Comments on: English language, partisan misuse thereof, etc.

By: DesLivres

DesLivres — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 12:52:03 +0000

Re Hoaxes: Ossian is my personal favourite.

By: Adrien

Adrien — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 09:36:03 +0000

Hatred blows in from the Left:

I too value statistics, and only meant to point out that they can be used to prove almost anything depending on the criteria by which they are gathered.

Indeed that’s up there with Hitler’s speeches. I’m surprised P Cat hasn’t been charged with a hate crime. .
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Hatred does blow in from the Left and out from the Right and around and around. Hate! We;; at least now it’s regular shouting matches instead of the good old days when it was pikes up yer gullet. Still I think it might be useful to consider the source.

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 02:53:18 +0000

Update: Margaret Simons wraps up the reaction to the hoax at Crikey, and Graham Young provides a publisher's perspective at On Line Opinion.

By: Lefty E

Lefty E — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 02:42:47 +0000

I got a 3-week complementary one to follow the hoax news (mine had also lapsed) – but Im enjoying it on the whole, so might sign up again at the end of that.

By: Pavlov's Cat

Pavlov's Cat — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 02:40:40 +0000

Damn it, Lefty E — I’ve let my sub lapse, but I think I’m going to have to renew it now.

By: Lefty E

Lefty E — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 02:33:22 +0000

Great piece by Rundle in today’s Crikey. hehehe.

By: Fine

Fine — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 02:30:54 +0000

I don’t want to continue the stoush. But I do want to say, fascinating comment Casey.

By: Our Mutual Feathered Friend

Our Mutual Feathered Friend — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 02:27:11 +0000

That's not how you do a Gold Standard thread. In the absence of its much-mourned predecessor, this is Gold Standard.

By: Hal9000

Hal9000 — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 02:15:07 +0000

“Ern Malley, to my mind, remains the Gold Standard of hoaxes”

I’m not quite sure what the pegging of currencies to the market price of the yellow metal has to do with hoaxes. On the assumption you’re using ‘gold standard’ as a synonym for ‘acme’, I have to disagree. Piltdown Man has no peer in the realm of mischievous fabrication.

By: casey

casey — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 01:53:53 +0000

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