Comments on: Paul Keating ringtone: desiccated coconut http://stilgherrian.com/politics/paul_keating_ringtone/ All publication is a political act. All communication is propaganda. All art is pornography. All business is personal. All hail Eris. Vive le poisson rouge sauvages! Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:53:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Stilgherrian · John Howard ringtone: “Who do you trust?” http://stilgherrian.com/politics/paul_keating_ringtone/#comment-5666 Stilgherrian · John Howard ringtone: “Who do you trust?” Tue, 24 Apr 2007 07:46:46 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/politics/paul_keating_ringtone/#comment-5666 [...] go with the previously-released Paul Keating ringtone, Red Symons has now created a John Howard [...] [...] go with the previously-released Paul Keating ringtone, Red Symons has now created a John Howard [...]

]]> By: da_green_phoenix http://stilgherrian.com/politics/paul_keating_ringtone/#comment-5329 da_green_phoenix Sat, 14 Apr 2007 23:24:44 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/politics/paul_keating_ringtone/#comment-5329 Brillant ... have started passing on this link to all my friends Brillant … have started passing on this link to all my friends

]]> By: Stilgherrian http://stilgherrian.com/politics/paul_keating_ringtone/#comment-4719 Stilgherrian Tue, 27 Mar 2007 13:21:18 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/politics/paul_keating_ringtone/#comment-4719 James, you're quite right. I was suffering brain-fade. Melbourne it is. James, you’re quite right. I was suffering brain-fade. Melbourne it is.

]]> By: James http://stilgherrian.com/politics/paul_keating_ringtone/#comment-4716 James Tue, 27 Mar 2007 11:12:03 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/politics/paul_keating_ringtone/#comment-4716 Red Symons presents the Breakfast Show on ABC Radio in Melbourne, not Brisbane. Red Symons presents the Breakfast Show on ABC Radio in Melbourne, not Brisbane.

]]> By: Stilgherrian http://stilgherrian.com/politics/paul_keating_ringtone/#comment-3923 Stilgherrian Sun, 18 Mar 2007 21:02:32 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/politics/paul_keating_ringtone/#comment-3923 Actually, Keating said Australia _is_ the arse-end of the world, rather than it was _in_ it, which to me is a slightly different metaphor. But either way, Keating was the grand master of snarkiness -- it'll take a lot for someone to surpass his level of sarcasm. All that said, calling JWH a "little desiccated coconut" is playing the man and not the ball -- an _ad hominem_ argument -- which is intellectually dishonest. And yet that's what we remember. Ah, human nature...! Actually, Keating said Australia _is_ the arse-end of the world, rather than it was _in_ it, which to me is a slightly different metaphor. But either way, Keating was the grand master of snarkiness — it’ll take a lot for someone to surpass his level of sarcasm.

All that said, calling JWH a “little desiccated coconut” is playing the man and not the ball — an _ad hominem_ argument — which is intellectually dishonest. And yet that’s what we remember. Ah, human nature…!

]]> By: jason http://stilgherrian.com/politics/paul_keating_ringtone/#comment-3912 jason Sun, 18 Mar 2007 08:25:36 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/politics/paul_keating_ringtone/#comment-3912 If only there was a sound byte for him saying "Australia is in the arse end of the world". Golden. If only there was a sound byte for him saying “Australia is in the arse end of the world”. Golden.

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