As you may have gathered from my last few posts, I am currently writing my dissertation. It's in the final stages now and I can see the end looming in sight. It's due on Tuesday afternoon and I'm in the process of making it sound as good as I possibly can now. I've written all the words and now I'm trying to sound sophisticated and argumentative. It's hard.
I don't trust anyone to be honest with me about my writing and most of my friends here have their own dissertations to worry about without having to read through mine. Is it wrong that I probably wouldn't trust anyone else with it either? I wouldn't trust anyone else to make a better job of it, even though I know my work isn't exactly perfect.
Well I better get back to it, I did start writing this to get my mind going, but now I'm in the flow and thinking, I'm going to focus my efforts on why the Americanisation theory doesn't work in Britain. (Argumentative enough?).
Saturday, March 08, 2008
Friday, March 07, 2008
Just who do they think they are?
White middle class men on daytime television I mean. Just who gave them the right to be so condesending and rascist and downright arrogant? I'm not talking about Phillip Schofield though, oh no, he's lovely, I'm talking about other types who aren't quite as sucessful or happy such as Jeremy Kyle and that bloke off 'The Wright Stuff'.
I have just watched a rascist, narrow minded tirade at white working class people, from a white s0-called middle class man, who thinks that because he's on the telly he has the god given right to talk over people, tell them they're inferior and completely disregard any opinion other than his own (including that of his fellow presenters) because he's the one with the 'power' to cut callers off if he doesn't want to hear them.
Who does he think he is, his argument was thin and based on his uninformed tiny little mind on a power trip. If he had a slight bit of intelligence, he would listen to his callers and get a bit of informed debate going on. But instead, he couldn't get past his own arrogance and proceeded to wind people up by shouting over then, and cutting them off when he'd said his piece.
What was interesting though, was his respect for the black people on the show. He branded everyone on his panel, as middle class because of thier jobs as journalists, writers or politicians. However, the black comedian, who is obviously earning a fair wage (since that's how he judges class) was asked "As a black working class man, do you think white people have a right to winge?!" Trying to be politically correct, because he knows there are laws against racism now was the only thing stopping this man from cutting off anyone who mentioned their race while on the phone.
What happened to informed public debate, surely shows such as this should be the sounding board for it. Not an opportunity to give a man a microphone and a power trip in the name of entertainment.
I have just watched a rascist, narrow minded tirade at white working class people, from a white s0-called middle class man, who thinks that because he's on the telly he has the god given right to talk over people, tell them they're inferior and completely disregard any opinion other than his own (including that of his fellow presenters) because he's the one with the 'power' to cut callers off if he doesn't want to hear them.
Who does he think he is, his argument was thin and based on his uninformed tiny little mind on a power trip. If he had a slight bit of intelligence, he would listen to his callers and get a bit of informed debate going on. But instead, he couldn't get past his own arrogance and proceeded to wind people up by shouting over then, and cutting them off when he'd said his piece.
What was interesting though, was his respect for the black people on the show. He branded everyone on his panel, as middle class because of thier jobs as journalists, writers or politicians. However, the black comedian, who is obviously earning a fair wage (since that's how he judges class) was asked "As a black working class man, do you think white people have a right to winge?!" Trying to be politically correct, because he knows there are laws against racism now was the only thing stopping this man from cutting off anyone who mentioned their race while on the phone.
What happened to informed public debate, surely shows such as this should be the sounding board for it. Not an opportunity to give a man a microphone and a power trip in the name of entertainment.
Thursday, March 06, 2008
Dissertation, Dissertation...
Like Relocation Relocation, well not really, Kirsty and Phil have got nothing on political communication. I now have five sleeps until my Dissertation has to be handed in.
It's not going too badly but I keep finding interesting tangents that I could have included had I done more research earlier! I am quite far ahead, and I've done more than a lot of my friends, but by no means am I nearly finished and although I'm enjoying the process, because I have no choice but to sit here for hours on end typing and reading and typing and referencing and then giving sympathy and support to everyone else, I'm exhausted! I'm looking forward to submitting then even though I don't have to, I'm going to print and bind my work, just to have it in my hand. I'm going to be very proud of myself when I'm done.
I had something to say about Prince Harry fighting in secret.... But since it was weeks ago and I don't care as much now, I'm not going to bother. I respect the editors involved for keeping quiet and I was completely shocked at the supportive comments left on the BBC website, so that's what I was going to say in case you were wondering.
Well back to work for me.... It's going to be a strange feeling when it's over!
It's not going too badly but I keep finding interesting tangents that I could have included had I done more research earlier! I am quite far ahead, and I've done more than a lot of my friends, but by no means am I nearly finished and although I'm enjoying the process, because I have no choice but to sit here for hours on end typing and reading and typing and referencing and then giving sympathy and support to everyone else, I'm exhausted! I'm looking forward to submitting then even though I don't have to, I'm going to print and bind my work, just to have it in my hand. I'm going to be very proud of myself when I'm done.
I had something to say about Prince Harry fighting in secret.... But since it was weeks ago and I don't care as much now, I'm not going to bother. I respect the editors involved for keeping quiet and I was completely shocked at the supportive comments left on the BBC website, so that's what I was going to say in case you were wondering.
Well back to work for me.... It's going to be a strange feeling when it's over!
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