Comments | chickenfeet2003: All Black

chickenfeet2003

All Black

Feb 19, 2009 06:02

Is it just me who finds something a bit odd about using All Black icons to protest against something in New Zealand?

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chickenfeet2003 February 19 2009, 11:28:43 UTC

I feel that way about a lot of protests really. Are a couple of dozen flag waving students outside the Israeli consulate going to stop the invasion of Gaza? I guess it shows someone cares but I don't think governments do until the issue gets taken up by the Murdoch press.

shezan February 19 2009, 11:31:38 UTC

Where do you think the Murdoch press gets its ideas? All over, including when some of their journos see the protest while trawling the web online at home and come into the office the following morning saying: "Hey, there's a story we oughtta do..."

(BTDT.)

chickenfeet2003 February 19 2009, 11:40:03 UTC

Where do you think the Murdoch press gets its ideas?

I don't think I would want my answer to that to be read by the servants. It rather me reminds me of an old Steve Bell cartoon of a rat pushing a barrow full of used toilet paper.

Oddly enough, during the Gaza invasion the Jerusalem National Post steadfastly ignored the daily protests against the invasion but made a meeting by a couple of hundred Zionists in a Toronto synagogue its front page story. Truly "news" is what the press barons say it is.

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shezan February 19 2009, 11:30:06 UTC

ROFL!!!!

And that law is coming our way. France is adopting something like it in April.

shezan February 19 2009, 13:24:17 UTC

... BTW, did you pick up the Blackhead-Ludwig duet I posted at my last "home cinema post?

chickenfeet2003 February 19 2009, 14:41:30 UTC

No. I'll go look for it

shezan February 19 2009, 15:41:12 UTC

Pas mal, hein?

ROFL tatjna February 19 2009, 18:02:22 UTC

Most of the people I know who have blacked out their icons would never have made the connection. I think other people have NZ and All Blacks as synonymous in their heads a lot more than kiwis do. Or maybe that's just my circle of geek friends.

Anyway, on the protest thing - it got on the national television news last night, which if nothing else has raised awareness amongst the rugby-followers that probably had heard nothing about 92a prior to that.

Re: ROFL chickenfeet2003 February 19 2009, 18:13:54 UTC

Do you have computer hakas?

f4f3 February 19 2009, 21:13:44 UTC

"Not wearing badges is not enough, on days like these."