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In lugnet.mediawatch, Samarth Moray wrote:
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In lugnet.mediawatch, Rob Antonishen wrote:
Holy s***. Youve got to be kidding. I KNEW this would happen eventually, what
with the introduction of the flesh figs. But to think they’d target the
themes themselves is really weird. Now, I don’t know the half of set
designing, but I suspect they only go for the ‘stereotypical’ simply because
kids’d like to play with it. I read a recent report somewhere about how
school authorities were banning a story about a dolphin so that kids living
near the sea wouldn’t feel bad. I’m afraid this isn’t the end of ‘Political
correctness’.
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Well, let’s maintain some perspective, shall we? This is a campus newspaper,
rather than a mainstream AP publication, right? And the article in question is
an opinion column, as opposed to a work of research journalism. Honestly, I
have a hard time believing that it’s even a serious piece. Do you get as upset
when other “opinion journalists” such as Sean Hannity or Ann Coulter makes
utterly preposterous claims?
Besides, if you’re interested in critiquing journalistic excellence, your time
would be better served in examining why, for example, a single phony memo in an
otherwise factual report is more important than the actual story of a terrible
president who used his daddy’s connections to avoid military service. Or
perhaps why the firing of four news producers is of greater historical
significance than the revelation that a quarter-trillion dollar campaign to
murder 100,000 civilians was based on nothing.
I’ll be interested to learn where your sense of journalistic outrage leads you.
Dave!
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I’ll be interested to learn where your sense of journalistic outrage leads
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Well, youre gonna have to choose another topic, I can’t lie and say I’m from the
US, because I’m Indian. I’d rather not comment on matters I have
partial/incomplete knowledge of in the first place; that’d be asking for
trouble. So I’ll be diplomatic and not comment on this one. And indeed, if I
*did* comment, I’d be hijacking this thread.
Legoswami Samarth
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Samarth Moray wrote:
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I’ll be interested to learn where your sense of journalistic outrage leads
you.
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Well, youre gonna have to choose another topic, I can’t lie and say I’m from
the US, because I’m Indian. I’d rather not comment on matters I have
partial/incomplete knowledge of in the first place; that’d be asking for
trouble. So I’ll be diplomatic and not comment on this one. And indeed, if I
*did* comment, I’d be hijacking this thread.
Legoswami Samarth
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Samarth,
I’ve got to commend you on your level-headed maturity, especially for your young
age, not just here, but in all things you’ve been posting on.
Send me your address privately-- I’ll send you a few Han Solo’s in
carbonite--free of charge.
Scott Lyttle
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Samarth Moray wrote:
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I’ll be interested to learn where your sense of journalistic outrage leads
you.
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Well, youre gonna have to choose another topic, I can’t lie and say I’m from
the US, because I’m Indian. I’d rather not comment on matters I have
partial/incomplete knowledge of in the first place; that’d be asking for
trouble. So I’ll be diplomatic and not comment on this one. And indeed, if I
*did* comment, I’d be hijacking this thread.
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Hey, you’re not one of those non-native speakers of English, are you? Jeez, I
wish you guys would wear distinctive hats, or something, so that we can tell you
from those of us lucky enough to live under the Annointed Rule of the His Mighty
Righteousness George W. Bush.
I’ve said it before, and I’m apparently inclined to say it again: so many
non-native speakers of English on LUGNET (and in the world, I’d guess)
speak/write much better than most of my American-born coworkers.
Anyway, I still think that the article is close to irrelevant, since it’s a
small opinion piece in a college newspaper (even if it does turn out to be
serious).
Dave!
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler wrote:
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Samarth Moray wrote:
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I’ll be interested to learn where your sense of journalistic outrage leads
you.
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Well, youre gonna have to choose another topic, I can’t lie and say I’m from
the US, because I’m Indian. I’d rather not comment on matters I have
partial/incomplete knowledge of in the first place; that’d be asking for
trouble. So I’ll be diplomatic and not comment on this one. And indeed, if I
*did* comment, I’d be hijacking this thread.
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Hey, you’re not one of those non-native speakers of English, are you? Jeez,
I wish you guys would wear distinctive hats, or something, so that we can
tell you from those of us lucky enough to live under the Annointed Rule of
the His Mighty Righteousness George W. Bush.
I’ve said it before, and I’m apparently inclined to say it again: so many
non-native speakers of English on LUGNET (and in the world, I’d guess)
speak/write much better than most of my American-born coworkers.
Anyway, I still think that the article is close to irrelevant, since it’s a
small opinion piece in a college newspaper (even if it does turn out to be
serious).
Dave!
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English is an official language of India, has been for many, many years. That’s
‘native’, as in ‘native speaker’ But, I aside from the minor nitpick, I agree
100%!
Tim (Smith)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Timothy P. Smith wrote:
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English is an official language of India, has been for many, many years.
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Actually, Hindi is the official language of India, but English is spoken just as
much here.
Legoswami Samarth
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Samarth Moray wrote:
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I’ll be interested to learn where your sense of journalistic outrage leads
you.
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Well, youre gonna have to choose another topic, I can’t lie and say I’m from
the US, because I’m Indian. I’d rather not comment on matters I have
partial/incomplete knowledge of in the first place; that’d be asking for
trouble. So I’ll be diplomatic and not comment on this one. And indeed, if I
*did* comment, I’d be hijacking this thread.
Legoswami Samarth
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Wow! Yours is the most reasonable post I can remember reading in .debate. Thank
you for staying on topic and not feeding the troll. You hit the ball out of the
park! (American baseball expression)
-Erik
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler wrote:
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Hey, you’re not one of those non-native speakers of English, are you? Jeez,
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No, I’m 100%, born, bred, living Asian Indian (to distinguish from Native
American tribes)
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I wish you guys would wear distinctive hats
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Wouldn’t that be discrimination? ;-)
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Anyway, I still think that the article is close to irrelevant, since it’s a
small opinion piece in a college newspaper (even if it does turn out to be
serious).
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Serious or not, irrelevent or not, the fact is that people will read it and
their general impressions about lego (or ‘legos’) will be tarnished. Unless of
course, they are smart enough and can see through the inconsistencies that were
pointed out in this thread.
Legoswami Samarth
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Erik Olson wrote:
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Samarth Moray wrote:
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I’ll be interested to learn where your sense of journalistic outrage leads
you.
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Well, youre gonna have to choose another topic, I can’t lie and say I’m from
the US, because I’m Indian. I’d rather not comment on matters I have
partial/incomplete knowledge of in the first place; that’d be asking for
trouble. So I’ll be diplomatic and not comment on this one. And indeed, if I
*did* comment, I’d be hijacking this thread.
Legoswami Samarth
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Wow! Yours is the most reasonable post I can remember reading in .debate.
Thank you for staying on topic and not feeding the troll. You hit the ball
out of the park! (American baseball expression)
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Yeah, I guess I can see how a discussion of trivial outrage inspired by a
perceived failure of journalism is completely distinct from serious outrage
inspired by an actual, systemic failure of journalism. Sorry to blur these two
obviously unrelated issues.
Good call, Erik!
Dave!
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