language has no plural for you.”
Fair enough. One day I might even learn to accept “youse”, but for now it just grates on me… I can’t help it.
“I condemn people who keep mixing me up with Lefty E.”
My apologies to you both. It was late…
I condemn capri pants. For any woman who isn’t named Audrey Hepburn and who hasn’t starred opposite Gregory Peck in Roman Holiday to wear capri pants is a fashion felony!
Also bike shorts worn with big overcoats. But that’s something you only see from a taxi as you’re driving through Beverley Hills to get to the less salubrious part of LA where they’ve hidden your Ramada Inn.
i would be tempted to condemn men who tell women what to wear if i was a condemnatory type of gal. LOL.
“…bike shorts worn with big overcoats.”
You’re joking?$%#!????? Surely not. I think I’m coming over all fainty and sick.
I condemn evil, even if I don’t know what it is exactly.
And since youse all started it: I condemn men who wear Warwick Cappa shorts, sleeve-less tops anywhere but the gym or when jogging, tighty-whiteys, linen pants, suits from Lowes and anything resembling a tassled leather loafer.
Yez can all just goen git fucked.
I condemn the following:
BMW drivers.
Volvo drivers.
Saab drivers.
Drivers of any expensive European car who believe that just because they drive a flash car they can hog the road, cut in front of trucks, double park and basically annoy me.
I also condem any car with a stereo that outputs more energy than the engine.
I condemn the English Rugby League team for winning last night, and the Australian team for playing like shit. Yeah, I mean YOU Big Willy!
Oh, and I condemn fox sports for making you pay extra to watch the champion cup cricket final. Screw you Rupert.
I condemn this site for pre-emptively condemning many deserving condemnible people, actions and places.
I condemm Tim Blair,Ackerman and Bolt for being such a stupid bunch of right wing idiots,2 of whom winge about left wing bias on the ABC while taking money off them.
Blair is just a fool
I condemn my beloved Bolton Wanderers for losing at home to Wigan last night.
Crap effort Trotters.
I condemn the LP wordpress setup for not publishing my trackback,but i’m not going to put one in manually because then the proper trackback will always appear. For which I also condemn it.
I condemn my cats for not doing the housework.
I condemn Aussie rules, Rugby Union and Soccer. Pansies.
John Ryan. Tim Blair is an irrelevant nerd. Ignore him.
Excellent point.
I condemn Sydney trainers whose horses win our Melbourne races.
I condemn myself for picking both second placed horses.
Here’s a manual trackback for Helen:
http://castironbalcony.media2.org/?p=283
And I condemn the spaminator for catching her earlier comment!
I condemn that boxer who started the whole youse thing.
I would also like to condemn tinned beetroot.
Thank you for this opportunity.
The condemns just keep on coming.
I condemn Kyle Sandilands for, for everything
I condemn the trainer at my gym who is a horrible perving creep
I condemn without reservation all sixteen of my students who have had me as their tutor for a whole year but still haven’t bothered to learn how to spell my last name properly, and gave proof of this on the front pages of their final essays
At the risk of being condemned for a sin of omission, those bike shorts with overcoat were on a bloke. Perhaps he intended to let the local animal lovers all know that the budgie he was smuggling down the street was locally bred, not illegally imported.
And while we’re on bloke’s fashion – I’d like to condemn the unsung bastards who came up with pin-stripes, hound’s-tooth and Prince of Wales check.
And two sizes too small “can’t get ‘em all the way up past me bum” Levis 501s. Yez all know what I’m talkin’ about.
I condemn people who criticise women for breastfeeding in public. What the fuck is your problem?
ok, as much as i loathe condemnation per se, i’m wholeheartedly with you on this one Alex.
I visited this COC church once where the bulletin said ” pastor has requested no breastfeeding in the sanctuary”
WTF? If anyone had have dared say anything to me, i was ready to loudly request a ban on erections in the service. And i would have happily put my hand up (or down as the case may be) to enforce it too…
Yes, quite.
I am actually gearing up for a fight on this one. If anyone says anything critical to me (or near me), my nasty lawyer side is going to be right out there in public!
I have yet to see anyone ask an adult to go and eat their lunch in a public toilet.
My condemnations are too predictable to be worth mentioning.
Instead, I extend bouquets to however thought of posting those marvellous pics of Audrey Hepburn. At the risk of betraying how old I am, I reckon she still looks stunning.
I condemn working on Sundays. Not for any religious reason, just cause it sucks when I have to do it.
Can we get back to Audrey Hepburn?
I’m all in favour.
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I condemn the lack of Audrey Hepburn discussion on most of this thread.
And I condemn the fact that no one has mentioned Dr Cat’s fave band The Audreys.
http://pavlovblog.blogspot.com/2006/10/adelaides-audreys-at-arias.html
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Indeed. I condemn anyone who condemns anyone who has ‘Audrey’ in their name.
I had a friend at school called Audrey. I condemn all those who thought this was not an 80s-acceptable girl’s name!
I praise Mark for responding to my request.
I condemn blogs that don’t try to please, Christine.
<img src="http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/PYR/PP30666~Audrey-Hepburn-Breakfast-at-Tiffanys-Posters.jpg"
“…âbike shorts worn with big overcoats.â?
