tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791096.post117050628559048828..comments2024-03-02T22:28:45.521-05:00Comments on Inveresk Street Ingrate: The Dude's An ArseImposs1904http://www.blogger.com/profile/04043116442576404667noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791096.post-1170872750473151722007-02-07T13:25:00.000-05:002007-02-07T13:25:00.000-05:00Will, I said it was a creepy thing because I think...Will, I said it was a creepy thing because I think it is a creepy thing. You in charge of my emotions and reactions about Hitchens or something? Hitchens isn't on to anything - he's a cunt!Reidskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17099190023784077789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791096.post-1170709616383764212007-02-05T16:06:00.000-05:002007-02-05T16:06:00.000-05:00Well, congratulations on mentioning Hitchens witho...Well, congratulations on mentioning Hitchens without once mentioning 'drink' in the post. For that, at least, you deserve praise Darren. However...<BR/><BR/>Reidski; Why is it a 'creepy' thing for Hitch to say: "...don't need the vicarious living that seems so central to all this stuff." ? I think he's onto something here. The passive consumption by audiences of an all-encompassing (smothering) ironical detachment does nothing much more than promote cynical scepticism and profound nihilism after the millionth time of its spoonfeeding to the viewer.<BR/><BR/>Phil; I also find the Simpsons entertaining (although I'm beginning to get a little tired of its knowing knowingness). Does that also make me a bore for wanting or expecting better? And I don't think you can construe from anything that Hitchens said in the piece that he doesn't think both the Simpsons or Southpark can be entertaining. The point he's making is that he can find his own entertainment which isn't mediated or 'secondhand' in derivation.Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08015473239835274353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791096.post-1170594100964060682007-02-04T08:01:00.000-05:002007-02-04T08:01:00.000-05:00What Hitchens fails to grasp is South Park and The...What Hitchens fails to grasp is South Park and The Simpsons are entertaining. Whereas he's just a bore.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791096.post-1170520785003780402007-02-03T11:39:00.000-05:002007-02-03T11:39:00.000-05:00That dud(e) certainly is an arse and that quote su...That dud(e) certainly is an arse and that quote sums him up - so creepy!Reidskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17099190023784077789noreply@blogger.com