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Re: They're all mad up there.
Originally Posted by Novocastrian
(Post 6837081)
No, no, no no! A perfectly serious ludicrously anarchistic group, who (quite correctly) figured out that all the mainstream stuff is a complete sham, a "Spectacle". Their response was simply to promulgate this obvious fact, not to be nasty about it at all.
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Re: They're all mad up there.
Originally Posted by fledermaus
(Post 6837085)
Aha, so everything?? If they were nasty about it would they be Nihilists?
Somewhere between nihilism and libertarianism, I suppose. Edit: In 60's terms. |
Re: They're all mad up there.
Originally Posted by Novocastrian
(Post 6837105)
Well, not quite. Their point was simply that you have to see through the bullsiht and decide what is/was appropriate .
Somewhere between nihilism and libertarianism, I suppose. Edit: In 60's terms. PS There's a business near here called Nihil's Collision Repair. That appeals to me, though auto wreckers would be better. |
Re: They're all mad up there.
Originally Posted by fledermaus
(Post 6837126)
But thats life isnt it, cutting through the bullshit. Does that make me a Dutch Spectacularist?
F**k google, and welcome to the club. |
Re: They're all mad up there.
Originally Posted by Novocastrian
(Post 6836950)
You're making that up.
http://davidgalbraith.org/category/buygones/ http://books.google.ca/books?id=uIRi...um=2&ct=result |
Re: They're all mad up there.
Originally Posted by dbd33
(Post 6838566)
The Trebek bit, yes. The slogan, no. It was on the wall of a roundabout at Harrow on the Hill for years.
http://davidgalbraith.org/category/buygones/ http://books.google.ca/books?id=uIRi...um=2&ct=result |
Re: They're all mad up there.
Originally Posted by dbd33
(Post 6838566)
The Trebek bit, yes. The slogan, no. It was on the wall of a roundabout at Harrow on the Hill for years.
http://davidgalbraith.org/category/buygones/ http://books.google.ca/books?id=uIRi...um=2&ct=result |
Re: They're all mad up there.
Originally Posted by Novocastrian
(Post 6837013)
Whoa, that's obscure!
Myself, I always had a soft spot for the Dutch Spectacularists. I think they had a point. |
Re: They're all mad up there.
Originally Posted by Oakvillian
(Post 6839623)
Q is quite a good novel, though. I must confess I didn't know about the Italian situationist connection when I first read it, and wondered for a moment whether I'd wildly underestimated the intellect of your average Serie A footballer to the extent that he could hold forth on early Protestant uprisings in 17th century Holland and Germany...
Whey man, yer larn summit every day, like. (Although I've never come across Q, except of course on Star whatsit Voyager) |
Re: They're all mad up there.
Originally Posted by JLT
(Post 6836340)
OMG I am in the Midlands and studying......I'd better watch out, is this how I will end up?! Today I was told I am not allowed the use the word "Brainstorm"
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Re: They're all mad up there.
"mind mapping" was the politically correct alternative we were encouraged to use!
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