tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post4359692619599719514..comments2023-11-03T00:06:36.875+11:00Comments on Bunyipitude: Now Let's Hear From MilneBunyiphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14668398379654771814noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-64448689144114372072011-08-31T22:00:10.348+10:002011-08-31T22:00:10.348+10:00@ Atticusdash: Bullshit. It is impossible for a ne...@ Atticusdash: Bullshit. It is impossible for a newspaper* to be a blight on the democratic process.<br /><br />A newspaper* can say what it likes, but is utterly powerless without people who read it, digest and weigh up the information, and agree. And there are too many of them, from too many walks of life, for them all to be unthinking sheep or brainless idiots.<br /><br />The blight comprises any politician who would muzzle or silence a hostile or questioning press. THAT is a more true example of a toxic concentration of power.<br /><br />(* = insert TV show, radio program, blog, etc. as appropriate.)Perturbedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10708803081795229778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-88791243127110368582011-08-31T20:51:55.091+10:002011-08-31T20:51:55.091+10:00Don't give EGWhitlam too much credit for the l...Don't give EGWhitlam too much credit for the line about Tiberius with a telephone. (What did it even mean? Why Tiberius?) There was an older quip that said Stalin was "Genghis Khan with a telephone." (Googling around I see sources differ as to who said it; but it certainly wasn't EGW.)Peter Hayesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-84393303209758100512011-08-31T16:59:27.313+10:002011-08-31T16:59:27.313+10:00"blight on the democratic process"
Care..."blight on the democratic process"<br /><br />Care to back that up, atticusdash?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-53926618699803047422011-08-31T14:22:24.668+10:002011-08-31T14:22:24.668+10:00ar: thanks.ar: thanks.Clydenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-72291009151368329472011-08-31T13:59:05.106+10:002011-08-31T13:59:05.106+10:00Clyde - check out comment # 203
http://joannenova...Clyde - check out comment # 203<br /><br />http://joannenova.com.au/2011/08/conspiracy-theories-in-the-australian-not-by-me-though/#commentsarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-31328369286146669252011-08-31T12:07:00.294+10:002011-08-31T12:07:00.294+10:00Does anyone know if there's a copy of Milne...Does anyone know if there's a copy of Milne's original article that was published in The Australian online?Clydenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-43908149021260091702011-08-31T11:57:16.538+10:002011-08-31T11:57:16.538+10:00No. Actually they want News broken up because it i...No. Actually they want News broken up because it is a blight on the democratic process. Even the father of political science, Niccolo Machiavelli, had something to say on the concentration of personal power for personal gain, and the corrupting influence it has on the functioning of the State, the capacity and tendency to create partisan groups reflecting restricted interests, and its threat to 'the very bedrock of the polis'.<br />The concept is that old, and that true.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-18625789896257553982011-08-31T11:22:03.451+10:002011-08-31T11:22:03.451+10:00Likely his blogspot configuration has him placed i...Likely his blogspot configuration has him placed in the US. The sun gets to them last.Davenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-49137118891532307462011-08-31T11:08:44.599+10:002011-08-31T11:08:44.599+10:00Let us not forget that we derive our word ancedote...Let us not forget that we derive our word ancedote from the <i>Anekdota</i> of Procopius.Deadmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05012725254441170657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-23976793971778389402011-08-31T10:16:57.655+10:002011-08-31T10:16:57.655+10:00whyistso, could the Bunyip be in a different time ...whyistso, could the Bunyip be in a different time zone?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-83048836239783877942011-08-31T10:02:09.609+10:002011-08-31T10:02:09.609+10:00There may be some other interesting Theodora paral...There may be some other interesting Theodora parallels as revealed in this <a href="http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Procopius/Anecdota/home.html" rel="nofollow">Secret History</a>.Procopiusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-47754954596736072582011-08-31T08:58:11.486+10:002011-08-31T08:58:11.486+10:00I found the reference to Theodora, "actress w...I found the reference to Theodora, "actress wife of Justinian the Great". It is interesting as at this time we have a pompous fool who pontificates for over regulation under the name of Justinian in Fairfax on Fridays.<br /><br />As scholars note, it was Theodora's fickleness and petty jealousies that lead to the Eastern Roman Empire squandering of the benefits of a boom.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-76662339458694288502011-08-31T08:30:55.527+10:002011-08-31T08:30:55.527+10:00Professor, I've often wondered why most of you...Professor, I've often wondered why most of your posts are at least a day old. This one removes any doubt that your computer has the wrong date set.whyistsonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-85910136265338213332011-08-31T05:41:01.291+10:002011-08-31T05:41:01.291+10:00I agree with Stella Duffy (from one of your links ...I agree with Stella Duffy (from one of your links above), that “Theodora’s life is perfect for fiction”. Robert Graves agreed too, as his excellent <i>Count Belisarius</i> (1938) demonstrates.Deadmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05012725254441170657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-46025541013771844482011-08-31T04:29:06.603+10:002011-08-31T04:29:06.603+10:00Labor and the Greens want News Ltd. broken up beca...<i>Labor and the Greens want News Ltd. broken up because they believe a fragmented empire will be easier to intimidate and control. As has been the case with so many of their other policies and predictions, they could be in for a shock if that dream is realised. </i><br /><br />It sort of cuts both ways. On the one hand, it <i>is</i> more difficult to tackle multiple targets at once. On the other hand, each opponent - being smaller - becomes an easier mark, and the others begin to fear for their futures at an earlier stage. Gillard is reeling on the ropes, but a government hostile to non-compliant media and with plenty of electoral padding and poll support to play with could take its time destroying them all.Perturbedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10708803081795229778noreply@blogger.com