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"Something about this poster really rubs me the wrong way (and it ain't just the daisy dukes wedgie). People can draw whatever they want and Frank Quietly is a great artist, but honestly this makes me want to avoid that event like the plague."—Lisa Hanawalt
"I think if this flyer wasn't representing a girl cartoonist I would not be annoyed like I am now. I'm just mildly annoyed. Also it made me laugh a lot because the women cartoonists I know are way sexier than that."—Domatille Collardey
The cartoonists behind such books as I Want You and What Had Happened Was… respectively take issue on their Twitter accounts with the promotional art for a rare stateside appearance by Batman and Robin artist Frank Quitely tomorrow night, the proceeds from which will be donated to the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. Please note that neither person is saying it's the worst thing in the world or that Quitely's some kind of creep, just that it's an odd and off-putting choice of image for the event. I was taken aback by it myself, and I say that as someone who admires Quitely's art generally and his sexy-ish art specifically. Maybe it's the visible underwear, giving me flashbacks to every superhero artist who's drawn some poor woman's thong sticking out of her jeans? Or maybe, as Collardey argues, it has something to do with the fact that the woman in question is, apparently, a cartoonist herself? This also makes me wonder how much our reaction to a given image has to do with who made it. If this had been done by, say, Greg Horn, would I be at all tempted to defend it? Does the quality of the artist's overall body of work, or even of his depictions of women in particular aside from this one image, factor into the equation? Am I using rhetorical questions in order to avoid taking a coherent position?
This really is the epitome of non-news.
"What's wrong with being sexy?"
Oh look everyone, the perpetually offended are offended again.
Same image, young sexy *guy* cartoonist in too-short shorts, underwear visible, crop-top. Likely? Nope. Why not? Inappropriate? Not the point of the event? Kinda…yeah…
Well, those are the same reasons this shouldn't have been a oung sexy *girl* cartoonist in too-short shorts, underwear visible, crop-top, too
Mark Kardwell wins the thread. (Google it, kids.)
It's also deeply, deeply rich to refer to Lisa Hanawalt as "the perpetually offended" if you've ever read a single thing she's done.
Not directed at Lisa Hanawalt specifically, just a general comment … it does fit some to a "T" though.
I always find Quitely's art off-putting.
Who exactly was that comment aimed at if not the only two people questioning the image?
Let's see…a fundraiser event with Frank Quitely as the main attraction with a flyer of a piece of his recent artwork…
How at all is this offensive or unrelated to the event?
Hmm, I see the basis for complaint now ( I should have read the article thoroguhly).
So that Frank Quitely artwork is referenced off an actual female artist? Did she pose for him?
I can see how it would be off-putting if Quitely just put this drawing of this artist onto an event flyer without her consent.
Yeah, when I saw this image the other day the first thing that sprang to mind was Trina Robbins' reaction to the CBLDF t-shirt with Lisner's art and the backlash she still gets for calling it out.
Zakuraba -you've really missed the point, I doubt he really uses people to pose for him, I've never seen him mention it in interviews. He probably drew it out of his head. the issue (if there is one) is the objectification of women, not exploiting someone else's likeness.
I really don't see the problem here, and sort of agree with Dunbar. Point is, there are a lot things in the world of male-female relations that offend, anger and disgust me: rape, human trafficking, spousal abuse, forced marriages, female genital mutilation, gender-segregated societies like Saudi-Arabia, attacks on abortion clinics, and so on. Our emancipated, liberal society's very diverse spectrum of depicting females? Not so much. In the end, this type of finger-wagging isn't that different from the so-called 'moral' crusaders who waste money, time and outrage on litigating against nudity and swearing on television.
Especially since this is a reasonably anatomically correct, attractive piece of art with a very mild cheesecake factor. Drawn by an artist who used to get accused of drawing Jean Grey too unattractive, and made his big splash with a series starring a huge muscle-man wearing nothing but a tiny speedo (beefcake!).
I say, the more pictures of pretty girls the likes of Paul Pope, Frank Quitely and Cameron Stewart produce, the better. Means there'll be less of audience for the utterly artless porn-tracing of Greg Land, Greg Horn, Jim Balent, etc.
Are we automatically assuming that someone who looks like that CAN'T be a great cartoonist? Or that to be a good artist you must look a certain way? Would the reaction be the same if she was wearing an American Apparel deep V and thick-rimmed glasses and Chucks, instead of being dressed sexy in a decidedly non-Anglo way?
I'm not saying this isn't cheesecake, because it is. But let's all take a look at how WE objectify and make assumptions about people/drawings who don't match our own preconceived notions of who's allowed to fit the definition of "artist."
Sean I love you and am a fan of your writing, but this recurring feature you do is terrible. Someone complained online about people posting Twitter quotes elsewhere, and I instantly knew where to look.
Not only does it have the potential for attracting the comics-internet to opine once more on what's appropriate for women to be offended about, but it strikes me as a poor way to engage with the issue of whether Quitely's poster is appropriate or not. Instead the question, as posed, seems to be whether or not it's appropriate for Domitille or Lisa to voice an opinion. I absolutely know that's not what you mean, but just look at the responses–they fall neatly into the old patterns.
Again, I say this as a fan of yours and as someone who expects a lot out of your writing. This recurring "someone-said-something-on-Twitter" thing always strikes me as an easy way to build a story and generate some free hits, and I think that's beneath you. It's true that Twitter's a public forum, but when people say things while eating their breakfast or stuck in traffic or taking a crap, they're not always saying them with the intention of being picked up and repeated and examined for context or validity. If people want to know what Domitille or Lisa think about Frank Quitely's half-cameltoe poster, let them follow them on Twitter, or at least ask before publishing these things in a forum they were not originally intended for.
Gee, I don't know. If you sit down and write something, and put it out into the world, you can defend it or not defend it– you can say "I was way off when I wrote that, and I was wrong." Or "I was having a rough morning." But blaming the fact that people seem shallow because of how their thoughts were expressed through twitter?
I don't know about that. They ARE shallow because they purposefully selected a shallow technology. It's not like twitter has no alternatives– there are a million other ways for people to express themselves on the internet. If someone specifically chose the most shallow one– they can't get mad when people say their thinking seems shallow. People sat there and said "the things that I think– I only need 140 characters to express them. That'll do it." Twitter didn't make anyone shallow– people willingly volunteered to portray themselves as vapid. Blaming the fact people who read tweets think that people on twitter are idiots on the person republishing the tweets– I mean, isn't that just people flattering themselves that they're not as dull as what they're putting into the world…? Maybe that's too far. I don't know. Plus– my experiences with twitter have been that it's a grotesque white-noise and hype machine, so the idea of getting mad that anyone is picking out signal from the mounds of empty noise & hype & self-flattery that people put out into the world seems… I have a difficult time understanding that…
Anyways, in this particular case: I liked what both people had to say– I think conflicting viewpoints on how gender are portrayed in media is interesting, and the fact people get mad about that discussion is silly and/or just reflects how deep society's programming is on those topics. And I like the drawing too– at least, I like how that guy draws denim. I think it's fun to think about this stuff…
Yeah but a Twitter post is a little bit that usually exists within some sort of context. It might be white noise or hype or something of occasional value, but it exists within a larger whole. Someone making a comment as part of their Twitter feed is not the same as if they got up in front of a microphone to say Something Important And Meaningful. There's a different idea of audience and context and meaning than there might be in a larger setting.
And in instances like this it feels sensationalistic to go pull a quote, present it to a different audience, then say "what do you think of that?" With the exception of whatever Tom Brevoort has to say about a Marvel project or DC or whatever, it seems lately to mainly lead to a comment thread filled with gross comments about what women should or shouldn't do. Or how no one would complain if men did these things, or whatever. I follow Sean online and know that he's been occasionally bummed out by this reaction as well, or at least he's complained about it. I'd suggest that's evidence of there being a gulf in context between the original comments, both here and previously, and their presentation here on Robot6 to an altogether different audience.
I agree with you Abhay, in terms of conflicting viewpoints on gender, and conversation about difficult topics in general, being interesting. And valuable. And for my part I don't care much about this drawing, although I guess it is gross and defintely might not be the best choice for a CBLDF function. But that's just my opinion. I also think Quitely is the greatest superhero cartoonist of the last 20 years or more.
Dustin, what irks me about your comments is that you consistently portray women as a monolithic bloc defined solely by their gender. As if all women are opposed to this drawing, just because two spoke out, and hence all people that have a differing opinion are lecturing women in general on what they can and can't approve of. Furthermore, you seem to imply that on this issue, women 'own the discussion': is my opinion on the depiction of women in popular culture inherently inferior because I am a man? If you have me and Michele Bachmann debate women's reproductive rights, does she win automatically because she has ovaries and I don't?
