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Yeah, good riddance!

• hoodoof 10y ago
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  • cyberferret 10y ago
    >I really hate the environment. It doesn't really exist If only they could tow the reef outside of the environment... (Hat tip to John Clarke - RIP)
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    • Stratoscope 10y ago
      For those who haven't seen it, cyberferret is referring to this interview with an Australian government official about an environmental disaster: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcU4t6zRAKg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcU4t6zRAKg Edit: Spoiler alert below... ;-)
      • simonrobb 10y ago
        John Clarke is a satirist, who played the role of whichever government official was topical at the time for decades. Not an actual government official.
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        • rosege 10y ago
          John Clarke was a satirist :-(
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  • dang 10y ago
    Would you please not post inflammatory political rhetoric to HN? We're trying for thoughtful discussion here. Obviously it's hard to have thoughtful discussion about urgent issues, but comments like what you're posting only make things worse.
    • hoodoof 10y ago
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      • dang 10y ago
        Your comments were obviously sarcastic, but that doesn't make them ok. It's the venting indignation part that doesn't help. HN is something of an ecosystem in its own right; there's no need to damage one in defence of another. Nothing good comes of it.
        • dvtv75 10y ago
          Sometimes satire and sarcasm are the best way to draw attention to the absurdity of a given position.
          • dang 10y ago
            The point isn't that sarcasm is always bad, but that it doesn't make an otherwise bad comment good. And there is a glut of sarcasm on the internet already, so one can afford to be a bit fussy about quality.
    • interfixus 10y ago
      Hahaha thank you for this satire. Haven't laughed this hard Somebody apparently enjoyed the posting. The rest of us shall never know why, for it is gone now.