Comments on: What if they held a conference on racism and all the whiteys stayed away? http://larvatusprodeo.net/2009/04/20/what-if-they-held-a-conference-on-racism-and-all-the-whiteys-stayed-away/ Life, Culture and Politics from BrisVegas Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:11:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Katz http://larvatusprodeo.net/2009/04/20/what-if-they-held-a-conference-on-racism-and-all-the-whiteys-stayed-away/#comment-161379 Katz Thu, 23 Apr 2009 02:30:45 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2009/04/20/what-if-they-held-a-conference-on-racism-and-all-the-whiteys-stayed-away/#comment-161379 I'm not bragging. I have much to be modest about. I’m not bragging. I have much to be modest about.

]]> By: Paul Norton http://larvatusprodeo.net/2009/04/20/what-if-they-held-a-conference-on-racism-and-all-the-whiteys-stayed-away/#comment-161378 Paul Norton Thu, 23 Apr 2009 02:26:54 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2009/04/20/what-if-they-held-a-conference-on-racism-and-all-the-whiteys-stayed-away/#comment-161378 Stop bragging Katz. You're no match for Graeme Bird. ;) Stop bragging Katz. You’re no match for Graeme Bird. ;)

]]> By: Katz http://larvatusprodeo.net/2009/04/20/what-if-they-held-a-conference-on-racism-and-all-the-whiteys-stayed-away/#comment-161377 Katz Thu, 23 Apr 2009 02:25:16 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2009/04/20/what-if-they-held-a-conference-on-racism-and-all-the-whiteys-stayed-away/#comment-161377 If it's any consolation, Paulus, I predict that you will continue to be huge in Adelaide. Modesty forbids any comment on the allure I exercise upon devastatingly intelligent and stunningly beautiful women. If it’s any consolation, Paulus, I predict that you will continue to be huge in Adelaide.

Modesty forbids any comment on the allure I exercise upon devastatingly intelligent and stunningly beautiful women.

]]> By: FDB http://larvatusprodeo.net/2009/04/20/what-if-they-held-a-conference-on-racism-and-all-the-whiteys-stayed-away/#comment-161376 FDB Thu, 23 Apr 2009 01:32:18 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2009/04/20/what-if-they-held-a-conference-on-racism-and-all-the-whiteys-stayed-away/#comment-161376 For the record Paulus, I saw what you did there and found it most amusing. For the record Paulus, I saw what you did there and found it most amusing.

]]> By: Paulus http://larvatusprodeo.net/2009/04/20/what-if-they-held-a-conference-on-racism-and-all-the-whiteys-stayed-away/#comment-161375 Paulus Thu, 23 Apr 2009 01:00:57 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2009/04/20/what-if-they-held-a-conference-on-racism-and-all-the-whiteys-stayed-away/#comment-161375 <blockquote>Would there be any point in holding the Adelaide Conference on the Prevention and Punishment of Murder ... To hold it in Adelaide would be perverse. ……and, with that remark, Katz goes into serious contention for One-Liner of the Year!</blockquote> This is so unfair. I make a little passing joke yesterday, quite deliberately, just to see if anyone ever reads what I write, and then Katz responds to it and gets all the credit! Now people everywhere will recognise him as Mr One-Liner of the Year, and sexy women will want to sleep with him, and he'll appear on Australia's Got Talent, and record companies will offer him deals, and Bono will become his best friend, and he'll be rich enough to buy his own Caribbean island, and he'll marry Scarlett Johansson ... and ... and ... no one will ever remember me. *weeps*

Would there be any point in holding the Adelaide Conference on the Prevention and Punishment of Murder …

To hold it in Adelaide would be perverse.

……and, with that remark, Katz goes into serious contention for One-Liner of the Year!

This is so unfair. I make a little passing joke yesterday, quite deliberately, just to see if anyone ever reads what I write, and then Katz responds to it and gets all the credit!

Now people everywhere will recognise him as Mr One-Liner of the Year, and sexy women will want to sleep with him, and he’ll appear on Australia’s Got Talent, and record companies will offer him deals, and Bono will become his best friend, and he’ll be rich enough to buy his own Caribbean island, and he’ll marry Scarlett Johansson … and … and … no one will ever remember me. *weeps*