To me, this is a discussion about two (notable) individuals criticizing a drawing by a renowned artist for what is perhaps the most important non-profit organization in comics, and whether that criticism has any merit. Since all parties and elements to this discussion are related to comics (the core subject of this website/blog) , I'd argue it's both worthy of reporting on and discussing here at Robot6. Also, I would think that if you yourself too get 'bummed out' by all the 'gross comments' and the predictable 'pattern of comments', you would either expound your own, apparently superior opinion on the matter with more vigor or just ignore the entire discussion entirely, rather than call for its abolishment, just because not everybody immediately agrees with you.
Because as it stands, all you do is complain about the free exchange of ideas here not living up to higher standards you fail to practice yourself.
(and yes, I am in love with the word 'entirely' and variations thereof)
That might be fair, who knows. I don't care as much about the issue here, insofar as how appropriate that poster is. I don't think it's all that appropriate, but I don't feel passionate enough about it to get upset or anything. I'm talking about the practice of tying together strings of quotes from Twitter feeds so that they look like coherent sentences and presenting them here for comment.
The question of whether the stated opinions have merit or not is secondary for me. I personally don't care that much about some comics organization using cheesecake imagery to promote itself. Whatever, it's apparently the thing to do in comics. Hell, Mark Millar publishes a magazine called CLiNT. And I agree with you that seeing more reporting on these types of gender issues, whether here or elsewhere, would be great. But I disagree that this is the way to do it.
The CBDLF (presumably) approached Quietly to draw a piece they could use on prints and postcards to sell as Wonder Con exclusives.
Frank Quietly does the bulk of his work in the superhero genre.
The Superhero audience is male dominated – not entirely male, but mostly.
So, the CBDLF got a superhero artist, to draw a bit of art they could sell to his fans to raise money – not having a popular character he owns, Quietly drew something he (presumably) thought would attract the most sales – a sexy looking girl.
The CBDLF then took that bit of art he drew for their fund raising art sales of prints and postcards, and put it on the poster of their event featuring him.
(Possibly the only art of his they have the rights to use).
Best I can see is that people should be taking issue with the CBDLF for using the art on a poster – otherwise you're taking issue with Quitely for drawing a piece intended to sell as much as possible, to raise money for a non-profit, at a comic convention.
"Also it made me laugh a lot because the women cartoonists I know are way sexier than that."
If the original comment has this much weight to it, it's amazing more people aren't taking this seriously!
Matt Jeske: Actually, if that is the gripe, then I got the point the first time.
This completely falls under the category of non-news: "Individuals take offense at something."
As a group North Americans* just don't like sex. We say we do. We tell ourselves we do. We surround ourselves with sexual images to prove that we do. But we don't. Of course, someone complained about the image. Of course, someone thought that was newsworthy. Its not.
*And a lot of others.
Women just love when you guys all discuss whether women "should" be offended by an image.
Dustin, I just pretty thoroughly disagree with you about whether Twitter is fair game for reposting. Prominent industry figures saying something in writing in public is pretty much the definition of fair game. It's no more taking things out of context to quote from it, and I no more need to ask permission to quote from it, than would be the case for someone's public blog or public letters column or public webcomic or public anything. I say all of this with the utmost respect for you, Hanawalt, Collardey, and Quitely alike.
With regards to your specific complaint that it gives comics' He-Man Woman Haters' Club another chance to opine, yes, that's true, and yes, that's bummed me out in the past, but in the end I decided it's more important to make those people uncomfortable by bringing valid objections to the depiction or treatment of women to their attention than to allow THEM to make ME so uncomfortable that I no longer do so.
I know you like most of my writing, so please do trust me when I say that I give much, much less than a shit about how many hits anything I do generates. Over here I have no way of tracking it anyway, and at my own blog I don't check. I write about what I write about because I think it's interesting, and over here I consider whether I think the Robot 6 audience will get anything out of it/"needs to hear/know" something. That's it.
I agree with you that it's "fair game," I just think it's a crass way to do it. And by composing it as a series of sentences, it presents things as being much more thought out and purposefully presented than they're intended. Or rather, than I'm GUESSing they're intended. Does that make sense? Like, the Erik Larsen thing yesterday makes him look like a moron. But it's not like he wrote "an open letter about what I think of webcomics." And a lot of these things are in reply to other people, and thus are part of that conversation or a continuing relationship with that person. For instance, if I was talking to you on Twitter about Wizard, I would phrase things differently because we've talked about that before, and/or have our own relationships with Wizard, etc.
To be clear, I am your fan; I just disagree with this practice. It seems like putting the cart in front of the horse, in terms of creating a story or topic for discussion. But I do apologize for implying that you were trying to just jack up your hits or whatever. It just reminds me of some worst practices by other comics bloggers that I find repugnant. Unfair to lump you in with them out of hand.
There's not even any reason to apologize, man, I know where you're coming from and I'm not taking offense. And you know, in retrospect I should have said "…on Twitter" at the end of the attribution, besides just linking to it. I don't think putting two consecutive tweets next to each other is funking with anything in undue fashion, for whatever that's worth–they ARE "a series of sentences," as you put it. Granted, I'm not putting them line by line like Twitter would, but this isn't Twitter, it's a blog, and I don't think rejiggering the format is inappropriate any more than, say, excerpting a passage from a longer article is inappropriate. But I could have done more to note that it was written on Twitter–saying that gives people some additional context as to how the statements were initially presented. I usually do do that (I did with Larsen); dunno why I didn't here.
I guess maybe, the more I think about it, the real heart of my objection is the reformatting out of context. Definitely Twitter is public. AND someone like me, who uses Twitter not only as a mindless distraction but as a tool to enlarge my audience, is being disingenuous to act offended that these sorts of things happen. But I do think in our current media world, something said on Twitter exists in a Twitterish context. Reformatting into paragraphs changes the tone of a statement. Same as when you list song lyrics, you add in the line breaks because the line breaks MEAN something, they're a part of the statement. Mick Jagger didn't say, "I was born in a crossfire hurricane. And I howled at my ma in the driving rain, but it's all right now, in fact, it's a gas." It exists in a particular context that is important to the statement's meaning.
It's totally public though. But it invites sensationalism to pull them out of context, format them as paragraphs, and present them for comment in a different context.
I do agree on the "let's have this talk again" thing, in regards to rehashing old, unsettled ugliness, in terms of how awful any conversation involving the idea of WOMEN seems to get lately (or ever, on the comics internet). I think they're important conversations to have, even if we (and me) usually fail at them.
You guys are totally getting my hard-on going for MoCCA panels tomorrow.
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The underground tunnels, which now must be cleaned, collapsed, filled, and sealed, aren't the only environmental problems driving up the cost of renovating the Waterbury Industrial Commons property.
The city had to add $700,000 to its contract with Bestech Inc., the Ellington environmental services company it hired to clean up the site, to close the tunnels and remove newfound asbestos and lead.
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The new cleanup work is concentrated in the factory's south end, where the city had once planned to build a consolidated public works campus. Instead, the city is razing that section for future industrial use.
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Project officials expected to find some undocumented toxins at a sprawling, 600,000-square-foot brassworks that employed thousands of Waterburians around the clock for three generations.
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Officials believe most of these tunnels were built a century ago, in the early 1910s, at the same time as the original factory. Others were added as the operation expanded to cover almost 20 acres.
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The Thomaston Avenue plant was the last major arm of the Chase Brass & Copper Co. left in Waterbury before it closed in 1975 after a bitter strike.
The last owners turned the 20-acre campus into a small industrial park before falling millions behind on their local property taxes. It was seized for back taxes in 2010.
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@Freepress: I completely agree. The unions destroyed Waterbury. It was very sad to watch all those manufacturing companies close. I remember the strikes and how the companies just gave up. "
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The walls at Duggan School, the added remediation at Reed, now this too. I could go back further and further but lets not make people look too bad.
This is an old city and it was easier to dig tunnels then to make roads or clear wooded areas. There are many many building with these things. Look City Hall had one to the Chase Building, Waterbury Hosp has an underground area, so do many of the schools.
So for this to be missed sounds like a rookie mistake by someone just out of college with no knowledge of what things are really like. "
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This is where you can post your character's for future reference.
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Tyrion Strife
A young man,not knowing who he truely is. He was self raised. He doesnt have connections to the force,but he has access to some strange spiritual magic,called Mana. With mana,he can have a better fighting style than someone using the force. He can also summon creatures of fantasies, and can create bursts of elemental powers. He still has alot to learn though,as he is only 13.
