Comments on: For the Sake of a Higher Cause http://www.thedarkglass.net/2005/09/16/for-the-sake-of-a-higher-cause/ trying to nail down the shifting signifiers Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:03:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Administrator http://www.thedarkglass.net/2005/09/16/for-the-sake-of-a-higher-cause/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Administrator Tue, 20 Sep 2005 22:35:31 +0000 http://anthony.poshcoffee.com/?p=6#comment-6 Simon, Thanks for the compliment! Honestly however, I don't think I am anymore politically informed than you are. In fact, in my original draft of this post I confessed my political ignorance, and talked a bit about my attempts to overcome it. I mentioned how I read from various news sources and listened to political commentators across the spectrum (all who claimed to speak w/out spin), with the end result that I did not feel any sense of mastery over political affairs and that I became rather cynical about the state of information in our society. In light of this, what I hope your compliment shows is that I am able to deal even with my ignorance in an intelligent fashion. Simon,

Thanks for the compliment! Honestly however, I don’t think I am anymore politically informed than you are. In fact, in my original draft of this post I confessed my political ignorance, and talked a bit about my attempts to overcome it. I mentioned how I read from various news sources and listened to political commentators across the spectrum (all who claimed to speak w/out spin), with the end result that I did not feel any sense of mastery over political affairs and that I became rather cynical about the state of information in our society. In light of this, what I hope your compliment shows is that I am able to deal even with my ignorance in an intelligent fashion.

]]> By: Simon Jones http://www.thedarkglass.net/2005/09/16/for-the-sake-of-a-higher-cause/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Simon Jones Mon, 19 Sep 2005 03:44:23 +0000 http://anthony.poshcoffee.com/?p=6#comment-5 I can't say I know too much about him really. All I know is that Bush wanted him in there, which is good enough reason for me to want to pick up rotting fruit from the ground and sling it in his direction. An irrational and quite unfair reaction on my part of course, but one must partake in a drive by fruiting at least once. On a more worrying note your post got me to thinking if I have even the faintest idea as to what our UK equivalent of that post is. Is it the High Court, the House of Lords? Who knows? I should know that though shouldn't I. The shock and shame is that I don't. And another thing, if Wales is governed by England in the same way as Scotland, with both of them coming under UK leadership, why then do they have parliaments? And who the heck is the Prime Minister of Canada. It's outrageous that I have no idea who runs the biggest country in the world. I'm horribly uninformed about so much; your level on informedness is impressive Anthony. I'm so uninformed that I didn't even know Britney Spears was pregnant! How the devil did I miss that bit of world changing news I ask you!? I can’t say I know too much about him really. All I know is that Bush wanted him in there, which is good enough reason for me to want to pick up rotting fruit from the ground and sling it in his direction. An irrational and quite unfair reaction on my part of course, but one must partake in a drive by fruiting at least once.

On a more worrying note your post got me to thinking if I have even the faintest idea as to what our UK equivalent of that post is. Is it the High Court, the House of Lords? Who knows? I should know that though shouldn’t I. The shock and shame is that I don’t.

And another thing, if Wales is governed by England in the same way as Scotland, with both of them coming under UK leadership, why then do they have parliaments?

And who the heck is the Prime Minister of Canada. It’s outrageous that I have no idea who runs the biggest country in the world.

I’m horribly uninformed about so much; your level on informedness is impressive Anthony. I’m so uninformed that I didn’t even know Britney Spears was pregnant! How the devil did I miss that bit of world changing news I ask you!?

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