Well hello
It seems 'Bull' Allen will be joining such pillars of New Zealand society as Bishop Brian Tamaki, Pastor Peter Mortlock and Rev Mike Weitenberg (I too have never heard of the man) at the head of the groundswell when family values hit the steps of Parliament in May.
Wow.
Well... colour me even less-inclined to join the anti-smacking debate.
Put simply, I've had enough. Enough of the painful debates on TV. Enough of the political pointscoring from all sides of the House. Enough of the older generation claiming this is a descent into barbarism. Enough of the godbotherers claiming this heralds the loss of family values (I'm surprised noone has yet used the imagery of the horns of Jericho - it is destructive without being apolocalyptic). Enough of the dogooders claiming this will go a long way to reduce the incidence of child abuse in this country. Enough of Christine Rankin saying this is the most important issue New Zealanders have faced in decades.
Can we please move on to more interesting / substantive / meaningful / worthwhile endeavours than giving in to mass hysteria, righteous indignation and histrionics.
7 aspersions cast:
Speaking of histrionics -- Morrissey was said to have made more use of his vocal histrionics in his days as part of The Smiths than in his solo career. I quite agree, though I thoroughly enjoy the later, more smouldering, intonations of his poetry.
I owudl quite happily do you a guest post on cricket. It will be high on interesting / substantive / meaningful / worthwhile endeavours things. NArrrtt
Dear JJ, any and all contributions will be considered for publishing so long as they are witty, urbane and of appeal to the readers of this online literary effort.
To date I've only avoided publishing one guest post but that was because the author thought it unworthy for inclusion and was personally offended that I might like something he described in terms of the not safe for work variety.
As for Pantz, do we need to add Morissey to the vaunted list of things to-be-done? If so, should he feature above or below Dostoevsky? I'm not sure reading Dostoevsky while listening to Morissey is such a good idea.
Put Morrissey in there somewhere between Dostoevsky AND Philip Larkin. They're all a pretty misanthropic bunch. Yet so brilliant and articulate! And often rather tongue-in-cheek [to compliment their raised middle fingers]. You may be right, too... about not doing any two of them at once, and certainly not all three. Not unless you're feeling so misanthropic yourself and need the paradoxical comfort of peerage.
PS: *wank wank*
i thought we reserved such happenings behind closed doors
Dostoevsky? Ok my GOD is this Christian Bale's blog or something? I vote we all go and get happy meals.
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