Mana Blade(A.K.A. Mana Sword)- Made of mithril and combined with mana,this weapon can tear through flesh like butter. Not rivaling lightsabers though,but it is truely a fearsom weapon.
Large shield pack
Stahm- A ancient armor,forged by the Massani. It can deflect solid attacks fairly easily,and blaster shots are reflected off of it.
Jump= force jump 2
summon chocobo
Picture of Tyrion Strife
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oops..he does look kinda big for a 13 year old..:D
GreenPanther- A strange fellow, not much is known about this one. He seems to look like a blue jawa..... and enjoys unknown substances smelt from a mile away....No one knows what they are or look like but he seems to act weird near them.
A blue lightsaber and a handy dandy ewok
Special Abilities-
Dumbfound enemies
summon ewok
A blue jawa robe....
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Birthdate unknown, but very old. With the age, came wisdom. Founder of the academy. Powers are Directly force-linked (like a very powerful jedi master).
Light Blue Lightsaber
special abilities-
Can do just about anything the force can let someone do.
Clothing(your gonna love this one)-
Old Grey cloth, very baggy.
A shady character made out of steel and very strong
About 17 years old, was brought up in the jungle as it was of unknown origin which he came from, some say he came from space some say he was born form the land.
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Whip (indina jones style)
Backup slit knife
A Duck
The spoon- heals, forsees the future, sheilds, Takes over minds, can cause total universe destruction, paralyzes everything in 100,000,000 miles radius. I'm sure you all know the rest. :)
10 metres of rope
A duck
Special Abilities:
over sensitive Instincts and senses
Mastered the spoon
Please limit those powers...
Scar, that may be a godmode character, but he isn't actually godmoding with it ;)
A mysterious figure shrouded in a cloak and encased in brilliant red armor, broken only by bright emerald eyes. He, she, or it speaks in a modulated voice to disguise his/her true identity. Everything else about Redwing is unknown...
fine enough for me...
((You don't need to ask him to limit his powers unless in an actual RPG ;)
Some RPGs I've seen are based on pure godmode. Rather funny, actually))
*cough*omiensent chaos*cough*
Um..you guys are getting off topic.May you please delete your posts or something? Thank you.
Name: Mahrrok
A male Ithorian theif, and a good one too. Very stealthy even though he is not exactly small. Has a tatooed face, which is uncommon for Ithorians, which shows he is a renegade and has been exiled from Ithor. Not much is known about him or his banishment, as no one even thinks about getting near him. He hangs out in dirty low-level areas on the planets he visits for misc. jobs. He has been hired by many beings, including Jabba the Hutt.
Hold-out blaster (2)
Stealthy-able to walk around dim areas unnoticed
Good thief
Knows a lot of botany from his life on Ithor before banishment
Don't have a picture yet
Matt Windu(no relation)
Bothan Spy/Slicer
abilities: stealth, lock-picking, intelligence, able to call in limited reinforcements, disguise, deception, 'leet haxor skillz', advanced arms training, some piloting skills, etc :)
Rebel allied.
GonkH8er ('Gonk')
Ex-bounty Hunter
Owner of the rusty old ship, the 'Owknet'
Carries 5 diamond bladed daggers
Highly modified blaster
Belt of thermal grenades
Arsenal of weapons inside ship.
Completely force illiterate :)
Deadly accurate
Ill tempered
Willing to blow anything up.
Hates power droids a passion, yet is commonly called "Gonk", ironically enough
Name: Minion
Race: Wookie
Story: As an infant, Minion was stolen from his family and town by slavers before he could be given a name. When the slavers chose to sell him at auction, a passing Dark Jedi Adept recognized his force potential and snatched him up. Delivered to an uncharted planet in the wildlands, a dark Jedi master raised Minion in the ways of the Dark Side. Augmented by both the force and cybernetic implants and trained in the use of both the lightsabre and most manners of weapons, Minion served as his masters personal bodyguard before he grew weary of a life of servitude. He cut down his master, destroyed his palace, and set out among the stars on a stolen Skipray Blastboat.
Size: 7'2
Weight: 450 lbs
Black Fur
- Heavy Blaster Rifle, modified
- Disruptor pistol hidden under fur.
- Modified Lightsabre. In accord of his size, the sabre hilt itself is larger and the blade wider and longer than normal.
-Thermal Detonators
- A droid brain hangs at hip and translates his speech into a deep, metallic voice.
Misc. Info:
Minion has several cybernetic augmentations. They are as follows...
- His entire left arm, lost in a "lesson" taught to him at an early age, has been replaced by a mechanical prosthetic. This arm is approximatley twice as strong as the right arm, and has a mirrorized palm, allowing Minion to deflect blast bolts with his bare hand. His right hand has the same plate in the palm. This has saved Minion from many a surprise attack, when a lightsabre was not in reach.
- His right eye has been replaced with a mechanical eye, with a direct input into his brain. This allows Minion to see in virtually the entire light spectrum, as well as into fractal space (a dark force augmentation). The eye glows a soft red.
- Due to various chemical experiments at an early age, Minion has strength many times that of a normal wookie. This, combined with Dark Side and cybernetic augmentation, make Minion a titan when it comes to hand-to-hand combat. He made a name for himself in the Outer Rim as a gladiator battling wild rancors with just a vibroaxe.
Average force powers: Grip, push/pull, jump (cannot jump as high as some, due to his enormous weight). Level 1 lightning.
Name:Tray Dav LO(Code name:TheWhiteRaider)
Age:16(Or so he claims)
Strong points: His blade, speed, and his accurasy.
Weakness: Only time will tell
A strange man. Young and fast with a blade. Many shadows lie around this man..... What hides in his past.... Why does he wonder around. He strikes fast, but not very hard. With his speed he is a affective sniper. His right eye is equiped with a red machine of some sort. He will not tell what this object does. He makes enemys fast and will not tolerate ignorance. He anwsers in riddles ofter.
Darth Groovy
Name: Darth Groovy
Race: Zabrak
Occupation: Arts and music instructor at LucasForums Jedi Academy
Darth Groovy was the outcast of a botched expirement performed by scientists contracted by the evil Darth Sideous, to create a clone army of Sith Warriors from the tissues donated by his former apprentice, Darth Maul. He has no memory of his birth or where he came from. Groovy's pod crash landed on forest planet of Oriden, homeplace of the LucasForums Jedi Academy. Darth Groovy, wandered into the Academy and was attacked by Obi-Wan 13 who had mistaken him for the legendary Darth Maul. To his surprise Groovy tossed his saber and surrendered to Obi-Wan who nearly beheaded him. Obi-Wan13 developed a new found respect for the mysterious zabrak and allowed him to join the Academy. Groovy slowly ascended the ranks through many battles with the evil Sith Academy(see Academy Wars), and currently remains a teacher of arts and music at the Academy. Although Groovy never takes it seriously, and has no memory of any prior training, his skills with the ancient double bladed lightsaber are matched only by whitedragon who is the current saber trainer at LFJA. Darth Groovy is also very agile, acrobatic and skilled in universal martial arts.
Unlike Darth Maul, Groovy is more outspoken, whitty, full of dry humor and popular with most of the younger students. Darth Groovy has a sincere interest in the liberal arts which over some time has become somewhat of a joke among teachers. Although Darth Groovy dresses in the traditional black robes of the Sith and posseses many Sith powers, Groovy has sworn his life to the protection and future of the LucasForums Jedi Academy.
This double bladed saber is sometimes used as a single saber with only one end ignited, giving the illusion of a menacing long hilt, which often strikes fear into his enemies.
Smoke Spheres
These spheres he carries in a pouch within his tunic. As discovered by many galactic magicians, when these spheres are hurled to the ground and broken, certian gases escape which when mixed with oxygen creates the illusion of smoke or ghosts. These often come in handy in his no escape situations. A vapor of distracting smoke can often give him just enough time to get away quickly.
Isn't a godmode character- it's the spoon which i have, you must have totally missed out on the spoon for some reason :confused: :confused:
and anyway most people seem to figure out a way of knocking the spoon out of my hand :rolleyes:
Name: Dath Maximus
Race: Unknown
Story: Little is known about this man. He has lead a life of exile.
Weapons: A single lightsaber
Powers: Has trained in the ways of the force for many decades, has ability to weild some dark powers.
Name: Stryder
Race: Human
Some say if he would have been trained early he could have been a jedi, has one of the quickest reflexes of any non-jedi. Is currently builing a proto-type gun, when he finishes it will be one of the most powerfulest in the universe.