Youâre joking?$%#!????? Surely not. I think Iâm coming over all fainty and sick.”
Oh, it gets *far* worse than that in LA, and I condemn the whole lot of it. I especially condemn the (mercifully, now-receding) hipster habit of wearing watch-caps all friggin year ’round, as if it *ever* really got that cold in So. Cal.
And Gummo — a Ramada Inn? C’mon, man! For only (as Sergio Leone would put it) a few $$ more, you could stay at the Standard, or the Farmers Daughter Motel, if you’re going budget. Anyone who crosses a whole ocean to get to LA and then stays at a Ramada Inn is dangerously skirting condemnation…
Oh, and as always, I condemn the living shit out of soccer.
I condemn this thread for only displaying one Hepburn.
ââ¦âbike shorts worn with big overcoats.â?
Youâre joking?$%#!????? Surely not. I think Iâm coming over all fainty and sick.â?
I don’t know if it’s related or not but a week ago I spotted a young bloke in the main street of Warrnambool in military overcoat and sandshoes (though perhaps I should bow to modernity and refer to them as ‘sneakers’.)
Military overcoat and sandshoes: my god, that took me back. That was standard uniform for the down-and-outers and metho drinkers back in the 60s. This young bloke didn’t look that hard done by; perhaps he’s making a fashion statement. Anything like this in other parts of Oz?
Not that I’m all that curious. I’d much rather be discussing Audrey. Now SHE could’ve made even that outfit look chic.
I condemn Truman Capote for inventing me.
Bringing to mind, tigtog, Dorothy Parker’s review of Kateherine Hepburn’s performance in the Broadway production of ‘The Lake’: “She delivered a striking performance that ran the gamut of emotions, from A to B.”
Oh bugger it. Let’s have another from La Parker:
“Well, Aimee Semple McPherson has written a book. And were you to call it a little peach, you would not be so much as scratching its surface. It is the story of her life, and it is called In the Service of the King, which title is perhaps a bit dangerously suggestive of a romantic novel. It may be that this autobiography is set down in sincerity, frankness and simple effort. It may be, too, that the Statue of Liberty is situated in Lake Ontario.”
Miss Radley, please do not mention that horrid creature’s name again. He’s off the list.
Or should I say Mr Radley…
I condemn the movie bigshots who dumped Julie Andrews in favour of Audrey Hepburn for the film version of My Fair Lady, and then dubbed over Audrey Hepburn’s voice in all the song-and-dance parts.
And I condemn them for creating the lie all those years that Audrey Hepburn could sing!
I condemn myself for getting sucked into the school photos palavar.
I condemn Julie Andrews.
Je ne condamne personne. Moi, j’accuse.
I condemn the lack of a “pas” after the verb… n’est-ce pas?
I know my french is rusty, but I am fairly sure that Liam’s sentence is grammatically correct. It certainly reads right…
I’m with Cristy — I think ‘ne … personne’ works the same way as ‘ne … jamais’ — with no ‘pas’.
Kimberelle, la reine des forbans, would know.
Je pense que c’est droit…
(does that mean – I think that’s right?)
Mark, “droit” means right in a geographical sense (“the shop is on the right”), not as in ‘correct’. The French for that is … drum roll … “correct”!
When you’re in a hole, stop digging!
Vis a vis le usage de “ne personne”, Liam, le chat de Pavlov, et Cristy sont correct.
I condemn myself for forgetting my High School French!
Erm, oohay pweeton ashtare un autre cope de Kava, M’shure?
[about all i learned in New Caledonia]
From everything I’ve heard about kava, un autre cope is almost always a bad idea.
Thank goodness I was right about that little phrase. I actually did 8 and a half years of my education in french and yet my french is incredibly rusty.
Perhaps I will do something about that one day…
I’d love to get some French refresher practice in.
Which reminds me – I condemn myself for not remembering to follow up on the person I know who’s got a French flatmate about her teaching/reminding both of us how to speak French.
I shall write it on the “to do” list.
I condemn myself for writing to do lists on post it notes.
I condemn Post-It notes for not being big enough by a country mile to write my ‘To Do’ list on. Evah.
I solve that by having about 10 on my desk at any given time, Dr Cat. Not that that helps get everything on them done.
And I condemn myself for having forgotten to write the French thingy on a post it note til just now.
And I issue the ritual Monday night condemnation of channel 9 for having the Sopranos on at 12.05am.
Watch out, Eddie Everywhere!
<img src="http://i.a.cnn.net/si/2004/writers/pete_mcentegart/11/01/ten.spot/tx_soprano01.jpg"
Fatwah!
I condemn the fact that until now the Clinton/preacherman thread had one more comment on it than this one.
I condemn myself for not having done my German homework this week and Mark for not havcing already downloaded and watched the Sopranos months ago like everyone else. I condemn Channel Nine too anyway, that goes without saying.
Christine,
Antother Parker fan, eh? Sadly, I don’t have my selected writings to hand. So I have to settle for just the last sentence of her review of A A Milne:
..and I condemn comments commending the condensing of condemnations into alliterative acronyms.
I condemn you, Mark, for questioning my francophone elitism. Peasant.
I condemn myself for the same reason, Liam.