< link rel="DCTERMS.isreplacedby" href="http://www.keshertalk.com/" >

Monday, December 16, 2002

If the Guardian didn't exist we would have to invent it Dept. Geez, Steven, why don't you tell us how you really feel?
Who the fuck is Jonathan Glancey, and what the fuck is he writing for? This is the Monbiot-esque anti-war voice for today: not against war in Iraq as such, they just want it to be a war they can feel good about. This is almost beyond fisking, but let's run down that list of the evils of Western civilisation.
And then he does. Hilarious, succinct, and the comments ain't bad either. David Lawson says, "It might be worth compiling a few awards for 2002: Most strained metaphor, worst analogy, the Harold Pinter Stridency Award and so on..." If we can pull together 20 children's book recomendations in 24 hours, and Sullivan already got us started with his Susan Sontag award, I'm sure we can come up with the Warblogger Idiotarian Awards for 2002 in 2 weeks. Anyone?

. . . . and scrolling down, more hilarity.