Weapons: Only uses the gun he makes him self, he can not trust for his weapons to be any less then perfect. Currently uses a weapon he has not named yet(i just can't think of anme right now), it resembles a moden time assult rifle but with much more accuracy and power. He has developed hsi own type of lasers, he calls them photon-lasers. They are much more powerful and have more pierce effect.
Armor: Heavy armor that can with stand many direct laser hits. It is all black but can be put in to "camo-mode" to blend in with surroundings. He is currentey trying to develop an armor that will with stand the most powerful weapon, a lightsaber, but it seems impossible.
Skills: Is very intelligent and can build many things. Has good battling stratiges and tactics. With his sqaud of elite soldiers and their high-tech weapons and armors, even the sith do not take them for granted.
Past: Was once an assasin, killed people just for the fun. It finally got to him and he stopped. He then joined the academy to try to reddem him self. He has noew used his great intelligence and skills to good use for the Academy.
(if you think of a good name i could call my weapon thingy, just pm or what ever, i would greatly appreciate it)
edit: if you want i can like compile all of these or soemthing, if you want me to tell me if so i can start now and not when there is like 500 of them
Name: ASk
Race: outcast Wookie
Story: Even though he has a dark past that nobody knows of, he became known when he brute-forced his way into the ranks of the Dark Sided sith. While having no ability with the actual force, his supreme handling of the rare Brute Force powers make him a worthy opponent
Weapons: Brute Force and more Brute Force
Skills: m4d k0d3r - ability to confuse the opponent to death by his "1337" k0d1ng skills.
Brute Force - able to break through any protection, when given sufficient time to do so (complex protections can take a few weeks to break through)
Hug - Don't you all like when a Wookie hugs you? Don't you like to listen to your own bones crushing?
There is no Spoon: A recently mastered and very potent skill. When used, all spoons in the nearest (about 2-3 lightyears) vicinity are destroyed. (Please file all complaints for destroyed objects at the Wookies Ltd. star postage address)
NAME: Nevar
RACE: Human
SEX: Often (*snort*) Male
OTHER CRAP: Has basic understanding of the force...more specifically, the dark side. Is an Apprentice looking for Master or Sith Lord to be trained by. Now does this sound like a classified ad or what?
Name: Irvine Cracken sry too meny odd-balled characters i just had to add him ^_^
(this is the one after c7, but just a copy of IRvine, cus othen then his bio, his true identify wont be revealed cus this one wont link with the others AND it will not affect any other threads, so the one i'm attempting to start wont have any thing to do this one, nor vise versa.
i only added him cus this ones just more cooler and theres still jedi in this time (so irvine can interact wiht other jedi :p))
Bio: http://lucasforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=74380 [color]just read my early posts in that thread ^_^[/color]
Duel Blue LightSabers, which was forged my his Father and prefect doublicates only but of what color crystal is used.
Skill with weapon: scary with one, insane with both, worthy enough with any lightsaber duel
Force abilities: due to Irvine self training himself and sharing hi abilities with others whom self trained, Irvine has different abilties then what is triditionaly trained
Force Strength: level 3: Irvine's key techinque
^ Irvine has created all three levels of this ability, what this does is enhance the phsyical strength of the one who uses it
Force speed: Level 2
^ enhances the rate with the mind and body move and think
Force phych: level 2
^ telepathic abilities: includes force throw, push, grab and grip
3 form: level 1
^ Irvine learned this through a another person who self trained. This ability transforms the person into three forms: a form thats a complete opposite (where the person natually stands on either is he good or bad, is mirrored (meaning if he's good he's bad, but only depending how good or bad he is), a form which is a completely Light version (completely good uses the triditional light powers all the way), and its counter part one thats completely dark (just the opposite of the light version). Each form having 1/3 of the total power that of the original had
^ due to the low level Irvine can only do it for a short time, but Irvine never uses it
Holy Judgement:
^ co-created with the rest of the self-teached, this ability uses up 80% of the caster's life energy and force powers for the time being (so one shot is all you have, before you pass out), the energy goes into created a ball of energy, and stops the one being casted at (cant move). what happeneds is that the caster calls upon the dead jedi to pass judgement on the casted. If he's worthy, he lives unharmed, if is not worthy, he dies instantly. Irvine never had the need to do this...
Standing on dark/light allience:
Light Dark
Re: Bio
I still like starfleet better, but I just needed the Avatar URL for ezboard. I'll change it later. I'm too lazy right now.....WHO WANTS TO BE MY MASTER??????? *realizes he's getting off topic*
i'd be your master but i am not a jedi
Ok guys, you can use PMs, also we need to cool it with the one sentance posts.....lets try a bit harder shall we? Thanks. :)
Name: Jokemaster
Affilation: Neutral
Occupation: Smuggler,Bounty Hunter, Mercenary, Former Soldier
Age:ages between 14-70 in rpgs
Weapons: blaster,a really cool sword, anything with a trigger, moltov cucktails and thermal detonators
Skills: Marksmanship,Piloting,Spying (SP?)
contacts: Talon Karrde, Mara Jade,Lando Calrissian,Obi-Wan 13(last one is an acquantance
Resides near Jedi Academy, is force sensitive but doesnt know it.
he is a mod, you dolt. :p
Okay I'll shut up now and go look for Mr.Darth Knight somewhere in an RP forum...May the Force be with y'all!!
You better. :D
*Cracks whip*
hahaha! :)
I warn you, it's a long read...
Name : Trebor Starblazer.
Aliases : Reb Starblazer, Treb Starblazer, Raine Sunscorcher, Darth Malice.
Species : Half Human, half Zabrak.
Age : Exact age is unknown, even to himself. Best estimate is roughly 20 standard years of age. Due to the circumstances of his life, he often acts much older and wiser than he is.
Weapons : Has a Double-Bladed Lightsabre, with one green blade and one blue blade. It's actually two Lightsabres that are able to be connected together, or disconnect and used separately. Has a third "backup" Lightsabre, with an orange-red blade. Now has come into posession of an ancient weapon, an extendable pole made of Mandalorian Iron, meaning that it cannot be cut by Lightsabres and is able to deflect blaster bolts.
Appearance : 1.7 meters(5 feet, 8 inches) tall, medium build. Forest green eyes, brownish-blond hair, with chin length bangs, but the rest is slightly shorter. Skin tone is a little lighter than an olive one, with five horns on his forehead in a triangular arrangement(Look at Eeth Koth's forehead for an example). Hair is generally in front of his face, to conceal his horns, but is sometimes worn in a pony-tail. Generally dresses in a dark kimono style garb, with a dark cloak. Also, unlike others of the Zabrak species, Reb has no facial tatoos.
Born to a Human father and a Zabrak mother, he is an outcast of both species. He is, as he describes himself "A freak. A freak of nature. A chemical, physical, and genetic impossibilty, yet... here I am..." He believes that due to his unstable genetic structure his midi-chlorien's are defective, only allowing him to connect with the Dark side of the Force. His parents realized he was Force Sensitive, but this was a time when when being so meant you were marked for death, and they saw that he wasn't trained. However, when Reb was still a child, their ship was attacked, and crashed. He was unfortunately, the only survivor. He quickly learned to fend for himself, and how to hunt. While hunting one day, he discovered an ancient Sith temple, and upon entering, found a holo-cron. It activated when he came near it due to his Force sensitivity. And thus, his training began, and Darth Malice was born.
Years afterwords, he was "rescued" from the planet by a Catharian Dark Lord of the Sith, Darth Talon, who took him as his apprentice. Time passed, and while on a mission for his master, he was sent to assassinate a world leader. He infiltrated the leaders home, and was about to kill her, when the woman's young daughter entered the room. Something awoke in Reb and he could not bring himself to kill them. He spared the woman's life and told her to take her family and leave. Darth Malice then encountered Kylaa Sentura, a female Twi'lek, trained at Obi-wan13's Jedi Academy, sent to protect the leader. He defeated her in Lightsabre combat, but could not bring himself to destroy her, as he was enchanted by her beauty. He had never met a Jedi before, only heard stories of them from the Holocron and his master. Not knowing exactly what to do with her, he took her captive and began his return to his master. On the journey Kylaa tried to reason with Reb after he told her that he didn't kill the senator. She said that proved that there was still hope for him, but he blocked out what she was saying the best she could. When they returned to Talon's ship, Talon ordered Reb to be arrested and "Re-educated" and Kylaa to be executed. Reb and Kylaa escaped, and journeyed to Obi-Wan's Jedi Academy, where Reb agreed to aid them.