]]> By: Paul Norton http://larvatusprodeo.net/2009/04/20/what-if-they-held-a-conference-on-racism-and-all-the-whiteys-stayed-away/#comment-161374 Paul Norton Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:27:14 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2009/04/20/what-if-they-held-a-conference-on-racism-and-all-the-whiteys-stayed-away/#comment-161374 CptR, The BCC has posted <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/20_04_09_ahmadinejad_geneva.pdf" rel="nofollow">a full translation of the speech</a>. I think a phrase such as <em>"the ambiguous and dubious question of Holocaust"</em>, especially on the light of Ahmadinajad's previous statements on this issue, would be the straw which broke this camel's back. Once again folks, I don't have time to stoush today. P.S. Beyond succinctly stating that the events of 1948 in Israel/Palestine, occurring as they did in the shadow of the Holocaust, and the continuing Israeli/Palestinian conflict, come closer than anything else I can think of to satisfying Hegel's definition of tragedy as the clash between right and right. CptR,

The BCC has posted a full translation of the speech. I think a phrase such as “the ambiguous and dubious question of Holocaust”, especially on the light of Ahmadinajad’s previous statements on this issue, would be the straw which broke this camel’s back.

Once again folks, I don’t have time to stoush today.

P.S. Beyond succinctly stating that the events of 1948 in Israel/Palestine, occurring as they did in the shadow of the Holocaust, and the continuing Israeli/Palestinian conflict, come closer than anything else I can think of to satisfying Hegel’s definition of tragedy as the clash between right and right.

]]> By: CptR http://larvatusprodeo.net/2009/04/20/what-if-they-held-a-conference-on-racism-and-all-the-whiteys-stayed-away/#comment-161373 CptR Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:11:05 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2009/04/20/what-if-they-held-a-conference-on-racism-and-all-the-whiteys-stayed-away/#comment-161373 Paul, respectfully, have you listened to or read a complete transcript of Ahmadinajad's speech? I ask this because much of the MSM coverage of the speech has reified as a bogeyman in its own right, but very little description or discussion of the content seems necessary. Few people even seem aware of what was said. What parts of the speech did you find most appalling, most disgusting, most unbecoming for an international statesman? What would have been your critical moment, when you would have walked out on that unpleasant man? Durban II has been, for months at least, characterised by a nauseating spin war of frames and iteration. In the latest iteration the spin axis is the Iranian President, and frankly I could have learnt as much about him being a nasty so-and-so and the ins-and-outs of Durban II's place in international politics from the Australian as I have learnt from Paul's analysis. Paul, respectfully, have you listened to or read a complete transcript of Ahmadinajad’s speech? I ask this because much of the MSM coverage of the speech has reified as a bogeyman in its own right, but very little description or discussion of the content seems necessary. Few people even seem aware of what was said. What parts of the speech did you find most appalling, most disgusting, most unbecoming for an international statesman? What would have been your critical moment, when you would have walked out on that unpleasant man? Durban II has been, for months at least, characterised by a nauseating spin war of frames and iteration. In the latest iteration the spin axis is the Iranian President, and frankly I could have learnt as much about him being a nasty so-and-so and the ins-and-outs of Durban II’s place in international politics from the Australian as I have learnt from Paul’s analysis.

]]> By: Paul Norton http://larvatusprodeo.net/2009/04/20/what-if-they-held-a-conference-on-racism-and-all-the-whiteys-stayed-away/#comment-161372 Paul Norton Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:10:41 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2009/04/20/what-if-they-held-a-conference-on-racism-and-all-the-whiteys-stayed-away/#comment-161372 BTW, a genuine thank you to all those commenters who have done the decent thing and argued with me civilly yet frankly here on this thread rather than misrepresenting my views and libelling me on other blogs. BTW, a genuine thank you to all those commenters who have done the decent thing and argued with me civilly yet frankly here on this thread rather than misrepresenting my views and libelling me on other blogs.

]]> By: Paul Norton http://larvatusprodeo.net/2009/04/20/what-if-they-held-a-conference-on-racism-and-all-the-whiteys-stayed-away/#comment-161371 Paul Norton Wed, 22 Apr 2009 23:42:32 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2009/04/20/what-if-they-held-a-conference-on-racism-and-all-the-whiteys-stayed-away/#comment-161371 No worries, Ambi. I'll be a busy lad today so won't be commenting much, if at all, but look forward to your response. No worries, Ambi.

I’ll be a busy lad today so won’t be commenting much, if at all, but look forward to your response.

]]> By: Ambigulous http://larvatusprodeo.net/2009/04/20/what-if-they-held-a-conference-on-racism-and-all-the-whiteys-stayed-away/#comment-161370 Ambigulous Wed, 22 Apr 2009 23:26:59 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2009/04/20/what-if-they-held-a-conference-on-racism-and-all-the-whiteys-stayed-away/#comment-161370 Thanks, Paul. Plenty to ponder. Thanks, Paul.
Plenty to ponder.

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