The Age article on web site

MikeyOz said:

Just read this, still digesting it, I think you need to be able to handle LARGE doses of sarcasm.

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not much different to the way we speak about 4wds. :eek: 😉

MikeyOz said:

Just read this, still digesting it, I think you need to be able to handle LARGE doses of sarcasm.

http://www.theage.com.au/news/opinion/join-the-bike-nazi-party/2005/08/25/1124562975946.html

Speaking of sarcasm, TISM once said of Jimbo, words to the effect of, 'who the fcuk is Jim Schembri and what exactly went wrong with his penis at birth'. Or something like that.

Or you can read a more choice critique of Jimbo right here:
http://www.tism.com.au/ARTICLES/DRMpressrelease.html

From 'Morrison Hostel',
By Christ you've got a long long way, On a schoolboy's talent with words -
One crappy bit of symbolism, And you're adored by a army of turds.

Jim is an idiot. I dont know how he managed to score such
a good gig.
I find his writing self-serving and highly irritating.

Saw him once at a science "hypothetical" with Douglas
Adams and he came across as whiney and grandstanding.

I for one would be happy if he stopped writing altogether.
Actually, I wouldnt notice cos I now skip all articles written by him.

I love Jim Schembri.
His movie reviews are always spot on.
If he thinks a movie is great I can reliably expect it to be a turkey
and if he thinks it stinks its usally worth seeing.

wonder what brought on his infantile little drivel???

flyingdutch said:

wonder what brought on his infantile little drivel???

Dunno, possible Schembri had a brainfart. Rather tasteless, considering what occured in Collingwood yesterday.

cfsmtb said:

Dunno, possible Schembri had a brainfart. Rather tasteless, considering what occured in Collingwood yesterday.

I have a friend who works at the Age might see if I can get her to slip something into his coffee...... maybe a dose of reality.... I used to work there as well! I could have slipped him something.

MikeyOz said:

I have a friend who works at the Age might see if I can get her to slip something into his coffee...... maybe a dose of reality.... I used to work there as well! I could have slipped him something.

Hmmm, seriously now, the incident in Collingwood occurred midday yesterday. Editorial staff/whatever could of pulled the article & published it next week. Or not at all. Surely newspapers must have 'standby' articles just in case. But then again, The Glasshouse (ABC TV) was broadcast with several shark attack jokes the day that poor man was taken off Adelaide. Possibly just [censored] timing. 😠

On 26/08/05 at 09:55:17 flyingdutch somehow managed to type:

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Quoted message said:

wonder what brought on his infantile little drivel???

Probably the same sort of thing that unleashed his "anti-pram" tirade a
few weeks ago. The man's a prat.

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Humbug

HUMBUG said:

On 26/08/05 at 09:55:17 flyingdutch somehow managed to type:

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Quoted message said:

wonder what brought on his infantile little drivel???

Probably the same sort of thing that unleashed his "anti-pram" tirade a
few weeks ago. The man's a prat.

He made anti-pram comments? He's claims to be a fscking author of
childrens books!

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..dt
1996 Diamond Back 'Expert Tg' Roadie (7spd DT shifters, favourite bike!)
2004 Trek 2300 Roadie (9spd Ultegra)
2003 DiamondBack 'Criterium' Roadie (8spd Sora, rain bike)

dtmeister said:

He made anti-pram comments? He's claims to be a fscking author of
childrens books!

Put it down to trendy post-modern cynicism. It's the New Black. 😄

On 26/08/05 at 12:05:13 dtmeister somehow managed to type:

Quoted message said:

HUMBUG said:

On 26/08/05 at 09:55:17 flyingdutch somehow managed to type:

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Quoted message said:

wonder what brought on his infantile little drivel???

Probably the same sort of thing that unleashed his "anti-pram"
tirade a few weeks ago. The man's a prat.

He made anti-pram comments?

Sure did - http://tinyurl.com/bcbv9 or
http://www.theage.com.au/news/opinion/brace-thyselves-for-pram-wars/2005
/06/30/1119724750525.html

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Humbug

warrwych said:

MikeyOz said:

Just read this, still digesting it, I think you need to be able to
handle LARGE doses of sarcasm.

http://www.theage.com.au/news/opinion/join-the-bike-nazi-party/2005/08/25/1124562975946.html

not much different to the way we speak about 4wds. :eek: 😉

So I was going thru the surveilence tapes of our carpark today.
(apparently in search of true love one of our dressmakers dummys has run
away but thats another story

Believe me if I sent some of the tape to vic roads with a statement such
as ¨ I am sure this driver is legally blind¨ vic roads would send them a
please explain. I mean 7 goes to get into a parking spot in an almost
empty car park 🙂

This is what I sent to "letters" at the Age:

Of course as a cyclist, I am offended by the "opinion" piece (Shembri)
on cyclists. Now that we can't ridicule races, or religions, it seems
that it is ok to ridicule those who choose to say no to the steel cage.