Eventually, Darth Talon's forces were defeated, and Talon died by Reb's hand. But because of his past, Reb was bitter, and grew to hate all that was evil and all who served it, including himself. He went to Obi-wan for help, to learn to control his abilities, but found no peace at the Academy. He stopped using the Force completely, afraid of what might happen should he give himself to it again. Eventually, the "Academy Wars" began, and Reb once again found himself having to use the Dark side to protect his newfound family. After the first battle of the war, he joined the Sith ranks, hoping to destroy them from within. A year later, his chance came. When the Sith attacked the Jedi at the planet Thedonias. Reb Starblazer sabotaged the Super Star Destroyer "FleshRender" in an attempt to kill all of the Sith, including himself. His attempt failed, and the Sith escaped alive, but it proved to be a turning point in the war, at the cost of Reb's life. Reb Starblazer is considered killed in action at this point in time.
Reb is a Sith in name only, as he longs to be a Jedi if it was possible, although it's unknown if Reb could actually give up the power of the Dark side if he was ever faced with that choice. Reb chose to side with the Jedi because he truly believes in their cause and wishes to see the end of conflict in the Galaxy. Due to his dark side nature and tendancies however, he is not afraid to use more aggresive and forceful means than the Jedi in order to ensure peace and justice come about, often putting him at odds with some of the Jedi. Though his actions and methods are often questioned, his loyalty is not.
EDIT: Here's my half assed rendition of Reb :DSmall
Rebster...killed...? :(
Tyrion he said he's "considered KIA at this point in time". :D
Info: My Character Starts Off As A 8 Year Old Boy Then Ages To About 28
Name: Neo
Neo, Is The Child Of A Dark Magician Names Giltia. Born On The Planet Corellia, His Father Died In A War The Mother Of Neo Took Him To The Planet Of Lothlorien, Sadly His Mother Died By A Renegade Jedi. Since That Day Neo Has Been Working On His Mystic Powers He Inherited From His Father To Avenge His Parents Death.
Child Equipment:
- Dagger
- Stun Batton
- Pendant Of Life
- Mystic Amulet
Adult Equpment:
- Sword Of Light
- E-17 Rifle
- Pendent Of Eternity
- Mystic Amule
In the event I am bored...................
Yago Goml, nicknamed Lightning Man by his reflexes, The Guardian for his best professsion.
Born with a natural strength of correct split second predictions, aiming skill, and his family's blade art, he was always overconfident and sure to get his job done. An excellent pilot, but a tendancy to go :"above the law" , he was kicked out of the New Republic Army for insubordination shortly after mastering his family's blade art. He severed all ties with his family after this, and now is a mercenary, best suited for body-guarding. One of his clients, an old Jedi-Master from the unknown regions, said he was to be force sensitive, but I disregarded as bull-hoppy sithspit.
Age: 26, wants to profit from both sides. Works cheap, 10 creds an hour, not counting hours off his job, be it assassination and such. Impatient, wants to get the job done quickly. Enjoys a challenge
Illegally modified Tenloss Rifle complied with a lightsaber on it's end. Nicknamed the Tenloss Blade.
Packs high powered explosives in a force-powered backpack given by the Jedi Master.
Armor: Simple light armor, light armor designed to block small shots.
Special Abilities:
Lightning fast reactions.
Ability to predict opponents in split-seconds.
I'm bored too often.:p
born on the planet of naboo, with human parents nalya and kiro. at young age young pad found out he wasnt like the other kids. in stead of playing with wooden sticks or other toys he read books and practised in the art of meditating. when he was in his twenties he left his home to go to the city where he was noticed by a jedi. he became well trained and soon pad found out he was a master at swordfighting. also a bow, which isnt a normal jedi tool, became 1 of his well known fighting tools.
on a quest at coruscant he saved the life off a female senator. he got to know her and did something a jedi shouldnt do, he fell in love with her. so he kept the feelings to him to make sure the council didnt found out. but at 1 time she confessed her true feelings towards him and they were mutual.
pad left the council and married her. they now live in piece in a nice, cosy place on the planet of naboo.
a blue lightsaber
his brain (sometimes good to get him out off certain situations)
a bow
saber combat
shooting with a bow
anything force related
talking himself out off messy situations
although he lives in piece he practises his skills at a daily base.
Heres mine:
Darth Maelstrom
Real Name-
Gorgan Floss
Red bladed lightsaber with blades on hilt
Silverish-white double-bladed lightsaber
Blaster Rifle
A few hidden in armor
Mandalorian super-commando armor w/o jet pack or helmet
ForceStone embedded in armor
Pitch-black cloak
Dark Rage
Mind Trick
Master with lightsabers
Sith Lord
Name: Tidus Darklighter
Age (of character): 24
Occupation: LFJA Assistant Principal (Jedi Master)
Weapon: Orange lightsaber
Species: Human
Apprentice: Phantom Helix
Force: (all passive good side)
Mind Trick
Long black/brown hair, pure, attractive looking face (hey, it's my character lol), tall stature (5"11'), brown and beige coloured jedi garnments, tall black boots and a long brown hooded cloak.
Lived as a farmboy on one of the Academy's planet's neighbouring moons. Through an unfortunate smuggling deal, Darklighter's father was tricked and targeted for assassination. His mother and father were murdered by a bounty hunter, but through sheer will of the force Obi-wan13 managed to prevent Darklighter's own death. He was therefore taken into the Jedi Academy, and trained under the careful guidance of the Academy Principal for many a year. Here began his rivalry with Divine Spirit, a padawan who would ultimately form his own alleigance against the forces of good.
Darklighter's one love, Taliara, was murdered by the man who sent the bounty hunter to kill his parents. Through pure rage he tracked down the killer and fought and defeated him, before rejoining the Academy. He played a significant part in the Academy Wars, and fought valiantly against the forces of Divine Spirit. Admiral to the famous Death/Ice Squadron, he lead the fleet into battle, and rescued his friends from the clutches of evil.
A strong-minded, valiant, caring and trustworthy soul, Darklighter prides himself in helping others, even though his personal feelings are often a subject of distraction.
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Sunday, 6 November 2011
Mr Muesli Lover brunches in LA
I'd had a doozy of a week. Many meetings, many meals, not enough "down time". A weekend near Venice beckoned and I needed a brunch fix.
A good friend of mine knew the area and pointed me towards Abbott Kinney - a hip street resurrecting what surely previously was nothing special - and an identified, square rusty-looking building. So far, so intriguing. A few people milled around outside in that very cool, Californian way.
We ventured inside...to Gjelina and what became brunch heaven. Very on-trend, New York style furnishing. Rusty bits here. Exposed bits there. Dark wood drawing the light from the ubiquitous filament lights. Bit unusual, a wonderful sun-drenched courtyard where we were seated. The rickety steel table and chairs weren't that comfortable but this isn't a place for slouching, it's a place to sit tall and proud and enjoy the delights served up. And, boy, what delights.
The drinks menu alone was a brunch revelation. Wine, beers, cocktails by the bucketload. I tried the Ginger Lime (Pilsner, Ginger Syrup, Lime - refreshing) and the Calimocho (Red Wine, Coca-Cola, Citrus - much more pleasant than it sounds, a kinda less saccharine Cherry Coke). The food menu was adventurous and a little reminiscent of St Ali, a favourite back in Clerkenwell, London.
The menu states "changes & modifications politely declined" but I cannot see who would want to modify anything. From oysters to bacon scones to BLT to duck eggs to summer squash to asparagus, this menu had it all for the adventurous bruncher. My choice was the Moroccan baked eggs with merguez, chili, tomato sauce, cilantro and spiced yoghurt ($15). A veritable colour explosion, it was served in a heavy pan. Cooked to perfection it was not too runny yet left enough goo to need the crunchy sourdough to mop up the remains.
My partners-in-brunch had the Asparagus and Smoked Salmon Soft Scramble ($12). This was one of the more simple dishes and it really came as described. Which, seeing as that had been ordered was exactly what was needed! The soft scramble was just right and the salmon didn't over power the dish as can often be the case. They also ordered the 4-grain porridge with berries, banana, milk and buckwheat honey ($9). This isn't really what I want in a brunch but by the state of the clean bowl it seems to have hit the spot for those who ate it.
Last, but certainly not least, we ordered a side of crispy fingerling potatoes with truffle oil, herbs and Parmesan. Holy smoke, this was absolutely terrific. Wonderfully crisp potatoes, the hint of truffle adding to the taste and the crunchy parmesan giving this course the moreish factor. Our waitress told us that they had taken them off the menu but demand had led them to put them back on. I can see why, they are their signature dish for sure. Otherwise the juices and coffees were great, no complaints there but since we ordered simple juices and Americano's no real revelations either.
If I had to invent my own brunch place then it would resemble Gjelina for food offerings. It is a wonderful, fresh and lively place. Now, how can I swing another trip to LA?
