This whole conversation is far, far beyond my comprehension
Is Manik the only person with an authorisation to offend others
because of his particular social economical circumstances?
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From: "Andreas Maria Jacobs" <[email protected]>
Date: 3 March 2011 01:48:51 CET
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [NetBehaviour] FREE MILK FOR EVERYBODY Re: Selling the
internet.
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On Thu, March 3, 2011 00:15, Rob Myers wrote:
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On 02/03/11 20:45, Andreas Maria Jacobs wrote:
Funny that you are expressing to know what Rob had in mind, you must
have
psychic powers!
The phrase "drinka pinta milka day" is an old advertising slogan from
the 1950s, when the UK was still a mixed economy and the state milk
monopoly was running a promotional campaign.
We had in Holland something like that, it was called 'Joris
Driepinter',
and obviously lots of jokes spread around it.
http://www.advertisingarchives.captureweb.co.uk/images/trueimages/30/52/85/38/30528538-1.jpg
Comedian Tony Hancock later read the slogan from a poster in an
episode
of his television sitcom, rendering it absurd:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAtKjuiMpRk
Why did I use that particular quote? Because I know that people like
MANIK will pick up on the intended resonances.
In addressing your remarks to 'people like MANIK', among which I am of
complete irrelevance, singles me out of the conversation.
And what exactly are 'people like MANIK'?
I indeed feel the need to lament, as you nicely put it, I even
made a
nice
lamentation on oud and violin and sung with it, you can hear it
here:
http://burgerwaanzin.nl/sabam2.mp3
http://www.boingboing.net/2010/06/05/worlds-tiniest-open.html
Are you afraid to directly say something about it? Or does it not
'resonate' with your 'picking up on' it?
What the use of FREE INTERNET is, when your neighbors children do
not
have MILK to drink is beyond my comprehension.
The rich never can imagine what use the tools that afford them their
wealth could be to the poor.
I once saw an Indian academic at a conference very politely
explaining
to some English radicals that the knowledge, information and
communication that networked computing machinery affords might in
fact
have some bearing on the life-or-death struggles of poor rural
villagers.
By the same token, the use of internet access to our neighbor's
children is that they can get the knowledge, information and
communication they need to ultimately get some milk.
Yes of course, that is rather trivial, what I mean is that in a
practical here and now situation the milk is more important than
the internet
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It is more about enforcing life saving priorities then maintaining an
academical ivory tower discussion
"I cry if I want to"
--Andreas
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