E.... C.... (godiva@kublai.com)
Tue, 2 Jun 1998 16:10:49 -0400
On Tue, Jun 02, 1998 at 09:01:02PM +1000, sbaskett wrote:
> OK guys, I've been a little quiet on the list of late, but in light of
> the recent, uh, sort of bitter little series of postings, thought it was
> time to jump back in. (did someone say "diversion"?)
I was trying to do that, but no one seems to like Macbeth...
> So, here I am, with not a brand-spanking new topic at all, but one I've
> never had a decent bash at (and there are lots of us newish folk, so it
> can be brand-spanking new for us).
> It's about that old chestnut - drugs and TAC. When I joined the list in
> my first post I called it something like "after-school-specialish" and
> preachy and said it was my least favorite episode. And hosed down in
> flames (albeit soft and gentle ones, thanks guys) I was.
>
Least favorite??? Am I the only one with the lowest opinion of She's Got It
Taped???
But I still don't like the episode and I imagine I'm pretty much alone
> here on the list. I've also read that Steve Moffat (genius, genius,
> genius) was most proud of this episode. So without sounding like a twat-
> can people please explain to me why the episode and its message is so
> powerful? Is it meant to stop kids from ever wanting to take drugs?
> Dissuade those being offered drugs? Or say something to kids who are
> dabbling in drugs already? All or none of the above?
>
Drugs, drugs, drugs. Who says it was about drugs?
"Please explain!"
> (yes I'm guilty of a teensy side-joke for aussies - just so no-one feels
> left out, "Please Explain!" has become the shrill catchcry of
> Australia's newest political figure Pauline Hanson - who is carving a
> career out of peddling racism and playing on insecurities)
> Stash
>
we had a fellow like that over here, though not many will admit it...
Farrakhan, though I'm not sure of the spelling... organised the Million Man
March though it would have been just as well if he had labeled it the Million
black man March, seeing as how those are the only people he approves of, but
this is digression, isn't it....
--Eavan
> --
> T H E P R E S S G A N G M A I L I N G L I S T
> By default, pressing 'reply' will send mail back to the list, not
> to the author of the message you're replying to.
> To unsubscribe e-mail: pressgang-unsubscribe@lists.yoyo.org
> For additional commands, e-mail: pressgang-help@lists.yoyo.org
-- It seems that more and more mathematicians are using a new, high level language named "research student".-- T H E P R E S S G A N G M A I L I N G L I S T By default, pressing 'reply' will send mail back to the list, not to the author of the message you're replying to. To unsubscribe e-mail: pressgang-unsubscribe@lists.yoyo.org For additional commands, e-mail: pressgang-help@lists.yoyo.org
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.0b3 on Fri Sep 18 1998 - 02:42:32 BST