Gjelina is open all day M-F 11:30 - Midnight. Weekends 9:00am - Midnight - Brunch until 3pm.
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38 Responses to "How they came up with the logo for the Beijing games"
Tane (451 comments) says:
April 4th, 2008 at 1:42 pm
Damn, was about to post that myself! Very good cartoon anyway.
[DPF: My God, that is twice this week we have agreed on something. Rumours will start of a new Kiwi Standard Blog :-)]
labrator (2,466 comments) says:
April 4th, 2008 at 2:06 pm
You guys agree on something!
Inventory2 (12,398 comments) says:
April 4th, 2008 at 2:08 pm
That is one of those "If it isn't true it should be" moments! And with the Chinese government, entirely plausible.
stephen (4,011 comments) says:
April 4th, 2008 at 2:12 pm
oh my god, ***ZING!!!!***
infused (714 comments) says:
April 4th, 2008 at 2:15 pm
Welcome to 6 months ago… this image is so cOLD
Paul (995 comments) says:
April 4th, 2008 at 5:44 pm
Still, you are going to wear "made in China" aren't you, or try buying something not made in China
JSF2008 (422 comments) says:
April 4th, 2008 at 6:05 pm
DAMN GOOD,SO TRUE opps the tossier left will have me tagged as a racist ( BUT not as a FREE THINKER)
Paul (995 comments) says:
April 4th, 2008 at 6:11 pm
If your looking for a dig,
Will the next US olympics have the outline of a person on the execution table with a lethal injection, or the outline of an electric chair?
JSF2008 (422 comments) says:
April 4th, 2008 at 6:47 pm
PS paul our new (friends) know all about death,user pays,the shot pay for their death bullet , hell a high end export , under the FTA , we could slice and sell body parts supplied by our new best friend ( ie KILLED IN CHINA but sliced in godzone NEW ZEALAND 100% pure and natural) fresh kidneys shot and processed within 24 hours.ie USA, killed to order,for export.
Paul (995 comments) says:
April 4th, 2008 at 7:15 pm
Funny guy.
Or perhaps a US pro-lifer could bomb a clinic and sell the body parts to China to then export to us, which we feed to cows on the pristine Canterbury Plains to sell back to China as milk powder for the 'one child policy' parents, and thus the pro-life maniac has come full circle and saved a life by taking one.
JSF2008 (422 comments) says:
April 4th, 2008 at 7:30 pm
grasping at straws ,paul arnt you , its not the chinese workers im against but the ARSEHOLE communist eliite ,ie party members and the generals, with the wealth from their slave workers in their pockets that YOUR helen davis has toadied up to, and going to f*ck our country for a few pieces of silver for, and she will be out of here before our countries f*cked.Theres Bad times comming for the NZ worker i can forsee. (PROVE ME WRONG) leftists
Paul (995 comments) says:
April 4th, 2008 at 7:42 pm
And J
how are the "arsehole" communist leaders any different to the 'arsehole' US leaders.
Only history will prove you wrong.
Helen Davis? what has the Sci Fi writer and Lego constructor got to do with NZ politics, or is there more conspiracy to life that I am aware of.
But if you are so concerned how and when will National repeal this, and in their rush for a FTA with the states (the most protected border in the world) will the Kiwi worker be in even more shite as a result of that sucking up?
tom hunter (7,725 comments) says:
April 4th, 2008 at 7:55 pm
This is excellent anslysis by Paul
Tens of millons dead, Countless fuckups by a dictatorial government system over decades. Countless Western leftists flocking to it all as the 'true' way compared to the fuckups of the USSR. Then it all crashes and burns and the vanguard turns to the very system that they rejected in the first place.
And now they complain?
Will the Kiwi worker be in even more shite?
O yes!
Paul (995 comments) says:
April 4th, 2008 at 8:07 pm
HAS National said they would repeal this???????????
Tom I don't support Labour.
Tom how are 100,000 dead Iraquis on the bases of out and out lies (as confirmed by the Pentagon just last week) any less important???
China is evil when it comes to Human Rights, but how (and do try to answer this) was G W Bush's veto of a health Bill that would have given primary health care to 30Million kids in america any less evil. 30million kids would have had primary access to health care but Bush said no, oh yeah that's Corporate Democracy at it's best. Evil bastard.
And I'm not sure when any half intelligent Socialist ever thought that Stalin's Soviet Union or Mao's China were ever a good idea, well none of the socialists I know of anyway. I really think that line of yours is one of the funniest pieces of fiction since the goon show "Countless Western leftists flocking to it all as an the 'true' way" make me laugh – your perception is oh so wrong sunshine.
kiki (414 comments) says:
April 4th, 2008 at 8:37 pm
US also executes people with out trial.
JSF2008 (422 comments) says:
April 4th, 2008 at 8:48 pm
Paul ,i guess you have had a SHIT of a week,you seem a little agitated, but soon thousands of cheap sex workers flooding in from china can massage your tense back, and there will be happy posts from you,who knows , only helen davis knows
jafapete (765 comments) says:
April 4th, 2008 at 8:55 pm
Paul, "Helen Davis" is what passes for humour amongst the kiwiblog right. Pathetic, isn't it? But I'd like to see him say it to her face!
hubbers (284 comments) says:
April 4th, 2008 at 9:42 pm
Why were they ever given an Olympics … Toronto must be fuming.
JSF2008 (422 comments) says:
April 4th, 2008 at 9:54 pm
F*CK jafapete can you set it up, f*ck , no , dream on, the warty witch dosnt like the REAL world jafapete, f*ck im a printer in the EPMU,,we are rude and crude, am i scared jafapete, CAN YOU SET UP A FULL ON INTERVIEW,sorry no ,ms davis dosnt tell the truth? who knows , i saw Norman Kirk talk(inspiring) out side the WGTN TOWN HALL ON THE LAWN but i have heard a pile of porkeys from the person who is our leader???? , opps her new BEST friend is RED COMMUNIST CHINA , opps i could be shot in the back of my head jafapete, this is what our new friends , the red fuckers, the BIGGEST MASS KILLERS in history do.WHEN HAS AUNTY HELEN DAVIS HAD A HEATED DISCUSSION WITH A WHITE MIDDLE CLASS MALE NEW ZEALANDER(excluding television reporters) not peter????
this is the question of the year/ decade,its a abstact question as the witch dosnt respond to WHITE NORMAL HETROSEXUAL MALES, excluding male tv reporters jafapete(you must come to WELLINGTON) and experiance our cafe scene.
opps health warning ,my english can cause lefties to break out in pimples SORRY BROS,not
ps the US dont shoot and harvest body organs as a everyday fact, unlike helens BEST friends.
dad4justice (7,905 comments) says:
April 4th, 2008 at 9:59 pm
Kewl stuff J – right on dude.
Redbaiter (12,013 comments) says:
April 4th, 2008 at 9:59 pm
Pathetic isn't it, that whenever there's any thread that's critical of China, all of the commies who plague this forum with their lies and smears and anti-western propaganda, turn it into a hate George Bush hate the US fest. Braindead morons make me want to vomit.
Buggerlugs (1,453 comments) says:
April 4th, 2008 at 10:52 pm
Hey D4J – why is Payne such an asset to the Nats? Do tell…
tom hunter (7,725 comments) says:
April 4th, 2008 at 10:59 pm
HAS National said they would repeal this???????????
Of course not. They're capitalists. Jeeez!!!!!! – and I had you pegged as a socialist true believer who really understood the dark heart of capitalism.
Tom I don't support Labour.
Like Sonic and Roger Nome and ….. well every other 'true' leftist of the moment. Which is to say that, as much as you hate them you'll vote for some other prick (the Greens ) who will support them in a coalition government – and then all will be well and your conscience will be salved.
Tom how are 100,000 dead Iraquis on the bases of out and out lies (as confirmed by the Pentagon just last week) any less important???
They're less important than the prospect of a implanting a democracy in the heart of despotism?
Oh but wait – that's a dreadful equation – even though it's 1000 times less dead humans than were sacrificed in the service of "to each according to his abilities". That was justifable – and it's not a lie! And it was not supported by millions of Western leftists for decades in the hope that it woould eventually all turn out well. Right?
In any case I thought it was 500,000 dead Iraqis, but perhaps the Lancet is no longer de rigueur?
China is evil when it comes to Human Rights, but how (and do try to answer this) was G W Bush's veto of a health Bill that would have given primary health care to 30Million kids in america any less evil. 30million kids would have had primary access to health care but Bush said no, oh yeah that's Corporate Democracy at it's best. Evil bastard.
