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[img: a macro of the head/face and upper torso Inigo Mantoya (a long-curly-haired Spaniard man from the movie The Princess Bride) with a little smirk on . Text on top reads “you keep on using that meme.” Bottom “I do not think it memes what you think it memes.”]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lk8mhseKcc1qzmnm4o1_400.jpg)
Collating a couple of comments i just posted on FB into a tumblr-worthy post
It’s unfortunate that, as with most things Israel/Palestine, the hurf blurf of people hard on either side has lead the debate. Not to mention the way the Labor party has been using this to play the Greens off a break. I mean, you can hardly blame them, but there’s a lot more to all of this than just debate about the BDS.
I’m actually enjoying watching this play out as a proxy debate between Labor left and the Greens over the whole basis of what they do. Especially because, as i understand it, one of the driving points behind the Greens is that they practice a different kind of politics. A politics that, among other things, is all for this kind of symbolic action and is quite specifically against being too “realist” about “oh we can’t change xyz so we won’t bother.” I think it also goes to stuff like the feminist notion that the personal is political and as such the idea of Marrickville supporting the BDS deliberately pits the philosophy of the Greens against the combined philosophy of Labor, LNP, and much of the media - that politics is actually Politics and should be left to the professionals.
Not so much enjoying the way it brings out the partisanship in individuals but i guess that’s inevitable.
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lanaturnerhascollapsed:
thedailywhat:
Breaking News of the Day: A magnitude 6.3 earthquake, which rattled Christchurch, New Zealand today, tragically brought down the spire of the iconic ChristChurch Cathedral.
There are confirmed reports of “multiple fatalities,” and aftershocks are still being experienced at this time.
[photo: hashalbum / thanks anon!]
I can’t. I just. I can’t.
yeah this is all over my twitter feed right now and I’m horrified. I’ve friends who live in Christchurch and they’ve yet to make contact (the phone networks are either completely jammed or still down) but I’m seriously hoping they’re safe. The fact that this happened at midday meant that even more lives were in danger.
really not comfortable with the sheer number of major natural disasters happening in the last six months, to be honest :s
Terribly sad. Just awful.
I’m now listening to a PM special on ABC radio, Mark Colvin at the top saying words to the effect that they’ll come to the latest news from the middle east later in the program, just amazing how much shit is going on in the world at the moment, how much shit has happened in the year already.
It makes me really thankful for quality news organisations at times like this. Thankful for those reporters that manage to do a dignified, professional job in circumstances that are not only hectically busy but probably also quite dangerous.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lgzyjt5mCI1qzpwi0o1_500.jpg)
