December 08, 2004

Philosophy radio

Posted by Chris

The postgraduate colloquium at La Trobe have archived their radio show on the web. I’ve listened to bits of the “democracy” programme and to this Pom’s ears, the participants begin by exuding a certain antipodean charm and thereby remind me of a certain Monty Python sketch … but the discussion gets serious pretty quickly. It continues the be marked by a certain Australian robustness, however, as when one participant utters the words:

”.. if only those stupid arseholes out there would vote the right way, and take the right decision … yet we can’t disenfrancise any of them ….”

Other programmes have a bit too much of a po-mo ring about them for my taste, but others will disagree.

Posted on December 8, 2004 08:05 AM UTC
Comments

What’s the world coming to when some pommie bastard points out something Australian I haven’t heard of before …

Posted by Andrew McManama · December 8, 2004 09:36 AM

Sorry, I meant “pommie bastard” in an endearing way. I hope I don’t seem to stereotypically Australian…

Posted by Andrew McManama · December 8, 2004 05:39 PM

I’ve never known “pommie bastard” used any other way, Andrew. Perhaps if we started beating you at cricket that would change?

Posted by harry · December 8, 2004 08:05 PM

Perhaps if we started beating you at cricket that would change?

A condition that, God and Ricky Ponting willing, will not be realised in the foreseeable future.

Posted by derrida derider · December 9, 2004 02:28 AM

Perhaps if we started beating you at cricket that would change?

A condition that, God and Ricky Ponting willing, will not be realised in the foreseeable future.

Posted by derrida derider · December 9, 2004 02:29 AM

A condition that, God and Ricky Ponting willing, will not be realised in the foreseeable future.

yes, that’s what I assumed…

Posted by harry · December 10, 2004 02:35 PM
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