tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21277069.post5582010329951300191..comments2024-02-22T13:40:45.894+11:00Comments on Happy Antipodean: Matthew da Silvahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07158988637117138260noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21277069.post-62146473187059686212007-08-23T08:31:00.000+10:002007-08-23T08:31:00.000+10:00I'm doing my second Uni degree but my knowledge of...I'm doing my second Uni degree but my knowledge of history came from a few years ago when I was unemployed. Every week I went to Fisher Library and borrowed a backpack-full of books, mainly history and 18th century literature.<BR/><BR/>I agree with you about the desire for recognition and your newsreel story is great. It's natural to want recognition and I don't blame people for their bias.<BR/><Matthew da Silvahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07158988637117138260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21277069.post-46688248916281435332007-08-23T08:15:00.000+10:002007-08-23T08:15:00.000+10:00This comment has been removed by the author.R.H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04639593801088008224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21277069.post-77677222548019254162007-08-23T08:12:00.000+10:002007-08-23T08:12:00.000+10:00University instills irony, and that's all. I never...University instills irony, and that's all. I never went there.<BR/> <BR/>I've been supporting you; unusual opinion should be considered, not brushed aside as agenda. The reaction you got was typical: dullwitted boring and conservative. That's what I said. <BR/>I remember watching foreign newsreels as a kid, and if Australia got the slightest mention the entire audience cheered. Because they felt R.H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04639593801088008224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21277069.post-73821826424783276962007-08-23T06:56:00.000+10:002007-08-23T06:56:00.000+10:00Sorry, I don't know what happened above; a single...Sorry, I don't know what happened above; a single letter printed itself.R.H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04639593801088008224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21277069.post-68519197440375948152007-08-23T06:46:00.000+10:002007-08-23T06:46:00.000+10:00This comment has been removed by the author.R.H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04639593801088008224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21277069.post-45445574929604098832007-08-22T19:57:00.000+10:002007-08-22T19:57:00.000+10:00Robert,I'm sorry to be so "dull-witted" but you're...Robert,<BR/><BR/>I'm sorry to be so "dull-witted" but you're freaking me out here. My impression is that you are criticising me for being such a smart-ass. I accept that most I meet are threatened by evidence of their own ignorance.<BR/><BR/>It's the tall-poppy syndrome signing its lasting legacy. But what interests me to know is: are you the same?<BR/><BR/>I reject being boring. I accept that Matthew da Silvahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07158988637117138260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21277069.post-54055686064577135322007-08-22T17:34:00.000+10:002007-08-22T17:34:00.000+10:00Well you have to laugh, there's nothing funnier th...Well you have to laugh, there's nothing funnier than seeing dullwitted conservatives needing an ambulance when conventional thought gets threatened.R.H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04639593801088008224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21277069.post-40755279003366841872007-08-22T17:09:00.000+10:002007-08-22T17:09:00.000+10:00It's alarming that so many of these donkeys actual...It's alarming that so many of these donkeys actually have teaching jobs. <BR/><BR/>Does the standard really have to be that low?R.H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04639593801088008224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21277069.post-35865590563616856142007-08-22T04:03:00.000+10:002007-08-22T04:03:00.000+10:00R.H.'s comment at Coppwerwitch:I'll tell you somet...R.H.'s comment at Coppwerwitch:<BR/><BR/>I'll tell you something, those dancing canaries at blog soda pop all ganging up on one bloke as usual, are the most try-hard humourless creeps on any blog I've seen. And conservative? Oh my goodness gracious golly me!- terrified! A classroom of fairies.<BR/> <BR/>Well listen, you nicely brought up lot of nothings, the day you ever do anything that isn't Matthew da Silvahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07158988637117138260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21277069.post-59774073907616098482007-08-21T23:42:00.000+10:002007-08-21T23:42:00.000+10:00Good. Cars are advertised on TV as some sort of ad...Good. Cars are advertised on TV as some sort of advent.<BR/><BR/>Matthew, I notice the cattle at sarspirella yet again getting hysterical at the prospect of having to think. I've made a comment on it at Copperwitch. Have a look. It's all true.<BR/><BR/>-Robert.R.H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04639593801088008224noreply@blogger.com