Evil? Gosh, that's not the sort of term I'd expect from a secular humanist. For example all such people I knew in the 1980's laughed – really laughed – at Reagan's absurd portrayal of an evil empire. That term belongs to a distant, primitive past that does not fit in our modern sophisticated age. I'm surprised to see you using it!
And I'm not sure when any half intelligent Socialist ever thought that Stalin's Soviet Union or Mao's China were ever a good idea, well none of the socialists I know of anyway. I really think that line of yours is one of the funniest pieces of fiction since the goon show "Countless Western leftists flocking to it all as an the 'true' way" make me laugh – your perception is oh so wrong sunshine.
…..half-intelligent…..ever thought…. well none of the socialists I know anyway…
Indeed, that is truly funny in a deeper way – a Waiting for Godot way – than I think you can suspect!
But then that is the basic problem.
tom hunter (7,725 comments) says:
April 4th, 2008 at 11:30 pm
Nuts! Missed the edit.
(and do try to answer this)
Ohhh – okay. How about Bush rejected another hysterical, jacked-up, emotive, guilt-laden claim by left-wingers to try and justify the creation of yet another USSR-style government department that can fuck over poor people while claiming it cares.
Of course in a rationing situation True Believers would bound ahead in the queues in exactly the way that people with glasses did not in Cambodia. Sounds like Bush did the decent thing!
Your rationalisation is….less evil?
SPC (8,704 comments) says:
April 4th, 2008 at 11:42 pm
The point of the USA allowing China into WTO free trade was because the modernisation of their economy would lead to a modernisation of their society (of the "The End of History" period – the New Millenium for Christian USA in this world).
And China did signal they would ensure legal reforms to make foreign firms feel that their property rights were secure (that there was a recognisable rule of law).
The point of awarding China the Games was to welcome this "modernising" China into the world.
Unfortunately, some of the expectation has been lost in translation. They are moving to build a modern economy, they are working to become part of the global economy, they have in the past year or so become aware of responsibilities as a major power in the UNSC for global stability (the environment in which the global economy operates) but … – there is no sense of obligation on their part for much more than this. If the global capitalists, their business partners, sold it as a "modernising China into a human rights abiding free speech driven democracy society" arrangement to their democracy believing peoples, that was their affair not of any commitment made on their part. They might even say these same people also sold to their own peoples the idea of ending a WMD security threat and bringing democracy to Iraq as a justification for diverting trillions into some PNAC programme operation, and this was also a load of …
Paul (995 comments) says:
April 4th, 2008 at 11:57 pm
and here endeth any resemblance you have with reality (normality), a little too much of those Ink fumes (yes I too have worked at UEB and Print Pac).
I've heard of toxic shock from exposure to the inks, but it also seems to induce blogo-turrets – a little too much capitalisation. And anyone using the term "WHITE NORMAL HETROSEXUAL MALES" has deep seated sexual repression problems. What all those boys in their overalls a little too stimulating.
You're one super fucked up moron. Shouting the loudest doesn't make you the mightiest, however it tends to leave one looking the stupidest. So you don't like Helen, not a lot of us do, but you're on the path to being the silliest to oppose her.
If one is wishing for a little gramma correction, it is "WHEN HAS AUNTY HELEN DAVIS {ever} HAD A HEATED…"
"US dont shoot and harvest body organs" nah, Columbine, Virginia Tech
Paul (995 comments) says:
April 5th, 2008 at 12:15 am
Red, not it's not pathetic it's called counter-argument and it's a valid method of discourse.
If China is thrown up as argument x, then it's perfectly acceptable to suggest that x could also apply elsewhere and since the love affair with GW is the want of the right, then he's a valid target, especially as hypocrisy, lies, deceit, death and dishonor are his modus operandi.
How's 100,000 dead Iraquis on false assumptions, not even real or imminent threats. How is this man not standing crimes against humanity charges at the Hague is beyond me.
Paul (995 comments) says:
April 5th, 2008 at 12:37 am
Tom, come on sunshine lets see what you've got, the literal come hither hand motion used in Kung Fu movies.
"Tom I don't support Labour.
OK so you don't take a mans word, fair enough, are we meant to accept anything you say after this. Who said I voted Green, and who said I voted for any party that formed a coalition?
"the prospect of a implanting a democracy in the heart of despotism" And this democracy is kicking in when?
This may surprise, but the Godot maxim for me is a little less fascinating than the Gogol parody view. Tom your smug pseudo intellectual bravado is a silly game to be playing, it's nothing more than a literal 'hard on' bought on by self adulation. But if it is your want to have one off in the pages of Beckett, who am I stop you – if that is your thing.
Could I suggest a does of The Nose by Gogol?
Oh and your edit of the supposed argument against primary health care of 30million kids is just sadistic. One of the primary roles of any government is to provide the means or ways in which the welfare of it's most vulnerable are attended to. 30 Million Children in America are not some deamoniseable 'towel heads' from the middle east, they are the living breathing sons and daughters of the people of his country.
So like the assumed threat of this fictional Al-Quieda Saddam alliance he destroys a nation, and on the assumed threat that the "programme represented a stealth effort to bring in government health care", he destroys the primary health care of millions of his own people.
Paul (995 comments) says:
April 5th, 2008 at 12:39 am
"Kewl stuff J – right on dude."
Dad it's really unbecoming to praise your 'other' postings.
Redbaiter (12,013 comments) says:
April 5th, 2008 at 12:49 am
"Red, not it's not pathetic"
It is pathetic. You commies are so sadly unable to defend your corrupt and tyrannical political system that all you can come up with is childish attempts to divert.
"it's called counter-argument and it's a valid method of discourse."
Its not anything like counter argument. There's only you referencing the US. No mention of it in the original blog article. This is about China you ranting raving time wasting brain damaged fuckwit. ..and its not anything even close to a "valid method or argument". All you are doing is making cowardly smears, lying, shifting the argument, and trying to avoid having to defend another typical outcome of the ideology you adore so witlessly and so completely.
"If China is thrown up as argument x, then it's perfectly acceptable to suggest that x could also apply elsewhere"
As with 99.99% of what you write here, worthless assertion. You describe it as "perfectly acceptable". It might be so to a fuckwit like you, but I suggest to any rational person, its far from perfect and far from acceptable. Its nothing more than infantile time wasting ranting and raving. An utter bore actually, and you should find somewhere else to write your pathetic childlike crap. Almost every thread here is full of line after line after line of the same pointless uninteresting unchallenging waffle. Just rambling mindless worthless vain self focused shit.
"and since the love affair with GW is the want of the right,"
No rightist I know is involved in any love affair with George Bush, one of the biggest spending socially liberal big government dickwads in American political history. But it doesn't matter what your uninformed opinion is on that issue because this is about China, and the corrupt political system that is abroad in that country. A political system that is the brainchild of dumbfuck leftists like you.
"then he's a valid target, "
He's not any kind of target and he's for certain not a valid target. This is about China. If you cannot defend the obvious outcome of your totalitarian political system then fuck off, and cease boring readers with your pointless and never ending childlike waffle.
"especially as hypocrisy, lies, deceit, death and dishonor are his modus operandi."
George Bush is due a lot of criticism, but the fact is that he is not guilty of one of those feeble allegations, and that worthless simple minded cowards like you persist in repeating such smears and lies over and over and over in your usual Hitlerian manner, does not make them true and never will make them true.
"How is this man not standing crimes against humanity charges at the Hague is beyond me."
That something is beyond you does not make it any kind of mystery. I'd say most things that are simple and direct are beyond you, including the fact that George Bush is not suffering under any legal process because of the reality that the allegations of delusional mindless yellow backed smear merchants like you are completely worthless.
The reason you want to divert every thread on China to an attack on the US and/ or George Bush is simply because you are embarrassed and completely defenceless at being confronted by such an obvious example of what happens when ruthless lying sneaking yellow backed power obsessed scum like you get the control you are consumed with.
If you cannot find any means to defend your comrades, then stop wasting everyone's time and bandwidth with off topic hate driven smears against GB and the US. Fuck off you silly little commie wankfest.
Flashman (184 comments) says:
April 5th, 2008 at 7:01 am
It's OK to invest in Red China.
It's OK to be a tourist in Red China.
It's OK to import Red Chinese students and take their money.
It's OK to buy Red Chinese products.
It's OK to host Red Chinese big wigs.
It's Not OK to be a bit-player in an uncritical propaganda chorus for Red China.
It's Not OK to say that Red China is worthy of hosting normal sport in its abnormal society.
GNZ (193 comments) says:
April 5th, 2008 at 9:58 am
I have to agree with Redbaiter here – it's clearly an attempt to divert.
