On 07/06/2014 15:08, MZMcBride wrote:
>>I'm not sure what your specific _focus_ [my emphasis] is here with
these questions. Perhaps you could clarify?
I think you mean 'intention' rather than 'focus'. I already spelled out
the _focus_, which was on whether Kevin _said_ those things attributed
to him or not, or whether it was complete journalistic invention. As I
said, journalists tend to embellish and varnish, rarely is there
complete invention.
Regarding _intention_ I would rather like to get to the truth about
whether he said that or not (rather than whether what he was supposed to
have said was true). For example, he is supposed to have said "We’re
the well-dressed, chill ones". I suppose at the back of my mind was, if
he really said that, what on earth was he thinking of, if he knew he was
speaking to a journalist? I mean, if you talk to these people you want
to be as open as you can, without being deceptive, but always mindful
that anything you say may be taken as it is and published in the Daily
Mail. So think carefully about what you say. If Kevin did say that, then
two things are publishable, (i) that he is mentally dividing, perhaps
not very nicely, the Wikipedians who aren't cool or hip, and himself and
his 'chill' mates, and (ii) he is rather risibly signifying that he is
cool and hip, which is something you should be generally careful of
doing, even with mates, and especially with journalists, who are sort of
programmed to pick up on these things.
Note I said 'taken as it is' and not 'taken out of context'. People talk
about 'remarks taken out of context' but when you look at what they
said, it is nearly always that they weren't thinking carefully about
what they were saying, and inadvertently gave away thoughts that they
would rather have kept inside their heads.
But we don't know whether he actually did say that or not.
Thanks for explaining 'chill'.
, Ed
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