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Ulrika ([personal profile] akirlu) wrote2005-01-19 09:56 pm

Zing!

As far as I'm concerned, Michael Brooby Bérubé has wrapped up the whole discussion of President Summers' remarks on the native abilities of women. I laughed like a drain.

[identity profile] replyhazy.livejournal.com 2005-01-20 04:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Wow, that totally nails it. There ought to be a class somewhere to teach people to write like that.

[identity profile] kalimac.livejournal.com 2005-01-20 05:24 pm (UTC)(link)
I wish it had provided more context: I had to try to remember exactly what Summers had said and how he'd phrased it.

But yes, brilliant, absolutely brilliant, as clever as Douglas Hofstadter's classic "Person Paper on Purity in Language."

[identity profile] holyoutlaw.livejournal.com 2005-01-20 06:05 pm (UTC)(link)
I like the reference to Coulter Syndrome at the end. I had no context for it, either, alas, but it was still funny.

[identity profile] marykaykare.livejournal.com 2005-01-20 09:19 pm (UTC)(link)
I really enjoy his blog. I have a mad crush on him. It's this thing I have for articulate, funny men...

MKK

[identity profile] pecunium.livejournal.com 2005-01-21 04:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you dear. I am still suffering the flu (more than a week now) and it has taken me days to pretend to catch up. I needed something funny.

Coulter Syndrome. Hee hee. Sigh.

TK