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A compelling use of cliché. In the context of a discussion of guns—tools designed for the purpose of killing or injuring—the idea that knowledge makes one dangerous is brilliant. No doubt the next school massacre will involve a library aide beating children to death with an encyclopaedia...

never taught a day in my life. outside the cartoon-centric US and its lackey Anglophonic countries, reading a bit of sociology or philosophy doesn't qualify anyone as an intellectual; it's just part of being a grown up. I don't know Gatto, but framing modern school systems as having their...

Two rugby championship games and the election on the same day! Will take me a week to recover.

Abject, elitist nonsense. Dare I suggest a bit of Bourdieu? Pathetic.

Hola/Kia ora Anyone know if tickets for All Blacks v Pumas can be bought in person somewhere in BA? Thanks Steve PS: On the subject of rugby, Chiefs going to be riding some ponies this weekend.

London rent 750 per month? I take it you're room-sharing somewhere in Bethnal Green. I was paying 150 pounds per week for a studio (smaller than my current BA bedroom) six or seven years ago. Even at official rate, $100 (US) buys about three days worth of food in Australia. And you have to eat...

disappointed to find this did not involve zombies.

"The AFL-CIO’s average CEO-to-worker multiple at big U.S. companies is 357. Bloomberg’s average ratio for Standard & Poor’s 500 companies is 204; the average of the top 100 companies on our table is 495. That is, CEOs of the companies on that table averaged 495 times the income of nonsupervisory...

Only mitigating aspect of the global surveillance program is the chimps who would seem to be running it.

In fairness, it's really just Wales v Australia for the final. Might hinge on whether the crims have learned to catch during the week. All Blacks would have put 20 on either side. Possibly on both at once.

Sure, he can stay at my place.

I'm keen to catch up with any of the European/SH lads if we can find a delayed viewing of Lions/Australia games. Anyone got some swing with a sports bar that can provide a delayed telecast? Easy enough to avoid the (web)papers on Saturday morning. Could start as early as 4pm. I went down to...

Cheers, Joe. Will pay them a visit this weekend.

Sorry for threadjacking: thought I'd snag a reader or two here and bump your thread. Does anyone have a copy of Willa Cather's Death Comes for the Archbishop they'd be prepared to sell or lend? Have tried reading it on the computer and am not enthused with the experience. Thanks, S.

Anyone had recent experience with short-term storage? I'd like to store two suitcases from 2 June until 9 or 10 June while we're between apartments and travelling. Thanks,

Come on, what if he'd ended up in a wheelchair? For petty theft. Why not just cut off his hand like the old days? Yes, hurting people is great fun. Collective punishment is also good. How about this weekend we get a posse together and string up a few likely looking thieves as a deterrent while...

I'll give Artemisia II (Gorriti 5996) a plug for vegetarians: a couple of fish dishes but everything else vegetarian, some Asian and Oriental flavours, everything we had was lovely and fresh. Lunch for two with mains, a decent bottle of wine, coffee and a (delicious) shared dessert was about...

I went to Dain Usine Cultural in Palermo last night. $30 entry, $30 glass of Malbec, quite pleasant, as was a selection of interesting fruit juice blends: not too sweet, which was a pleasant change. Limited menu available: I didn't eat but it looked pretty good. Got about a 90 minute concert...

Frenchies! Since you're all in one place: is there a fromagerie anywhere in BA? I've found a basic Comte and something similar to Bresse Bleu in my local Cotto, but would love some better quality cheese. Sorry for interrupting.

Damn it, RichOne, I couldn't have been more clear: 'don't tell me that's pesos...' And then you even provide the addresses. So much for marital harmony.