It looks like we need a Godwins law regarding George bush.
"In any debate where George Bush is not directly relevant* the first person to mention his name looses."
and of course
"as any conversation thread goes on the odds of a person mentioning George bush tend towards 100% "
*an example of relevant would be a discussion of recent presidents of the USA not 'an example of anyone I can say is similar to him'
JSF2008 (422 comments) says:
April 5th, 2008 at 2:36 pm
Paul D4J isnt me,and its IPA that i have to breath,at work but i prefer merlot.
tom hunter (7,725 comments) says:
April 5th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
"Tom I don't support Labour.
OK so you don't take a mans word, fair enough, are we meant to accept anything you say after this.
It would appear that sarcasm does not work with you unless accompanied by a big smiley. Perhaps I should have simply quoted Captain Renault:
"I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here".
Which is to say that, for one, I completely take your word that you don't support Labour – having observed how far left you are from your many comments on this blog site I would have expected nothing less – and for a second, that such distancing means nothing if one is voting for a party that will undoubtedly keep them in power. Which brings us to this:
Who said I voted Green, and who said I voted for any party that formed a coalition?
Indeed, nobody did say that. A presumption on my part, but based on the reasonable speculation that someone as far-left as you would at least be able to vote for a party led by, and consisting of, so many "ex"-communists, with sprinklings of anarchists.
Clearly you stand in splendid isolation if you can find nobody to vote for, though the degree of purity and fanaticism that implies could explain the bitterness of your ranting.
….. pseudo intellectual ……..
It's called mockery and as much as I appreciated reading your arguments in favour of public transport on another thread, the fact is that if you insist on unloading a series of brain-dead, thread-jacking cliches then such a response will remain sufficient.
SPC (8,704 comments) says:
April 5th, 2008 at 5:44 pm
What's really creepy is that no one on this right wing blog is criticising National for being the only party in parliament sending people to Beijing for the signing and voting in support favour of Labour's free trade treaty agreement in parliament. Without National support there would have been no negotiations in the first place.
You see it was not until the late 1990's that the USA decided to allow China into the WTO and National was no longer in office to negotiate this agreement themselves.
JSF2008 (422 comments) says:
April 5th, 2008 at 10:35 pm
i love the very long posts on shit that ten or eleven lines could cover, this from a two finger keyboard worker.
paul, the elitist posters like you call me a fuckwit for my use of the posted english language , but then do i give a shit, i post and will be damned , and will get roasted and demerites, but then i have the guts to get roasted and will still get those shitty childish demerites BUT I POST MY THOUGHTS, and hell i have a right to be a free thinker, BUT TO ME MY POSTS ARE REVELANT they are my feelings.My family ,and country are my life, and not some crappy political system , that some posters seem compelled to defend, even if the female party leader they defend may be a university educated ,never worked a day in the real working world in her life,a politicaly street smart, person but is a out and out PROVEN liar. Its sad, been lead by a liar and a political group af elected people who are very loose with the truth,and could be classed as liars;
(caution )sorry bros i dont use spellcheck ,a spelling mistake could cause agression, and nasty responses
Robert Black (423 comments) says:
August 14th, 2008 at 2:05 am
a little embarrassing, I am a kiwi in bj and I got these pics like 6 months ago:
Hi this is Robert Black from China. I have been here 7 years and have written two novels:
The Control Sickness (about New Zealanders generally and their conservative English judgmental attitude);
and The Fake Celebrity in China.
Today my Chinese gf asked me why does New Zealand have no medals?
I told her this:
"New Zealand has a split culture. The Maori people, who came to New Zealand long ago, from near Hawaii. You know where Hawaii is?"
"Yes," she replied.
"Well, before them, there was a peaceful race in New Zealand, called the Moriori. They were kind of fat and lazy, due to the abundant food in New Zealand. Anyway, it was their bad luck that one day the Maoris set off in their war canoes and there was a big storm that blew the South and they ended up in New Zealand. Now the Maoris were very different to the Moriori, they were big tough warriors and they were also cannibals. Which means they ate people. Anyway, to cut a long story short, the Moriori were wiped out. They don't exist anymore. Kind of sad. Not only that, people now say they never existed, I mean how can they argue? They are all gone. But a western guy called King, wrote a couple of books about them and they can be found in most public libraries throughout New Zealand."
"Robbie, I'm bored, what has this got to do with the Kiwis getting no medals?"
"Well, later, the English came, led by Captain Cook. They had rifles, but even then in the land wars they never really won against the Maoris. The Maoris are very big and tough. And so New Zealand has had two cultures for a very long time, and the economy is traditionally farming, quite poor, so lately our leader Helen Clarke has opened the doors to rich Chinese."
"I'm sleeping!"
"Ok, I think, firstly it is lack of money for our athletes. No money for the proper training and coaches. Unlike Australia, our athletes have to do it all by themselves. Just like our artists. No wonder, so many of our elite athletes, artists, doctors and so on leave New Zealand. I am a victim of this, having to self-publish all my writing to date. I can sympathise with the athletes. Rugby supports and pays but few other sports. Secondly, there is little cultural harmony in New Zealand now. We have four main populations and cultures, Maori, Polynesian, Caucasian and English. As I said in my book The Fake Celebrity in China, it seems the expression, "She'll be right mate! Have a go! And good on ya' mate!" have all but disappeared in an era of the 70's and 80's when a comedian called Fred Dagg was around. His real name was John Clarke."
Anyway, my books can be viewed at:
Robert Black (423 comments) says:
August 14th, 2008 at 3:49 am
so lame because I live in Beijng and saw this like 6 months ago. Is NZ so behind!? scary:
grew up in the John Walker era.
I have lived in China for the last 7 years and proudly tell me Chinese "feeonce" about Sir Edmund Hillary, John Walker, Buck Shelford, the America's Cup and so on.
I am trying to get her to New Zealand and I think she has got a bit wet about the idea.
So now, the Olympics!!
"Why has New Zealand got no medals when Australia has gotten so many?"
The killer question. But I thought f… it, I will give her the truth!
Well, I told her, New Zealand has some problems lately.
"What problems!?"
"Well, New Zealand has like split cultures, a bit like split personalities, but without the shrinks."
"What's a shrink!?"
"Like a mind doctor."
"I don't understand!!"
"Well, back in the old days, like in the qing dynasty or something, there was a race of people called the Moriori. They lived in New Zealand and were like fat and lazy as at that time there was much food, like huge chickens. Bigger than ostriches!"
"Yep, anyway, those guys were pretty happy, contented, but a race of people from near Hawaii set out on their war canoes. You know where Hawaii is?"
"Of course!"
"Ok, well, they were the Maori warriors, very big an tough. And bad luck for the Moriori, they got washed down in a storm to New Zealand. Thaty called it Aoteroa, the Land of the Long White Cloud."
"Well, not too cool for the Moriori. The Maori were cannibals, that means they ate people! So, the Maori killed and ate the Moriori. They chased them to the Chatham Islands and it is said the Moriori had a meeting, but being the peaceful people they were decided not to fight the Maori warriors. And so they were wiped out. The bones of the Moriori can still be found on the beaches of the Chathams if you go there. And now there are no more Moriori, all wiped, all gone."
"That's terrible! How can the Maori not be punished!"
"Well, the English came around this time too. They also did many bad things, headed by Captain Cook. And the English and the Maoris had what they call the "land wars" and at that time the English had rifles, but the Maoris were so tough, it was kind of a draw, but the Maoris were cheated out of many of their lands."
"But what about the Moriori!?"
"Well, in fact, no on really cares about them now and in fact many people deny they existed. You know, how can a dead race argue? But a white guy called King did record their fate and his books can be found in most public libraries."
"But what does this have to do with the Olympics and New Zealand getting no medals?"
"Well, New Zealand is a poor country. We don't have the money to pay our athletes, even train them. It is like our artists, our doctors, our lawyers, out teachers, we all leave. I feel this, the only country to ever support my writing is Australia. So, as you said before, all the good kiwis go to Australia, or the UK. It's called the brain drain, but also passes on to everyone, including our athletes."
"A big pity!"
"Yes, but I thik it is more than that. The old sayings like "She"ll be right mate! No worries! Have a go! " have all gone. In fact these were from the late 70's and 80's, from a guy called Fred Dagg, but even the real actor went to Australia, and I think those ideas went with him. Now we have cultures, Caucasian, Maori, Polynesian and Asian. It is not a harmonious relationship."
Anyway, my name is Robert Black. Search the internet for my books The Control Siuckness about the controlled nature of the New Zealand citizen and The Fake Celebrity in China, the truth about the Chinese.
God bless.


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