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that's the most depressing thing I've heard today

love london, and robinson isn't half bad either. any recommendations of similar film-essay thingys?

I work with some people I dislike, some I even dislike irrationally, (although none for their racial origin I must add) and on a professional level do shut off the part of my brain which dislikes them to deal with them in the way I have to. Why shouldn't a racist be able to do this? I don't...

from www.libcom.org/blog 'Bernard Thibault of the CGT (French Communist Trade Union) believes there are 3 million marching across France. “We are more than 3 million today in the streets, it is historical, it is unthinkable that the Prime Minister should continue to hold his position. For us...

do you mean the particular area he's in (slavonic studies)? Exam marking tends to be blind, and I don't think the students are complaining about bias in his teaching. Seems a little thought-policey to start suggesting sacking people for things they do unconsciously, or 'implicitly' Let's say...

I agree it's somewhat better to have your music supporting a more environmentally friendly car, than a hummer, say. However, either way you're propping up the system of marketing/advertising, and I confess to thinking that's morally incorrect.

he is a reprehensible individual who does believe in discredited theories, but if this doesn't affect his teaching, why should he be sacked? I wouldn't want a racist postman to be sacked unless they were doing something wrong (hiding black people's letters let's say).

yeah of course the reason she has simplistic views is because she's black, female and working class. :rolleyes: There are badly argued, infelicitously expressed pieces in the Guardian too, you know.

if they want to avoid it because their own 'brand image' would suffer, then that's understandable, while reprehensible. Good music being used to endorse products is a necessary evil, I think - i like that people who've made good music can get paid for it, but marketing is pretty disgusting...

In terms of actions, I'm not sure that denying the use of your music to a corporation is going to achieve too much. And I agree that the stance 'we won't sell our music to Hummer' is ill-thought-out at best.

if forced, i would go for piss everytime.

if listening to journey is a guilty pleasure then the burden of guilt is going to overwhelm me. '101 Damnations' by Carter USM

Surely Mother Love Bone were earlier? Glad you reminded me of them - going to play 'crown of thorns' tonight.

apparently it was andy bell who wrote all those dreadful ride lyrics. actually vapour trail is quite sweet. but once you could actually hear the words well on 'carnival of light' you became aware of gems such as 'you are the crown of creation / i'm getting off at your station / oh oh oh oh' ha ha.