Comments | parma_violets: Graham's Christmas Address

parma_violets

Graham's Christmas Address

Dec 25, 2006 12:26

Futile to argue about what the meaning of Christmas, in a traditional sense, is - is it a Christian holiday, a co-opted pagan one, something to do with throwing reindeer guts at stuttering children? - because history means nothing if the ideas being represented can’t stand on their own two feet. For some reason, this has become a particularly hot ( Read more... )

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urkels_beaker December 25 2006, 15:56:19 UTC

It would seem that the sun is taking a murdochian leaf from the fox news xmas tree in their 'campaign', as bill o'reilly etc have been harping away on this subject (as you no doubt know) for several years ( ... )

parma_violets December 25 2006, 20:50:05 UTC

I've said this before and I'll say it again - "PC", in this context, means little more than "politeness". If people are opposed to you calling black people wogs, it's probably because it's damn rude and hurts people's feelings. Ironically, the same people who are fighting for the death of Political Correctness are also the same people who want a return to deference and traditional manners. They just want their little loophole to pick on the weak, that's all.

The most weaselly, mush-mouthed, cowardly euphemism in use today is "fearlessly un-PC". When you hear that, you know that it actually means "vile, mean-spirited, cowardly bully".

Your Christmas sounds fab. I'm here drinking and watching episodes of Ripping Yarns and Curb Your Enthusiasm with my granddad, and I'm seeing friends tomorrow. I hope everyone else's Christmas is at least as good as mine!

londonkds December 25 2006, 18:55:22 UTC

Words to live by.

Merry Christmas!

parma_violets December 25 2006, 20:46:38 UTC

Cheers, and the same to you!

pink_sweater_uk December 26 2006, 20:03:56 UTC

Best. Seasonal. Post. EVER!

A spiffing Christmas and festive season to your good self, sir.

parma_violets January 1 2007, 18:40:40 UTC

Thank you - I was aiming for the 'epic secularist battle cry' effect, and it's nice to know it worked. :) Hope you had a good Christmas.

grapefruitzzz December 26 2006, 21:43:40 UTC

True. Mean old Murdoch stealing my Adapted Solstice festival. I hate most of the newspapers in this country (right now I am at my folks' and they have the Mail. Ew ew EW on that).

parma_violets January 1 2007, 18:41:52 UTC

True dat. Ever since the theguardian started going irreversibly downmarket, I haven't been able to find a paper I can trust.

My parents get the Mail too. I used to read it to laugh at, but about a year ago I found I could accurately predict the contents of the paper without even opening it.

grapefruitzzz January 3 2007, 04:06:45 UTC

A picture of a woman throwing up after a wild night with the headline "THE DEATH OF FEMININITY" as if Hogarth and Chaucer never happened or it was any of their business. Idiots.

I try to be a Guardian reader but the giant wall of smugness and the assumptions about my income get really grating. They have real trouble imagining that anyone earning less than 18K ever reads their paper.