tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post6789166578696563794..comments2023-11-02T11:32:38.324+00:00Comments on The Joy of Curmudgeonry: SpecialistsDeogolwulfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02197539477668018797noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post-89032682746753723082009-01-12T01:55:00.000+00:002009-01-12T01:55:00.000+00:00Perhaps these lessons will contrast the painstakin...Perhaps these lessons will contrast the painstaking archaeological efforts undertaken in Bosnia and Iraq to uncover mass graves and identify the victims with the 60+ year delay in doing any such thing anywhere in eastern Europe.<BR/><BR/>Or perhaps not. Its not like Jewish people have the political or economic clout to get such a thing done.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post-45044263544625855062008-11-11T22:05:00.000+00:002008-11-11T22:05:00.000+00:00"the pleasures of a PowerPoint presentation and cu..."the pleasures of a PowerPoint presentation and curiously-spelt handouts in Comic Sans"<BR/><BR/>I know these pleasures: they feel oddly like the pangs of despair.Deogolwulfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02197539477668018797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post-56077834933805849542008-11-11T19:23:00.000+00:002008-11-11T19:23:00.000+00:00It’s not only schoolchildren who will have to endu...It’s not only schoolchildren who will have to endure the efforts of experts promoting tolerance via exquisitely-honed sensitive methods. Some exhausted adults in the autumn of their working lives (and sadly I am one of them) must attend ‘Breaking Down Barriers - an equality and diversity training event’. As a result of attending this session I am told that I will be able to “Explain why use of language is important in widening participation”, an outcome so risible that I have sent my apologies. Don’t know whether I’ll get away with it but in the meantime I am happy to forgo the pleasures of a PowerPoint presentation and curiously-spelt handouts in Comic Sans, both of which would test my limits of tolerance to their utmost.Derby WEAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12198948188180793171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post-53480671826919898242008-11-10T10:59:00.000+00:002008-11-10T10:59:00.000+00:00Mr Dude, it is hard to keep up with the changes in...Mr Dude, it is hard to keep up with the changes in euphemism. I think "sensitivity-training" sounds so much nicer. <BR/><BR/>Anon, perhaps the UN keeps one. With Chinese pressure, however, I think Ghengis Khan would rank above Mao.Deogolwulfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02197539477668018797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post-70145586467553878682008-11-10T00:44:00.000+00:002008-11-10T00:44:00.000+00:00Is there a league table of righteousness when it c...Is there a league table of righteousness when it comes to mass slaughter?<BR/>How does Alexander the great or William the conqueror rank on this?<BR/>Would knocking of a lot of Iraqis count?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post-9328716711199755982008-11-09T11:38:00.000+00:002008-11-09T11:38:00.000+00:00What a semantic nightmare. In former times, we wou...What a semantic nightmare. In former times, we would call this <I>coercive persuasion</I>, yes?Dudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13789528179190065886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post-27255226286305999812008-11-08T16:18:00.000+00:002008-11-08T16:18:00.000+00:00Last point you made, Deogolwulf - precisely.Last point you made, Deogolwulf - precisely.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post-3040383900133124682008-11-08T15:35:00.000+00:002008-11-08T15:35:00.000+00:00I think the official line is that they are barely ...I think the official line is that they are barely worth mentioning.Deogolwulfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02197539477668018797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post-2140829657181381882008-11-08T14:54:00.000+00:002008-11-08T14:54:00.000+00:00"the Nazi genocide"No mention, then, of 'Uncle Joe..."the Nazi genocide"<BR/><BR/>No mention, then, of 'Uncle Joe's' efforts, or Mao's record-breaking spree in China, both of whom, when it comes to mass murder, made Hitler look like a dilettante.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com