tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9712793.post111432864797964470..comments2023-12-26T00:08:21.129+13:00Comments on Brain Stab: Another glass of Chardonnay, Mr Guevara?Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12428777233351272669noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9712793.post-1114721402313981802005-04-29T08:50:00.000+12:002005-04-29T08:50:00.000+12:00maybe Stephen meant there was 'bullshit' on televi...maybe Stephen meant there was 'bullshit' on television...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9712793.post-1114475433079827542005-04-26T12:30:00.000+12:002005-04-26T12:30:00.000+12:00jeez do you always right something like this after...jeez do you always right something like this after dinner with the ol' posse Jack?<BR/><BR/>yes there were trust fund babies - i was one of them and i can think of four others off the top of my head - there may be others i don't know about of course. i was always upfront about it and my stance was why should i get a free education just because of an accident of birth, it should be a right not a privilege.<BR/><BR/>most of the others did in fact have loans (many still do) - i can think of one person who avoided it via working her arse off during the holidays and living a very frugal life.<BR/><BR/>to be honest i feel a bit like this post is a slap in the face - not the bit about the activist stuff, because i haven't exactly been Miss Activist Aotearoa in recent years myself - but the implication that those without a loan shouldn't have been involved, and that we were crap at what we did. in fact we held off differentiated fees for quite some time and i believe we kept fees as a whole at UOA lower than they would have been otherwise. not to mention saving those library jobs and keeping the bus subsidies. <BR/><BR/>i know that we have often disagreed on this stuff and sometimes i have found that hurtful. i have always seen you as something of a political conscience - reminding me of things i might otherwise have forgotten. but i didn't think you thought me a total hypocrite, but obviously you do. perhaps the hypocrite is the person who stays "friends" with someone they think sucks for years and years.Spanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16896745511007816190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9712793.post-1114384110438246732005-04-25T11:08:00.000+12:002005-04-25T11:08:00.000+12:00Sensible right-wingers? That's an oxymoron isn't i...Sensible right-wingers? That's an oxymoron isn't it?:-)<BR/><BR/>They're all lunatics I think. Left, right, center, anyone who is marginally interested = totally certifiable.<BR/><BR/>Josh is right, comfy sofas have a stabalizing effect.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14273850891020360077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9712793.post-1114379615292543212005-04-25T09:53:00.000+12:002005-04-25T09:53:00.000+12:00Funny you should say this now - just yesterday we ...Funny you should say this now - just yesterday we were sitting around on Morthos' mother's new sofas, and decided that this is what kills activism: as soon as you get a job and earn enough to own a decent comfy sofa, none of the rest of it really matters anyomre...Joshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12428777233351272669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9712793.post-1114369754584947542005-04-25T07:09:00.000+12:002005-04-25T07:09:00.000+12:00Well, in the face of such a well thought out argum...Well, in the face of such a well thought out argument, I bow down and accept defeat.<BR/><BR/>There's no way that I can argue against such a reasoned, insightful, and perspicacious point as the one you make.<BR/><BR/>You're a genius.<BR/><BR/>Or would you like to go into a shade more detail, huh Socrates?Apathy Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04665899730591411188noreply@blogger.com