The characterisation of Melbourne cyclists is far from accurate. I
suspect that he wrote this somewhere across the Internet, where he has
run out of funds and was desperate to get payment for one article. Hey,
Jim, you ought to visit sometime, there are no bicycle couriers in
Melbourne anymore. The simple fact (in Melbourne) is that 99% of
cyclists, and 99% of motorists are (thankfully) very well behaved
towards each other. We don't read about that in the media: what sort of
a story would that make: civilisation breaks out all over?

Having said that, I kept a count last week at every red light I saw. It
took five days before I saw a red light where there was not at least
one car running the red light. You car drivers are crazy, man.

I could complain about the trivialisation of the word "Nazi", and I
could complain about the ridicule, but mostly I complain about the
complete lack of writing talent that this opinion piece shows. Wherever
you are Mr Shembri, do us a favour, stay there and give up writing.

[email hidden said:

"]Jim is an idiot. I dont know how he managed to score such
a good gig.
I find his writing self-serving and highly irritating.

Just like Angela Shanahan, now with the Canberra Times. A different rant every week, poor research and general incompetence --> contraversy which is what these twits are being paid for. I've stopped buying the Saturday Times because she's in it.

"neuroinf" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

This is what I sent to "letters" at the Age:

Of course as a cyclist, I am offended by the "opinion" piece (Shembri)
on cyclists. Now that we can't ridicule races, or religions, it seems
that it is ok to ridicule those who choose to say no to the steel cage.

The characterisation of Melbourne cyclists is far from accurate. I
suspect that he wrote this somewhere across the Internet, where he has
run out of funds and was desperate to get payment for one article. Hey,
Jim, you ought to visit sometime, there are no bicycle couriers in
Melbourne anymore. The simple fact (in Melbourne) is that 99% of
cyclists, and 99% of motorists are (thankfully) very well behaved
towards each other. We don't read about that in the media: what sort of
a story would that make: civilisation breaks out all over?

Having said that, I kept a count last week at every red light I saw. It
took five days before I saw a red light where there was not at least
one car running the red light. You car drivers are crazy, man.

I could complain about the trivialisation of the word "Nazi", and I
could complain about the ridicule, but mostly I complain about the
complete lack of writing talent that this opinion piece shows. Wherever
you are Mr Shembri, do us a favour, stay there and give up writing.

Not that I think it was a good article (I wrote a letter too) but there are,
in fact, plenty of couriers in Melbourne.

cfsmtb said:

dtmeister said:

He made anti-pram comments? He's claims to be a fscking author of
childrens books!

Put it down to trendy post-modern cynicism.

i thought is was actually untalented, unsatisfied and uninterested.
(and lonely)

Quoted message said:

It's the New Black. 😄

there is no such thing as the "new black"!

black never went into fasion, therefore black never went out of fasion.
anyone that tells you otherwise is probably a fasion victim and uses it
as an excuse to justify their wardrobe "makeover" every season.

black is a perfectly sensible colour for a wardrobe (and its contents).

kim

A sensible letter (imho) about the article got into print this morning:

'Nazi' is not a word to be used lightly

When I saw Jim Schembri's article "The Bike Nazi Party" in Friday's Age (Metro, 25/8), I read on with concern. I presumed that it would be a discussion of the hitherto undocumented existence of a neo-fascist group of bike riders bent on immortalising the superior genes of the Aryan race, and advocating mass murder and political mayhem.
I was horrified to realise that Schembri had used the term, "Nazi Party" in a light-hearted article discussing the often annoying, but far from homicidal, antics of Melbourne's lycra-clad bike brigade. "We all yearn to be unshackled from convention"? Is that what motivated the Nazis? Boy, did they ever unleash the inner beast. How about "we all wish to herd millions of innocents into gas ovens"?

I am not a reactionary; quite the opposite. However, it seems grossly insensitive and irresponsible to allow the term "Nazi" to formally enter the vernacular as a term of jest.

While Jewish comedians such as Mel Brooks have used comedy to undermine [censored]'s legacy very effectively and appropriately, they do so in context and with a sense of history. However, to use the term "Nazi" as Schembri has done removes it from its terrible origins. In an attention-deficient age when history is something that happened last week, respected and skilled writers such as Jim Schembri could use their voices to remind our society what the Nazi Party really stood for, and the terrible legacy it left us.

In a very real sense, [censored]'s repulsive campaign directly led to the current wave of terror and fear that is engulfing the world. We should never forget what he did.
Meaghan Wilson-Anastasios, St Kilda East

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cheers,
ali

alison_b said:

A sensible letter (imho) about the article got into print this morning:

'Nazi' is not a word to be used lightly

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The title says it all really.

EuanB said:

The title says it all really.

Exactly. Also, it was an appalling lack of judgement by The Age running the article in the same edition that reported the tragic death of that young man in Collingwood. Schembri's certainly no John Birmingham or Tim Winton.