Comments on: Steamy nightworld http://www.totalcardboard.com/blogs/2007/03/steamy-nightworld-2/ most of this really happened Fri, 18 May 2012 10:22:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: John Mansfield http://www.totalcardboard.com/blogs/2007/03/steamy-nightworld-2/#comment-3618 John Mansfield Mon, 09 Apr 2007 09:48:57 +0000 http://www.totalcardboard.com/blogs/index.php/steamy-nightworld-2/#comment-3618 by "Iranian diplomatic circus" I meant all the fun they were having with the British navy crew they arrested. I was about to say "took hostage", because that is the phrase that has been used most in the media, as in "hostage crisis". But then I was thinking, why when the Americans grab Iranian soldiers is it referred to as an "arrest", but when Iranians grab British soldiers they are "hostages"... it´s all just a sneaky way of giving legitimacy to one government and not the other, like the old terrorist / freedom-fighter dichotomy. as for Oxford - I´ve just started a new job up there, doing internet publishing with the University Press. it´s pretty interesting work, and a little bit intimidating. by “Iranian diplomatic circus” I meant all the fun they were having with the British navy crew they arrested. I was about to say “took hostage”, because that is the phrase that has been used most in the media, as in “hostage crisis”. But then I was thinking, why when the Americans grab Iranian soldiers is it referred to as an “arrest”, but when Iranians grab British soldiers they are “hostages”… it´s all just a sneaky way of giving legitimacy to one government and not the other, like the old terrorist / freedom-fighter dichotomy.

as for Oxford - I´ve just started a new job up there, doing internet publishing with the University Press. it´s pretty interesting work, and a little bit intimidating.

]]> By: zac http://www.totalcardboard.com/blogs/2007/03/steamy-nightworld-2/#comment-3597 zac Mon, 09 Apr 2007 09:03:56 +0000 http://www.totalcardboard.com/blogs/index.php/steamy-nightworld-2/#comment-3597 now I understand the singapore statement. It seems you are very up-to-date. Its a funny world here in SL, very immediate. like brains don't have enough room for much beyond the immediate. Well, thats my excuse for not knowing what is happening anywhere in the world unless someone tells me. I'm really not sure what you mean by the Iranian political circus for example... and you live in oxford now??? now I understand the singapore statement. It seems you are very up-to-date. Its a funny world here in SL, very immediate. like brains don’t have enough room for much beyond the immediate. Well, thats my excuse for not knowing what is happening anywhere in the world unless someone tells me. I’m really not sure what you mean by the Iranian political circus for example… and you live in oxford now???

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