tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6732615.post111361950881305695..comments2023-09-26T02:09:58.787+10:00Comments on diogenesian discourse: amateur hour in politics 101...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6732615.post-1113723532461142492005-04-17T17:38:00.000+10:002005-04-17T17:38:00.000+10:00DS, my mother drilled into us the absolute imperat...DS, my mother drilled into us the absolute imperative to look up any word we come across if we didn't 100% know what it meant. I thank her for that. That's the only way to increase your word power. Mine is nevertheless abyssmal. You keep looking up the words, DS, y'hear?The Editorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03884172849865230486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6732615.post-1113707545648459892005-04-17T13:12:00.000+10:002005-04-17T13:12:00.000+10:00I'd just like to say ditto to the urban fox's comm...I'd just like to say ditto to the urban fox's comments including the 'self-deprecating' (whatever that means) bit. I hate it when I have to open a dictionary to read your blog. I can see why Bush doesn't visit your site very often. ;-)<BR/><BR/>DSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6732615.post-1113691687307630072005-04-17T08:48:00.000+10:002005-04-17T08:48:00.000+10:00Thanks for taking the time to understand what I wr...Thanks for taking the time to understand what I wrote, fox. <BR/><BR/>The self-deprecating bits? They're part of the way I rant. <BR/><BR/>I refuse to cowtow to the principles of "writing for academic purposes". A bigger load of codswallop I've never come accross. Sure that's necessary if you're trying to be "autoritative" or you're trying to build "credibility", or you are submitting shit to get a degree (I think I'll just buy me one of the el-cheapo variety to nark the snobs). <BR/><BR/>Highly persuasive? I haven't had anyone come up to me yet and say "I used to be a right wing racist Nazi and now, thanks to your persuasive arguments, I've joinded the peace movement, I vote for the Greens and I've read all of the books on your booklist. YOu have saved my life!" <BR/><BR/>No, fox, I'm just preaching (badly) to the already-converted and the rest vomit and move on, I'm afraid. Even some of the converted vomit and move on.<BR/><BR/>But it is nice to get acknowledgement and encouragement, so thanks heaps.The Editorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03884172849865230486noreply@blogger.com