tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3563811638411839784.post2363848652854843924..comments2023-05-15T07:11:30.874+02:00Comments on Leherensuge: On Nobels and "Alternative Nobels"Majuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12369840391933337204noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3563811638411839784.post-10639443418346061702009-10-24T09:35:34.400+02:002009-10-24T09:35:34.400+02:00"This causes a loss of quality information: w..."This causes a loss of quality information: we essentially get what governments and large companies want us to know and that is very very dangerous". <br /><br />Too true.terrythttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17327062321100035888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3563811638411839784.post-60881672125250050602009-10-22T15:24:35.982+02:002009-10-22T15:24:35.982+02:00I fear that it is a tendency that exists more and ...I fear that it is a tendency that exists more and more in modern day media, surely a product of concentration in few corporative hands and the total vanishing of any sort of investigative journalism, dumped nowadays in the category of "conspiration theories" and the like. <br /><br />This causes a loss of quality information: we essentially get what governments and large companies want us to know and that is very very dangerous. <br /><br />In principle the Net should counter such trends but it seems that it's having a quite limited effect in fact, specially as the info gets diluted in the huge fractality of it. <br /><br />In general it is my opinion that today's media are much more conformist, research-lazy and generally uninteresting. Sadly enough.Majuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369840391933337204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3563811638411839784.post-15931046721732336472009-10-22T10:22:07.139+02:002009-10-22T10:22:07.139+02:00"The 'has been' is probably a Spanish..."The 'has been' is probably a Spanish language influence". <br /><br />I was actually getting at our present government although that is no concern of yours. As far as I know there has been no mention of the prize anywhere here, other than on blogs. One would think that with NZers usual attitude to our countrymen who do well it would have led the news for several nights, but the current government is busy cozying up to the US administration and may have found the prize embarrassing. <br /><br />By the way, your mistake regarding the capital is understandable. Auckland is the biggest city by far, but not the capital.terrythttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17327062321100035888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3563811638411839784.post-50078782896227620672009-10-20T20:38:02.277+02:002009-10-20T20:38:02.277+02:00He was probably actually advisor to the Wellington...<i>He was probably actually advisor to the Wellington Government, as that's the capital. But the words 'has been' are presumably correct. We have a conservative government at the moment</i>.<br /><br />Thanks for the correction. I could when I was 16 or 18 tell every single state capital but nowadays I've become less careful with such details. I'll fix it anyhow. <br /><br />The "has been" is probably a Spanish language influence because we don't use the past participle (or present participle or whatever) the same way as in English: we tend to use it for past events, even if not immediate. It depends on dialects anyhow, in Latin America they'd use simple past where we use PP most of the time, just like in English. I'll correct that too. <br /><br /><i>...here's my favourite remark, 'Asked to compare the two awards, Ole von Uexkull, the Right Livelihood Foundation’s executive director and nephew of the prize founder, told AP Ware had actively campaigned against nuclear weapons for 25 years, while Obama had yet to translate words into action'</i>.<br /><br />Absolutely. Honestly I think Obama would have gained more credibility rejecting the prize. People then would say: the Nobel committee is a just a bunch of boot-licking lackeys but at least Obama shows some dignity. But he didn't.Majuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369840391933337204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3563811638411839784.post-8889902890754188642009-10-20T10:47:09.588+02:002009-10-20T10:47:09.588+02:00In case you don't follow the link here's m...In case you don't follow the link here's my favourite remark, 'Asked to compare the two awards, Ole von Uexkull, the Right Livelihood Foundation’s executive director and nephew of the prize founder, told AP Ware had actively campaigned against nuclear weapons for 25 years, while Obama had yet to translate words into action'.terrythttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17327062321100035888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3563811638411839784.post-89207712231207596232009-10-20T10:44:17.036+02:002009-10-20T10:44:17.036+02:00Thanks for that Maju. I wasn't even aware of ...Thanks for that Maju. I wasn't even aware of the name Alyn Ware, but here's a profile from the NZ Labour party (in opposition at the moment): <br /><br />http://blog.labour.org.nz/index.php/tag/alyn-ware/<br /><br />He was probably actually advisor to the Wellington Government, as that's the capital. But the words 'has been' are presumably correct. We have a conservative government at the moment. <br /><br />"my personal choice would have been for the campaigns to breach the Gaza blockade". <br /><br />Same here. In fact I'm suspicious. Maybe Obama got the award in order to discourage him from further action on the matter?terrythttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17327062321100035888noreply@blogger.com